What is the origin of Arbor Day in China? What's the point?

The origin of China Arbor Day: In ancient China, there was a tradition of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day. The earliest roadside tree planting in history was initiated by a man named Wei Xiaokuan in Shaanxi more than 400 years ago. Wei Xiaokuan found that the soil platform had many shortcomings. After being weathered by the wind and the sun, especially after being rained, it is easy to collapse and needs frequent maintenance, which not only increases the state expenditure, but also makes the people suffer from hard work, which is time-consuming, laborious and inconvenient. After investigation and understanding, Wei Xiaokuan resolutely ordered all the places where earthen platforms were set on Yongzhou Road to replant a locust tree instead of earthen platforms.

Significance of Arbor Day: Arbor Day is to protect and advocate people to plant trees, encourage people to care for trees, and remind people to pay attention to trees. Trees play a very important role in human survival and the ecological environment of the earth.

1, Shaanxi is the earliest place to plant trees on official roads in history and was once a model of road greening in China. Sophora japonica, which was first planted in Wei Xiaokuan, has been loved by people for thousands of years, especially in Shaanxi, where it has a special liking and is widely planted. Now this locust tree has been identified as the symbol of Xi and the city tree.

2. The modern Arbor Day was originally initiated by Nebraska. 19 century ago, Nebraska was a barren plain with few trees and yellow sand all over the sky, and people suffered greatly. 1872, Julius Sterling Moreton, a famous American agronomist, proposed to stipulate Arbor Day in Nebraska to mobilize people to plant trees in a planned way.