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Ancient Chinese people loved planting trees. they didn't have a special day like the Tree-Planting Day, the tradition of planting trees has been there for a long time.
Back then, it was always warm and around the Qingming Festival. The trees were easy to in spring. The ancients formed the tradition of planting trees around the Qingming Festival.
There are of kinds of trees. However, mulberry trees (桑树) and fruit trees used to be especially popular in ancient times. Silkworms (蚕) took mulberry leaves as their food. Silk was produced from the cocoons of the silkworms, and then made into soft and beautiful for noble and rich people.
The taste for of the ancient people reached a high level. They planted trees to beautify their neighborhood and the environment as well.
Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, loved planting trees. he went, he would plant trees in places where he worked.
Dong Feng, a doctor in the Three Kingdoms Period, accepted money from his patients. Instead, he asked them to plant apricot trees (杏树) on a hill. Gradually, a forest of apricot trees appeared on the hill. That is why we a doctor who has noble ethics (高尚品格) and excellent skills with the words "warmth in an apricot forest".
