It's well known that March 12th is China's annual National Tree Planting Day. On this day, people throughout China, will take spades and buckets (铲子和水桶) as well as young trees, and go out (green) their hometowns.
As a matter fact, China's Tree Planting Day could date back to a proposal (make) by Sun Yat-sen (孙中山) (1866—1925) and Qingming Festival (April 5th) was adopted (采纳) as Tree Planting Day then. However, April 5th was a late time for tree-planting in Southern China, so it was changed to March 12th in honour of Sun Yat-sen, passed away on March 12th.
In February 1979, the 5th National People's Congress of People's Republic of China (announce) that March 12th would be taken as Tree Planting Day, requiring the whole country to carry out tree planting (activity) on March 12th.
In recent years, the tradition of tree-planting in the spring (observe) by Chinese people. For those living in the big cities, National Tree Planting Day is unique moment for city skipping. It is (absolute) convenient for people to have access to nature with their family members. After their fieldwork together, they get much (satisfy) from better environment. They also harvest closer family relations as well as enthusiasm for the future.
