China News Service, Urumqi, Xinjiang, May 7th (Shi Yujiang and Liu Wanle) Holding a basket in one hand, a shovel in the other, and a marching pot on his back... Wang Xianhua, who is nearly 60 years old, brings these "equipment" every morning, and gathers around him. 1.9 million Populus euphratica trees, jujube trees, and red willows walk in a circle, which is about 22 kilometers.
Since 2000, he has patrolled this ecological forest in the desert every day. According to preliminary estimates, he can travel more than three times around the earth.
Wang Xianhua is a forest ranger in the 31st Regiment of Tiemenguan City, the Second Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. For 22 years, he has guarded the green corridor with a total area of 3,300 mu between the two deserts.
Today, this ecological forest is lush, looking like a green barrier from a distance.
Wang Xianhua, who is nearly 60 years old, walks around about 1.9 million Populus euphratica, jujube trees, and red willows every morning, and the circle is about 22 kilometers.
Photo by Liu Chunlin
The 31st Regiment is located in the Tarim Basin, adjacent to the Taklimakan Desert to the south and the Kumtag Desert to the north. The narrowest part of these two deserts is less than 3 kilometers.
In the mid-to-late 1990s, during the 60-day period from early spring to the turn of spring and summer, people living here had to endure natural disasters such as strong winds, sandstorms, low temperatures, and frost more than 10 times.
What is more serious is that the invasion of the desert will also threaten the green corridor of three hundred miles in the Tarim Basin.
At the beginning of 2000, the 31st Youth League Party Committee invested 14.6 million yuan in total by winning national funds and self-financing, and completed an ecological environmental protection project 11 kilometers long and 200 meters wide in the gap between the two deserts, in order to contain the two deserts. Towards a merger.
In March of that year, the person in charge of the desert control station of the regiment heard that Wang Xianhua's "couple" was diligent and responsible, so he came to his house and asked him to be a forest ranger. Hearing that this work was very important, Wang Xianhua and his wife Deng Bingsheng were pleased. promise.
From then on, the couple moved into an ecological forest management and protection residence far away from the regiment. This residence is located on the edge of the Kumtag Desert, a place where no people can be seen within a radius of 5 kilometers.
Wang Xianhua loves this tree like he treats his own children.
Photo by Liu Chunlin
In order to make the weak seedlings grow into big trees that can shelter from the wind and rain, Wang Xianhua devoted a lot of effort while fighting against the wind and sand.
"When this forest was first built, patrolling was really hard." Wang Xianhua recalled, "When the wind blows, I can't open my eyes, and sometimes I get lost."
"At that time, it was very desolate here, and it was far from the regiment headquarters. It was inconvenient to purchase daily necessities, and the water was saline and alkaline." Deng Bingsheng said that because of the hard life, she wanted to persuade her husband to give up this job.
"The sandstorm was very strong. When I got home, I only saw his two eyes rolling. His face and body were covered in sand. He was very tired, and I felt very sorry for him." Deng Bingsheng said, "but he always said that he should take the Take care of every tree, let the tree grow up quickly, and the sand will be smaller."
Cleaning up fire isolation belts, replacing drip irrigation belts, replanting saplings... Wang Xianhua loves this tree like his own children.
"After a long time, he has a lot of affection for this forest. If he doesn't go to see it for a while, he always feels uneasy." Deng Bingsheng said.
Seeing that the saplings they planted with their own hands have grown into big trees and this ecological forest has become a lush oasis, the couples are sincerely pleased.
"These trees have all grown up every year, and the wind and sand are much smaller. I am happy to see them." Wang Xianhua said.
Xinjiang Corps has built a green ecological belt on the edge of the desert through effective measures such as continuous afforestation and desert control.
Photo by Liu Chunlin
Today, between the two deserts, there is a new green town that stands out. This is the town of Inkule, where the 31st Regiment is located.
Strolling through the town, against the backdrop of the blue sky, row upon row of buildings and lush woods and green belts complement each other.
Among the 175 regiments of the Xinjiang Corps, many are built on the edge of the desert.
Over the years, the Xinjiang Corps has gradually built a green ecological belt on the edge of the desert through effective measures such as continuous afforestation and desert control, which has become an important barrier to resist the raging sandstorm and protect the oasis in Xinjiang.
And Wang Xianhua is just one of the tenacious and selfless dedication to the ecological protection of the group farm.
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