This is a legend.

In the past 55 years, it has changed from an uninhabited wasteland to a "natural oxygen bar", with 6 forest farms, 1. 1.2 million mu of forest land, and the forest coverage rate reaches 80%, making it the largest artificial forest in the world. The Green Mile was created by three generations of Saihanba people through unremitting efforts and hard struggle, from "sand to forest, wasteland to oasis".

"Meritorious Tree": Witness the hard afforestation of the first generation of Saihanba people.

Therefore, the land at the junction of Mongolia and Hebei, due to excessive reclamation and years of war, had become a desolate wasteland in the early days of the founding of New China. 1962, in order to change the grim situation of "sandstorm approaching Beijing", 127 college graduates and 242 former cadres and workers in the forest farm formed a 369-person entrepreneurial team. It is these 369 pioneers whose average age is less than 24 years old that opened the curtain of the construction of Saihanba Forest Farm.

The living conditions of the first generation of Saihanbalin people are also very difficult. Without drinking water, they use snow water; When food is scarce, they eat wild vegetables and black oat noodles. Many people suffer from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, rheumatoid diseases and other diseases. Because there is no hospital and timely treatment, the average life expectancy of this generation of forest people is only 52 years old.

Away from city life and rooted in mountains, Saihanba people have no complaints; The living conditions are poor and the infrastructure can't keep up, so the Saihanba people will overcome it themselves. Nowadays, it is the Saihanba Forest Farm that has prevented the northern desert from moving southward, which has given us such a large area of precious green resources. The first generation of Saihanba people are the creators of this miracle.