From “one tree” to the world’s largest artificial forest sea, every tree in Saihanba records the progress of ecological civilization. This great cause that shocked the world is the entrepreneurial history of three generations of Saihanba people, old, middle and young, who never forget their original aspirations and are loyal to their mission; it is the history of struggle drawn by the three generations of Saihanba people with their arduous and never-give-up spirit; it is the history of the three generations of Saihanba people who never give up. The dam people used their youth, sweat and flesh and blood to create this epic and evocative chapter. This is not only a perseverance, but also a kind of emotion, a kind of spirit and a kind of belief.

Today we focus on the three generations of Saihanba people, recording the inheritance of Saihanba’s green baton from generation to generation, so that the Saihanba spirit can continue in the grand journey of promoting the construction of ecological civilization. Write a new legend.

Chen Yanxian of "Six Girls on the Dam"

When talking about the story of Saihanba's first generation forest worker, we have to mention the 73-year-old Chen Yanxian.

On August 5, as the first generation representative of forest workers, Chen Yanxian attended the opening ceremony of the Saihanba Exhibition Hall after its re-arrangement. When visiting the exhibition hall, in front of the display wall that told the story of "Six Girls Going to the Dam" with photos, letters and texts, the old man stopped for a long time and fell into deep thought.

As the initiator of the "Six Women Going to the Dam", today, 53 years later, Chen Yanxian still remembers the past as if it was yesterday.

Shangba: Give up the college entrance examination and go to Weichangba

In July 1964, Chen Yanxian, a senior in high school in Chengde No. 2 Middle School, faced the pressure of the college entrance examination, but she still wanted to "follow the example" The strong atmosphere made it difficult for the 20-year-old to suppress the passion in her heart for dedicating her youth and blood to the place where the motherland needs it most. "At that time, we were all learning from Xing Yanzi and Hou Jun, the typical intellectual youths who went to the mountains and countryside." Chen Yanxian said that several good sisters in the same dormitory, Zhen Ruilin, Wang Wanxia, ??Shi Derong, Li Ruyi, and Wang Guizhen, also had the idea to respond to the party's call. The idea of ??rural exercise. "We have to discuss for a long time every night, where is the hardship? Where is the need for people? Soon, we learned that in the Weichang Bashang area, the country is building the Saihanba Forest Farm, and we can give it a try."

Do you want some inexperienced girls in the forest farm? The girls were in trouble again.

"When I found out, Liu Wenshi, who lives across from my house, went to Shangba to become the secretary of the forest farm." Chen Yanxian told the news to the sisters, and everyone jumped up to the sky with excitement. "Without a moment's delay, I wrote a self-recommendation letter to Liu Wenshi. I got a reply soon. The vast world is short of people. As long as you are not afraid of hardship, you are welcome at any time."