摘要
Tanchang Village is located in a town near Mount Miaofeng, in Mentougou District, a mountainous region in a westernsuburb of Beijing. If you mention the family of Li Depu to local villagers, you will most likely hear, ＂Wow! The ＇green＇family!＂ Li＇s family holds dear to the following motto： ＂Pass on the ＇green＇ spirit and live an environmentally friendlylife.＂ During the past three decades, Li has led his children -- and his children＇s families -- in planting and maintainingmore than 300,000 trees on 1,300 mu （86.67 hectares） of land on a wild, deserted mountain. The family has turned awasteland into a vigorous forest that is helping protect the local environment.
