Yi Jiefang, 67, is a native of Shanghai. Her son, Yang Ruizhe, died in a car accident in 2000. Yang once told his mother that he wanted to plant trees to help improve the environment in China's desert areas. To fulfi...Yi Jiefang, 67, is a native of Shanghai. Her son, Yang Ruizhe, died in a car accident in 2000. Yang once told his mother that he wanted to plant trees to help improve the environment in China's desert areas. To fulfill her son's wish, Yi sold her house and used the money to plant trees. She has since planted more than two million trees in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In 2007, residents in Inner Mongolia's Kulun Banner established a monument to express their gratitude to Yang and his parents. In a tribute to their son, Yang's parents left a sentence -- “Be alive to stop the wind and sand: fall down, but share your last light with others” -- on the monument. Now, Yi is planning to plant trees on 13,000 mu (866.67 hectares) of land in Alashan Desert, in western Inner Mongolia.展开更多
文摘Yi Jiefang, 67, is a native of Shanghai. Her son, Yang Ruizhe, died in a car accident in 2000. Yang once told his mother that he wanted to plant trees to help improve the environment in China's desert areas. To fulfill her son's wish, Yi sold her house and used the money to plant trees. She has since planted more than two million trees in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In 2007, residents in Inner Mongolia's Kulun Banner established a monument to express their gratitude to Yang and his parents. In a tribute to their son, Yang's parents left a sentence -- “Be alive to stop the wind and sand: fall down, but share your last light with others” -- on the monument. Now, Yi is planning to plant trees on 13,000 mu (866.67 hectares) of land in Alashan Desert, in western Inner Mongolia.