In the 1980s, the famous writer Huang Zongying's reportage "The Log Cabin" became popular all over the country. The heroine Xu Fengxiang's deeds of taking root in the forests of Tibet and pioneering plateau ecological research have moved hundreds of millions of readers. Time flies, and the "goddess of the forest" back then is now nearly eighty years old. A lifetime of green love, two "log cabins", four times of "rejuvenation", traveling through mountains and rivers over half of China, eating and sleeping in the open air is commonplace, and there is no need to worry about loneliness, hardships and dangers. Looking back on the ups and downs of most of his life, Xu Fengxiang said with a smile: "It's such a joy to be in such a situation in life!"
"Make the Yellow River clear water, and teach the red land to turn into green mountains..." More than 50 years ago, my country's first The beautiful poems and essays of Mr. Liang Xi, the former Minister of Forestry, changed Xu Fengxiang's life trajectory. Originally partial to literature, she committed herself to being a prostitute and applied for Nanjing Forestry College (the predecessor of Nanjing Forestry University). After graduation, she stayed at the school to teach, dedicating her youth to numerous students.
When she was nearly fifty years old, she said goodbye to her family, packed up her bags, and resolutely climbed to the snowy plateau, which many people considered a daunting journey. In the inaccessible mountains and forests, Xu Fengxiang stayed alone for 18 years, climbing up to the Everest Base Camp, down to the Medog Valley, to Ngari and Qiangtang in the west, to the Hengduan Mountains in the east, and to the "Three Rivers", overcoming thousands of difficulties. After taking great risks, he built the first "log cabin" - the Tibetan Plateau Ecological Research Institute and became a pioneer in this field. He was praised by his peers as "the plum blossom blooms twice, and the fragrance comes from the bitter cold."
In 1995, Xu Fengxiang, who came down from the snowy plateau, was already in his sixties. She gave up her family happiness and went up to Lingshan, the "Mount Everest" in Beijing, alone, and built a second "log cabin" - the Beijing Lingshan Ecological Research Institute. This "small wooden house" integrates ecological scientific research, environmental protection education, and a "window" to Tibet. In addition to conducting field introduction experiments and researching the construction of ecological barriers in western Beijing, Xu Fengxiang became the oldest "tour guide" in the country, and visited Tibet. The children who came to visit were taught about ecological knowledge and Tibetan customs. This unique "log cabin" has been hailed by people at home and abroad as a true ecological science and education base and a green bond of Chinese-Tibetan unity. For this reason, Xu Fengxiang won the national environmental protection award - the "Earth Award" in 2003.
As the bell of the 21st century rings, Xu Fengxiang, who has entered the "seventy-year-old", has begun the "fourth youth" in his career - conducting a "Comparative Investigation of China's Plateau Ecology" . In the past five years, she has revisited the mountains and forests of the southwest border, climbed the dangerous peaks of Tibetan canyons, traveled in the Tianshan desert, explored the green source of the Yellow River, and visited the desert in Alxa, Inner Mongolia. In the spring of 2005, she gathered the results of her investigation and held the China Plateau Ecological Exhibition at Beijing Sanlian Bookstore. She displayed the ecological dangers of the four plateaus with vivid pictures and exquisite text, which won wide acclaim from all walks of life.
While conducting field inspections, Xu Fengxiang also kept writing and wrote monographs and papers such as "Research on Forest Ecology of the Tibetan Plateau" and "Tibetan Wild Flowers". At the same time, a number of audio-visual films were also produced: "Tibet Ecological Tour", "Xinjiang Ecological Tour", etc.
“Life is like a string of dreams.” Xu Fengxiang confessed in her new book "Into the Plateau": I laugh at myself as a dreamer. Only by tirelessly pursuing and realizing dreams can we make our life fulfilling and our career successful. become. "The process of realizing each dream... is actually more bitter and less sweet, with longer bitterness and shorter sweetness. It seems that only through a long and diverse journey of suffering can the dream be basically realized and gain a little comfort and sweetness."
< p>Time flies by, Xu Fengxiang’s hair is full of white, but he is still passionate and ambitious. Now, she has started a new "dream come true" - concentrating on environmental protection science education to warn the world: be kind to the earth that bears the burden, and preserve the good products for future generations.“There are not more people engaged in ecological and environmental protection in our country, but fewer; the voice and power of environmental protection are not stronger, but weaker. I should move forward further on the road of environmental protection education. It’s the needs of the career, the needs of society, and the needs of decision-making.” When she said this, she looked solemn.
As long as one breath remains, the sail will not fall. This is "Forest Goddess" Xu Fengxiang.