[Source: Yangtze River Daily-Yangjiang.com] Comparative picture placed in the campus restaurant. Two photos from the same perspective witness the growth history of a "Forest University". On October 5, two old photos hanging side by side at the Green Garden Restaurant of Huazhong

[Source: Yangtze River Daily-Yangtze River Network] Comparative picture of

placed in the campus restaurant.

Two photos from the same perspective witness the growth history of a "Forest University". On October 5, two old photos hanging side by side at the Green Garden Restaurant of Huazhong University of Science and Technology attracted the attention of alumni who came to attend the school anniversary. These two photos, 52 years later, are all overlooking the entire Huazhong University of Science and Technology from the top of Yujia Mountain. The buildings are still there, with different trees. A small seedling is just planted and a green tree is shaded, forming a sharp contrast, telling the 470-year history of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, both trees and people.

Yujiashan in the early days of the school establishment.

You can see that in the black and white photos taken in 1963, the main teaching building is tall and majestic, and the whole picture can be seen. The saplings planted in front of the building are arranged in rows, and the branches and leaves have not grown but are sparse; in the colorful photos taken in 2015, the autumn is in full bloom, and the forests are dyed. The trees in front of the building have become forests, and the teaching building is completely hidden among the lush branches and leaves.

students dig tree holes in groups. (1955) School history data

From barren mountain slopes to the current greening rate exceeds 72%. The former head of the Gardening Department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology told Yangtze River Daily reporter that behind the "Forest University" is a group of "people who love trees as life".

Teachers and students green the campus.

According to school history, in the early 1950s, Central China Institute of Technology was newly established. There was only a stone mountain and a few ponds on the campus, and it was difficult to find a three-meter-high tree. "It's so ugly without a tree!" Under the advocacy of the then dean, Zhu Jiusi, , the school took out money from the limited funds and started a vigorous tree planting campaign.

In 1956, Zhu Jiusi, then secretary of the school’s party committee and vice president, spoke at the tree planting ceremony. The background of the photo was Yujiashan at that time.

Secretary E, who is 83 years old this year, remember that after the Chinese New Year, Zhu Jiusi moved his office to the Garden Department and focused on the Garden Department to formulate this year's tree planting plan and quantity, digging pits, raising seedlings, planting trees, and catching insects. He had to personally ask about everything, and he was not allowed to be careless. Under Zhu Jiusi's personal leadership, more than 1 million trees were planted in the first two years of its establishment. Over time, they not only created the street trees on campus, but also created the lush Yujia Mountain.

Teachers and students take a leisurely walk on the campus avenue. (1963) School History Materials

The old school (dean) president Zhu Jiusi once concluded in his later years that he had accomplished "two and half things" in his life, and "half things" was planting trees and afforestation. Mr. Zhu completed the "half" of the work, passed on from generation to generation at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and tried hard to turn it into a perfect "one thing". Every class of Huake college students remember a "compulsory course" when they were at school: planting trees in gardens and planting trees on campus. This is a public compulsory course in labor practice, pulling weeds, planting trees, and pruning branches. Every Huake University student uses real credits to inherit the tradition of planting and loving trees.

A corner of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

In the 1990s, the school's sycamore was fully mature and began to shed hair. As soon as spring came, the school's turquoise was charming. Some people suggested whether to cut down the sycamore sycamore and a new road tree. Looking at the sycamore sycamore sycamore that was as tall as a cover and shielded teachers and students from the wind and shade, the then principal Yang Shuzi firmly disagreed, "Sycamore is a minor problem, so many people advocate cutting them off. But we still insist on 'education' as the main focus and use grafting methods to help them get rid of their shortcomings." In 1997, without special funds, the school leaders personally visited thousands or tens of thousands of places in various departments to "beg for alms" and raised a sum of money to graft more than 1,700 sycamore trees in the accommodation area. There were fewer criticisms and all the sycamore trees were saved. Now decades have passed again, and the tall and magnificent sycamore still quietly protects Huake people and becomes a beautiful scenery on Huake University's campus.

Today's Huazhong University of Science and Technology has been covered by green.

The forest is bigger and there are more birds. According to statistics from He Lingsong, a professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology who has a history of bird watching for more than ten years, from 2014 to the present, the number of bird species on campus has reached 205, accounting for about 50% of the total recorded birds in Wuhan, including rare and rare birds.

The predecessors’ longing for a “forest-style university” has become a reality.

(Changjiang Daily reporter Chen Xiaotong, Zhou Jie, correspondent Gao Xiang)

[Editor: Ding Mian]

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