Abstract

Since the beginning of the 15th century, the Ming imperial defense line north of the forest, are constantly being cut and stolen deforestation, depletion of the growing number of mountain forests. Therefore, in addition to officials with the investigation of repeated construction, please ban, but also has been suggested Planting monthly at the border of trees. Later, the court put the trees border guard officials as one of performance. In the 1560's, the Yanshan mountain range has been planted on more than 930 million trees. But overall speaking, in the late Ming Dynasty effectiveness of border planting is not chang, can save a small forest on the situation. The Ming Dynasty saw an increase in forest destruction. During the early 15th century, the forests along China's northern border were illegally cut down to the point that much of the country's woodlands were virtually gone. In an effort to save the existing forest, strict regulation and close monitoring were instituted. Some government officials also suggested planting more trees to supplement the attenuating forests. The court even included forestry planting as one of the evaluation subjects of the country's border officials. In the 1560's, there were more than 9,300,000 trees planted on the slopes of the Yanshan Mountains. However, the result of the Ming Dynasty's border forest cultivation plan was not very effective; it was ultimately impossible to save the diminishing forests