The roads around Baoshan Park

Gorgeous landscape of Baoshan Park

Spring season for Baoshan Park now, so it covers with green viewings around the park. It was introduced that a greening project for Baoling, covering 4,718mu land was launched in December, 2009. Over 3million tree seedlings of 40 species and 1200kgs grass seeds were planted in this area. At the meantime, more than 30kms roads around the greening area were facilitated there. Now, trees and grasses grow well in this modern and forest park. Because of its good greening effect, Baoshan became a typical example for the revirescence of mine.

Baoling was famous as the “land of eight treasures”. Its mining and smelting history began in Yuan Dynasty. Baoshan copper mine enterprises were established by the State of liberation to proceed for the open-air and underground mining there, which contributed greatly to the State’s construction. But because of the disordered disposal of dump slag, Baoling was in danger of mud-rock flow and stony desertification.

Deng Zhongtian- one of the staffs of Green Office of Guiyang Forestry Bureau said to the reporters: “we tried great efforts to plant trees and enable them to survive in this barren land.” As introduced by Deng, 2/3 of Baoling greening area was covered with mine slag of heavy metal elements, so the land condition, water conservation condition and trees planting condition were very poor there. In order to plant one tree in the area, one truck load stones should be removed to be replaced by half truck load soil. According to the data, over 30,000 cubic meters soil was transferred there to improve the trees planting condition of the area, especially the 1252mu poor area with too much mine slag and serious stony desertification problem.

“Not only greener, the area should be more beautiful.”said Deng, “different collations for different trees were handled out in this area, such as evergreen vs. deciduous species, arbor trees vs. bushes, flowers and grasses and vines, precious tree species vs. indigenous tree species, barren resistant and anti toxic gas tree species vs. fast growing species, and etc. It enabled the area to be with diversification of varieties.” Osmanthus fragrans and lotus are the tree and flower of Guiyang county. In order to highlight their features, over ten thousand of these two trees and flowers were planted in this area. Over 35 special parks entitled with specified trees and flowers were set there as well.

When reporters walked along the 30kms long roads around Baoshan Park, the trees planted in the road sides made them feel comfortable. They encountered with some miners who were on the way to work. Zhang Houchu- one of the miners told to the reporters that great changes have been happened in Baoshan area in the five years since he worked there. Instead of the mine slag, there are green trees, clear water, blue sky and fresh air, so all workers satisfy with the new environment condition well.

If you step on the top of Baoshan National Mine Park, mines, green trees, residential areas, beautiful flowers and blue sky are present in the same image. Baoshan area has been changed from the “black land” to attractive green park with the scenery of “forest in the mountain, pavilion in the forest and scenery in the pavilion”.