April 5th (Arbor Day)
On Arbor Day, new trees and shrubs are planted throughout South Korea.
also called “Sikmogil”. Today, however, only unofficially. It was abolished as a non-working holiday and school-free holiday in 2005. By then, hundreds of thousands of students had been recruited to take part in tree planting campaigns!
The high honor given to tree planting came about after the Korean War. Because Korea's forests had to be reforested after the war. “The idea of Arbor Day in South Korea, Sikmogil was to celebrate forestry and the development of national history. The day April 5th was chosen because of its historical significance. On April 5, Silla achieved the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.” Source wikipedia ; translated as "deepL" But the day is still celebrated even without a holiday.
A short time ago the president was allowed to be actively involved; “Planting trees nourishes Korea's hopes and the future” was written at the time. Ms. Park is now in custody. But it wasn't about planting trees - and so even without Ms. Park, planting is taking place on Tree Day in Korea.
Why don't we do the same here ? Go ahead, get a shovel and plant a small tree or a small flower and our animals will thank us for it.
