Look at the ecological wisdom hidden in the century -old stele!

In the deep mountain forests in western Yunnan Province, there is a stele more than a hundred years ago. What is amazing is that on this century -old stone monument, it is engraved with the content of the concept of ecological civilization today, reflecting the ecological wisdom contained in traditional Chinese culture. The stone monument is called Longtan River forest monument, which is located in the state -owned forest farm in Changning County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province.

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Paradise state -owned forest farm is a county -level nature reserve with ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, alpine meadows, lakes, rivers, and farmland. The diverse ecosystems have a rich variety of species. It has 1920 wild plants represented by first and second -level protective trees such as Yunnan, such as Yunnan, and water green trees. 33 beasts represented by national first -level protection wildlife. In addition, there are 457 kinds of edible fungi such as Cordyceps and chicken gangsters in the dense forest, as well as 380 medicinal plants such as rhubarb and Ophiopra.

The rich biological diversity makes the people of all ethnic groups living here created traditional ecological culture that is closely related to the natural environment, such as forest culture, water culture, ancient tea trees culture, and yew culture. The Longtan River's forest guard is the carrier of these traditional ecological culture. The text on it contains the ecological wisdom of human harmony between man and nature. The monument is located at the source of the Longtan River of the Paradise State -owned Forest Farm. According to the text on the monument, it can be known that the stele was standing in the fifteenth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1889, it has a history of 133 years. The whole monument sees square two feet, and there are more than two hundred words engraved, the full text is as follows:

"From the time of the bobo, the mountains of the mountains in Yuanquan, the opportunity of the world and the earth, and the theory of yin and yang default. For example, the mountains are from the past. The mountains are towering. The name is Longtan. I thought the source of the Tianshui of Dong Weng and the second village of Huijiazhai. Old origin, after the disaster, the people's hearts were not ancient, the ax was burned, and the ax was almost exhausted. This mountain is near the tomb of the Yuan family. The second surname has talked about the theory of the old and young in the village. Four to Qi Qi Qi Zitou, down to stacking water, Qi Qi Shi Gate, outside the gate of Waulongtan.

On March 25th, the fifteenth year of Guangxu, Yuan Shuanggui Yuan Kui Yuan Xun Mu Zheng Yuan Li. "

From these short two hundred words, we can find the ecological wisdom contained in it, and the origin with the concept of today's ecological civilization.

One

This inscription contains the concept of "landscapes, forests, and lake grass. In the inscription, "Yuanquan out of the mountain", "The Wulingquan water in the wooden cricket, the fish and crab is born", "the source of the two villages", and other sentences. The concept of life community of life is that the spring water flows out of the mountains and rivers flow in the forest, thereby forming a lake and wetland. Various biological reproduction is also the source of irrigation water for farmland in human villages.

Second

This inscription contains the concept of "a good ecological environment is the most inclusive people's livelihood". In the inscription, "people's hearts are not ancient, the fire is burned, the ax is cut, and the ax is almost exhausted." It reflects the frequent war in the late Qing Dynasty and the people are not talking about it. The fire burning the mountain not only causes damage to the ecological environment, but also causes natural resources such as forests, water, and farmland that local villagers depends on. This also prompted the villagers at that time to make the pain to protect the natural environment and set up monuments.

Third

This inscription contains the concept of "protecting the ecological environment with the most stringent system and the most stringent system." In the inscription, "not allowed to cut down and plant trees", which made the Longtan River protect the forest inscriptions the traditional ecological habit of protecting forest resources and encouraging trees and afforestation. In the state -owned forest farm in heaven, villagers living in the local area have produced traditional ecological habitual methods in the process of interacting with ecosystems and natural environment for a long time. These traditional ecological methods are not only an important part of culture, but also promote ecological environmental protection, and play an important role in the sustainable use of natural resources.

Four

This inscription contains the concept of "building a beautiful home together in the whole people." In the inscription, "the two surnames have been talked about the theory of the old and young in the village, and the surname of Hui is willing to generate five thousand texts. The two main clan surnamed, who talked about the importance of protecting the natural environment with the elderly villagers in the village, and contributed by the Hui family and the Yuan family to plant trees and forests in the water source of the village and build a pond.

In 2020, more than 130 years after the Longtan River's forest monument, Changning County, where the state -owned forest farm of the Paradise State -owned Forest, was named by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment as a demonstration county of the National Ecological Civilization Construction. This also reflects the traditional ecological culture from one side. Nourishing and enlightenment.

Traditional ecological culture is reflected in many fields such as religious worship, literary and artistic, and institutional laws of various ethnic groups. It is a cultural, utilization and governance of the ecosystems in which the ecosystems in my country in the long -term history and social development. It includes both the concepts and beliefs of the ecological environment, as well as the knowledge, technology and systems of protecting and using natural resources, representing the understanding and thinking of ecosystems by various nations. In the context of the fierce changes in the global ecological environment today, the experience and practices of traditional ecological culture and environmental protection have important functions and values ​​in the fields of sustainable use of natural resources, human activities to adapt to climate change, and natural disaster risk management. In the future, we still need to learn the essence of traditional ecological culture of various nations, keep pace with the times, form an important part of the ecological culture of the new era, and provide historical basis and realistic support for the current ecological civilization construction that is currently developing nationwide. Written article: Yin Lun and Lan Jianmei are special researchers at the Research Center of the Socialist Theoretical System Research Center of Yunnan Province, researcher at the School of Geography and Ecological Tourism, Southwest Forestry University, Deputy Director of Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Changning County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province

Source: Guangming Daily

Edit: Li Qian

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