介绍:
Jing Xiangjun, a brave ranger in Bazhong, Sichuan Province, has been transforming 9,000 hectares of woodland into a natural landscape for the past 19 years.
Jing, 41, chose to major in forestry in 1995, regardless of objections from her family. After graduation, the determined woman volunteered to work in the remote valley of Bazhong without electricity, running water and roads to the outside world.
“We lived in shacks and burned firewood for light,” she recalled. “Water had to be carried from a stream two miles away.”
Before long, her classmates who had started at the same time as her all quit their jobs and left. Nevertheless, Jing never changed her mind. “Whatever they did, I certainly won’t leave. I must show them what I can achieve,” she determined.
Apart from painstaking labor around the year, there were constant unforeseen dangers in the wild woods. Jing once came across a black bear, getting scared to death, although she narrowly escaped from the fierce beast. In March 2002, Jing suddenly passed out and was sent to hospital. She was diagnosed with kidney failure. The 27-year-old girl was warned that she would lose her life without timely treatment. However, she returned to her post on the third day, continuing to plant trees.
The strong-willed woman has been trying her best to make everything thrive as much as possible. She has been called the most inspiring ranger. “Seeing trees grow up high, I feel a great sense of accomplishment,” she said.
“Those who can find happiness in hardships are the richest,” Jing wrote about her past years spent in the mountains.
