Abstract:
In 1896, a Germany preacher started to plant trees in Tashan, and its area reached 6 500 Mu (1 Mu = 666.67 m
2) in 1944.Tashan Forest Farm was established in 1946 and changed with the time, insisting on tree planting and scientific afforestation. Relying on the forestry resources, finally the function in Tashan Forest Farm was transferred as for tourism. This paper summarizes the farm' s four development stages, also makes an objective evaluation on the Germany preacher' s contribution of improving Tashan ecological environment via afforestation, and proposes some advices on the farm' s development in the next stage.