Editing Arbor Day (section)

====Republic of China (Taiwan)====
Arbor Day (植樹節) was founded by the forester [[Ling Daoyang]] in 1915 and has been a traditional [[Public holidays in Taiwan|holiday]] in the Republic of China since 1916. The [[Beiyang government]]'s Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce first commemorated Arbor Day in 1915 at the suggestion of forester [[Ling Daoyang]]. In 1916, the government announced that all provinces of the [[Republic of China]] would celebrate the on the same day as the [[Qingming Festival]], April 5, despite the differences in climate across China, which is on the first day of the fifth solar term of the traditional Chinese [[lunisolar calendar]]. From 1929, by decree of the [[Nationalist government]], Arbor Day was {{ill|Arbor Day (March 12)|zh|植樹節 (3月12日)|lt=changed to March 12}}, to commemorate the death of [[Sun Yat-sen]], who had been a major advocate of afforestation in his life.<ref name="pitts">{{cite journal |last1=Pitts |first1=Larissa |title=Unity in the trees: Arbor Day and Republican China, 1915–1927 |journal=Journal of Modern Chinese History |date=2019 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=296–318 |doi=10.1080/17535654.2019.1688958|s2cid=213502209 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: The evolution of Tomb Sweeping Day |url=https://taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2020/04/05/2003734020 |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="wangxq">{{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Xi-qun |title=The Chronicle of LING Dao-yang: The Commemoration on the 130th Anniversary of Mr. LING Dao-yang's Birthday |journal=Journal of Beijing Forestry University |date=2018 |volume=17 |issue=1 |doi=10.13931/j.cnki.bjfuss.2017080}}</ref> Following the [[Republic of China retreat to Taiwan|retreat]] of the [[government of the Republic of China]] to Taiwan in 1949, the celebration of Arbor Day on March 12 was retained.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chronology |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/print.php?unit=4&post=6353 |access-date=April 4, 2020 |work=Free China Review |date=April 1, 1953}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=President Chen Attends the Tree-planting Ceremony to Mark March 12 Arbor Day |url=https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/296 |access-date=4 April 2020 |agency=Office of the President of the Republic of China |date=12 March 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Salmonsen |first1=Renée |title=For the love of trees: Taiwan celebrates Arbor Day |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3382066 |access-date=4 April 2020 |work=Taiwan News |date=12 March 2018}}</ref>