“Kids, come and look at these few plants on the ground, a common weed we often see, called Foxtail Weed. It belongs to the grass family, just like the rice we eat. Let's observe its stem, stalk, and leaf characteristics…” On August 13, at Xie Yuda Tea Museum in Huangshan City's Huizhou District, a teacher from Anhui University was introducing Foxtail Weed to students participating in study tours.
August 15 of this year marks the second National Ecological Day, with the theme “Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development.” To foster a favorable social atmosphere that values ecological civilization, on August 13, the Huangshan City Environmental Protection Bureau, together with the Huizhou District Environmental Protection Branch, organized an Environmental education activity for National Ecological Day at Xie Yuda Tea Museum. They also invited teachers from Anhui University to provide guidance.
During the event, teachers from Anhui University and environmental protection staff took advantage of the ecological environment of Xie Yuda's tea garden to provide outdoor lessons on biodiversity for students from Jinan City, Shandong Province who were participating in study tours. They led the students in exploring and learning about biodiversity within the ecological tea garden. By observing the thickness of tree trunks, the depth of leaf colors, and whether or not they flowered or bore fruit, they helped the students distinguish between different tree species. They also explained the evolutionary process of insects through differences in their legs, horns, and wings. This approach gradually deepened the students' interest in studying flora and fauna, and they organized activities for students to observe plant details and search for common wild grasses like Pearl Grass and Foxtail Weed, thereby recognizing the diversity among plants.
The students were highly engaged and enthusiastic, all expressing that they had gained much from the outdoor observation and learning experience. They felt the joy of being close to nature and getting to know it better. In the future, they will respect and protect nature and coexist harmoniously with various forms of life.
It is understood that Xie Yuda Tea Museum is an environmental education base in Huangshan City. In recent years, it has attracted numerous study tour groups and family outings due to its Huizhou Tea culture, tea variety resources, and tea garden environment. Currently, it is actively working on becoming a provincial biodiversity experience site.
“In the next step, we will combine the baseline survey and assessment project for biodiversity in the entire district to help and guide Xie Yuda Tea Museum to enrich the content of biodiversity study tours. We aim to enhance the experience and satisfaction of visitors coming for study tours, assisting the enterprise in exploring a green development path that achieves a win-win situation in terms of ecological, economic, and social benefits,” said a relevant official from the Huizhou District Environmental Protection Branch. (End)