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    Shi Jianyang (L) and his grandfather check the growth of crops on a farmland near a forest area along the Maowusu Desert in northwest China's Shaanxi Province in 2026.(Xinhua)A drone sweeps above the pine forest, sending images of the woods to a screen below. Under the trees stands Shi Jianyang whose grandfather and hundreds of villagers came 40 years ago with shovels and saplings to stop advancing sand.
At 29, Shi belongs to a new generation of desert-control workers equipped with drones, machines and remote irrigation systems. An earth auger can now do in a day what once required about 200 laborers, while a single phone can control drip irrigation across more than 1,000 mu (about 66.67 hectares) of woodland.
For the older Shi's generation, the challenge was getting trees to survive in moving dunes. For the grandson, it is figuring out how to make those forests healthier and more resilient for decades to come.
Their story captures a broader shift in desert control along the southern edge of the Maowusu Desert in northwest China's Shaanxi Province: turning shifting sand into forest was only the beginning.
In 1986, Shi Guangyin, Shi Jianyang's grandfather, led more than 300 villagers into Langwosha, a sandy area in Dingbian County in Yulin City. He had raised 60,000 yuan (about 17,377 U.S. dollars at the time) by selling his family's 84 sheep and borrowing from relatives and banks to contract 3,500 mu of barren sandy land.
The early setbacks were severe. Strong winds destroyed about 90 percent of the saplings in the first year, and about 80 percent of those planted the following year failed to survive.
After seeking advice from forestry experts, Shi and the villagers laid out checkerboard-shaped barriers on windward slopes to hold the sand in place, then planted trees, shrubs and grasses within them. Sapling survival rates rose to about 80 percent.
Over the next four decades, Shi and those working alongside him treated 250,000 mu of sandy and saline-alkali land, with more than 53 million trees and shrubs taking root.
Greening the Maowusu Desert is part of a much larger national undertaking. It is one of the three major battlefronts of China's Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, a decades-long effort to curb desertification across northern China.
China has made desertification control a national ecological priority. Since 2023, the country has stepped up efforts under the program, with greater emphasis on systematic restoration and on consolidating earlier gains.
Decades after the first trees took root, a new challenge emerged. Poplars planted decades ago for their rapid growth began reaching the end of their life cycle, with large numbers of trees dying, while forests dominated by a single species were more vulnerable to pests and disease.
Making a forest was one challenge. Keeping it healthy for another generation is another.
Shi Jianyang grew up watching his grandfather and father work to hold back the sand. His father, Shi Zhanjun, spent years planting trees alongside Shi Guangyin before dying in a road accident in 2008 while transporting saplings.
As a boy, Shi Jianyang sometimes resented the work that had taken his father. He spent summer holidays in makeshift tents in the sandy land, eating meals gritty with sand. During planting season, his father would return home with painful blisters in his mouth.
Yet he eventually chose forestry himself.
After studying forestry technology in university, Shi returned home in 2020 and began working in desert control. His team, initially made up of just seven or eight young locals, later brought in university graduates with expertise in soil science, landscaping and pest control.
The younger generation faced a different question: not simply how to make trees survive, but how to make a forest last.
Shi and his team spent more than 40 days in a 5,000-mu woodland setting up sample plots, measuring rainfall, studying soil microorganisms and tracking tree lodging. They proposed renewing aging forests with better-planned forest structures and expanded the planting of Mongolian pine, a long-lived evergreen species that had been successfully tested locally.
To date, about 50,000 mu of land has been planted with Mongolian pine. As some trees fail to survive and require replacement in subsequent planting seasons, the cumulative area of planting operations has reached about 65,000 mu.
Technology has also changed daily work. Drones patrol forests from the air, mechanized equipment dig planting pits, and irrigation can be managed remotely. Sapling survival rates, which Shi Guangyin's generation had raised to about 80 percent through improved sand-control and planting methods, have climbed further to about 92 percent with greater mechanization and more precise management.
Shi said the changes can be felt on the ground. Strong sandstorms have become rare, winds are weaker inside the forest, and the ground stays moist longer after rain. Summer days beneath the trees also feel cooler, while morning dew appears more often. The changes lead him to rethink desert control.
His approach also reflects a broader effort in China's desert regions to link ecological restoration with local livelihoods, giving communities a stronger economic stake in protecting restored land.
With his grandfather's support, Shi and his team have been looking for ways to make better use of the restored land as ecological conditions improve. They have developed potato seedlings suited to sandy soil, promoted greenhouse farming, and set up a livestock cooperative, while increasingly growing potatoes, watermelons and peppers on land once prone to losing water and nutrients.
Shi has also turned to livestreaming e-commerce to market potatoes and other local farm produce, while developing forest-based health and leisure projects. More than 2,000 local residents have seen their incomes rise steadily as farming, livestock breeding and other businesses have developed.
"We used to fear the sand and keep away from it. Now we understand it and know how to make use of it," Shi Guangyin said. "Today, there are opportunities to make a living everywhere in this sandy land."
Across Yulin, forest coverage has risen from 1.8 percent in 1949 to 34.8 percent, while shifting dunes that once encroached on villages have been brought under control.
For Shi Jianyang, however, the green landscape is not proof that the work is finished. "Planting a tree is not difficult," he said. "The difficult part is looking after it for decades."
The grandfather generation learned how to stop the sand. The young generation is learning how to make what grew there last.
    Shi Jianyang (R) and his grandfather check tree growth in a forest area in Dingbian County in Yulin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province in 2026. (Xinhua)
。        中国知名战地记者、摄影师、作家唐师曾于8月23日在北京逝世，享年65岁。

B |     唐师曾1961年生于北京，祖籍江苏无锡。

C | 1983年毕业于北京大学国际政治系，随后进入中国政法大学任教。1986年加入新华社，担任摄影记者。1990年，他深入伊拉克报道海湾战争，并于1991至1993年任新华社驻中东记者，采访过卡扎菲、阿拉法特、拉宾等多国政要。    离开新闻采编一线后，唐师曾将丰富的采访经历、摄影作品和个人思考陆续整理成书，《我从战场归来》《我钻进了金字塔》记述了他在中东做战地记者的传奇故事。他的文字犀利、观点鲜明、充满幽默感，深受读者喜爱。    1998年，他因被确诊再生障碍性贫血，入院接受骨穿等治疗。据相关报道，他的病情可能与海湾战争期间接触贫铀弹辐射有关。尽管饱受病痛折磨，他依然继续行走世界，将生命中的所见、所闻与所思记录下来。

D |     2000年，他再次深入伊拉克，记录后海湾战争时代的社会与平民生活，写成《重返巴格达》；2003年，他从北京驾车出发，穿越巴基斯坦、阿富汗、印度、尼泊尔等国，出版《一个人的远行》。

E |     去现场，或许是唐师曾一生最鲜明的关键词。从战地记者到旅行家，从新闻摄影到纪实写作，他始终以自己的方式抵达世界、观察世界，与真实的世界发生关联，并将那些稍纵即逝的人和事留存下来。    唐师曾离开了，但他走过的路、记录过的世界，依然能够给予后来者力量。文化编辑部精选9本相关书籍，让我们再次跟随他的脚步去认识世界，也重新走近这位“行者”丰富而充满传奇色彩的一生。    01        我从战场归来    唐师曾 著    长江文艺出版社 2013-11    《我从战场归来》是唐师曾最具代表性的纪实作品，记录了他作为战地记者深入1991年海湾战争前线的亲历过程。

F | 作为新华社驻中东记者，唐师曾亲赴伊拉克、约旦、以色列等地，在战火、空袭、戒严和难民潮中进行采访，把战争现场的恐惧、荒诞、死亡与普通人的生活直接带回读者面前。    02        我钻进了金字塔    唐师曾 著    长江文艺出版社 2013-11    《我钻进了金字塔》主要记录了唐师曾1991年至1993年担任新华社中东记者期间的见闻与经历。书中既有他采访卡扎菲、阿拉法特、拉宾等中东政治人物的经历，也有驾驶吉普车穿越沙漠、四进巴格达、亲历埃及地震、探访耶路撒冷，以及钻进胡夫金字塔内部等充满传奇色彩的故事。整本书的文字极具个人色彩，在生动、幽默的叙述中，呈现了一个中国记者眼中的阿拉伯世界。

G |     03        重返巴格达    唐师曾 著    长江文艺出版社 2013-11    《重返巴格达》是唐师曾在海湾战争爆发十年后，重返伊拉克所写的纪实作品。书中再现了制裁与战争创伤下伊拉克民众的生存困境与社会百态。

H | 与前两本书偏重记叙不同的是，本书更多地反映出深刻的人文关怀，表达了对战争的反思与对和平的呼吁。

I |     04        我的诺曼底    唐师曾 著    长江文艺出版社 2005-7    《我的诺曼底》是唐师曾创作的一部二战纪实作品。书中他亲自走访欧洲、中东、东南亚各地的二战战场遗址，通过历史资料、实地见闻和大量照片，重新追寻诺曼底登陆及二战的历史。这不是一部严肃的战争史作品，唐师曾以记者和旅行者的个人视角，将战争、历史人物与普通士兵的命运结合起来，在幽默甚至调侃的笔调中，表达对战争与和平的反思。    05        我在美国当农民    唐师曾 著    华艺出版社 2002-6    《我在美国当农民》是唐师曾的一部美国见闻作品，素材主要来自他1990年代中期在美国的生活和驾车旅行经历。书名虽叫“当农民”，但唐师曾并没有真正务农，而是借美国农场为入口，开车横穿美国，观察美国社会、普通人的生活以及美国的制度与文化。    06        一个人的远行    唐师曾 摄影    中国人民大学出版社 2006-10    虽然出过不少书，摄影记者才是唐师曾的老本行。《一个人的远行》是他以“重走玄奘取经路”的经历为基础创作的一部摄影作品集。2003年，他独自驾驶吉普车从北京出发，穿越巴基斯坦、阿富汗、印度、尼泊尔等地，用镜头记录下一路上的自然、人文与社会景观。全书最大的特色是唐师曾只提供照片，而将解读照片的权利交给200多位不同领域的名人，因此本书既是个人的旅行记录，也成为一场唐师曾的摄影作品与他人的对话。    07        唐师曾：我说    唐师曾 著    中国人民大学出版社 2007-7    本书的内容主要整理自唐师曾在高校、网络节目、电台等场合的演讲、聊天和个人思考。相比他的纪实作品，这本书更直接地呈现了他个人的观点和独具特色的说话风格，是了解唐师曾性格、价值观和世界观的一扇窗口。

J |     08        我第三个愿望    唐师曾 著    中国大百科全书出版社 2004-07    《我第三个愿望》是一部与唐师曾此前战地纪实风格截然不同的作品。书中他以自己的儿子为核心，记录妻子孕育、儿子出生及成长的过程，同时回溯家世、婚姻和个人情感经历。

K | 唐师曾曾许下三个愿望，“当好记者、娶好姑娘、生好儿子”，因此将书名定为“我第三个愿望”。相比他笔下的战争与远行，这本书更多展现了他作为丈夫和父亲的私人一面。

L |     09        唐师曾：从学生到英雄    萧乾 等 著    中国人民大学出版社 2006-10    本书是一部从“他者视角”还原唐师曾的成长与人生经历的作品。全书收录了萧乾、季羡林等三十多人的文字，以唐师曾的亲人、朋友、同事、学生和新闻记者的多重视角，展现了一个全面又立体的人物形象。    编辑 | 李俊浩    统筹 | 钱琪瑶返回，查看更多。

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