Sheng 'an forest belt is located in the hinterland of the old Yellow River in the north of Minquan County, 8 kilometers away from Minquan County. Founded in 1950, it is an important part of the famous shelter forest system in eastern Henan. It is one of the four artificial shelterbelts in China and one of the top ten in Asia. The forest belt starts from Ji Shen, Chengzhuang Town, Minquan County in the west, and ends at Ganzhuang Village, Chengguan Town in the east. It is more than 20 kilometers long from east to west and 2-4 kilometers wide from north to south. In 1970s and 1980s, it was named by the National Plain Greening Work Conference twice, and received by national leaders, Chinese and foreign celebrities, forestry experts and scholars for many times, enjoying a high reputation, and was praised by forestry experts at home and abroad as the "Green Great Wall" on the old Yellow River. At present, the forest belt stock is 6.5438+300,000 cubic meters, the annual growth is 6.5438+300,000 cubic meters, and the forest coverage rate is 75%. There are more than 0/00 species of plants and 0/80 species of terrestrial animals in the forest, and there are more than 0/00 species of/kloc-listed as national wild protected animals. For decades, the "Sheng 'an Forest Belt" is like a blue dragon lying in waves, winding in the hinterland of the old Yellow River. Day after day, year after year, it has been windy and rainy, protecting hundreds of thousands of people and 400 thousand mu of farmland in the northern part of civil rights from sandstorms.

Today's "Sheng 'an Forest Belt" has many tree species, rich vegetation and enchanting flowers and plants. All kinds of birds rest in the forest, singing one after another; Flying saucers of various shapes are dancing, colorful and dazzling; Ten thousand mu of Sophora japonica trees are lush in Lin Yuyu. The sand dunes are continuous, the grass is lush, away from the hubbub and back to nature. This is a natural park full of wild interest, which makes people linger.

On holidays, bring your family, invite friends, take oxygen in the locust tree forest, have a picnic on the grass, step on the grassy forest path, listen to the sounds of leaves and insects, catch a slug with two chirps, and pick two bags of wild locust trees. Far away, it seems to be in a quiet and distant original taste, which makes people relaxed and happy. The forest belt also has a unique natural landscape. In spring, flowers are in full bloom, and the endless Sophora japonica flowers are full of crowns and branches, just like a white jade world. The spring breeze blows on your face from time to time, bringing you a burst of fragrance, making you intoxicated and lingering. Every year, it attracts hundreds of bees to collect honey here. The forest in summer is clear and cool. It looks like spring before noon, autumn in the afternoon and early winter in the evening. This is an ideal summer resort. There are also water in the forest, sparkling, lotus dew and pink buds, green rice fields and frogs playing in the pond, which often make people full of interest.

Autumn in the forest, intoxicating grapes and charming crisp pears make people drool. If it comes to winter, "like a strong wind in spring, it comes at night and blows open the petals of ten thousand pear trees" everywhere, full of excitement and enchanting, just like a fairy tale world. In recent years, Minquan County, relying on the resource advantages of "Sheng 'an Forest Belt", actively declared the national forest park, intensified the development and construction of eco-tourism, and started the development and construction project of the eco-tourism base of "Sheng 'an Forest Belt" in an all-round way, turning "Sheng 'an Forest Belt" into an eco-tourism park with a certain scale in eastern Henan, such as botanical gardens, flower gardens, high-quality miscellaneous orchards and amusement parks.