朝阳位于辽宁省西部,是个“风沙、干旱、贫困”地区.据史料记载,朝阳原是一个山川秀丽、草木繁茂的山区,具有“银朝阳”之美称.但由于自然因素和社会因素的影响,破坏了自然生态平衡,大面积水土流失,土地严重退化,造成“山多草木稀,地薄产量低,沟壑到处有,雨过地扒皮”的严重后果. Chaoyang is located in the west of Liaoning Province, is a “wind and sand, drought, poverty.” According to historical records, the original Chaoyang is a beautiful mountainous area, with the reputation of “silver sun.” However, due to natural and social factors, Destroyed the natural ecological balance, large-scale soil and water loss, serious land degradation, resulting in serious consequences of “mountainous vegetation, low production of thin and thin, gully everywhere, ravaged peel”.