Why was there no Mother's Day in ancient China?

Mother's Day is a time to thank your mother. The tradition of this festival originated in ancient Greece; Modern Mother's Day originated in America, and it is the second Sunday in May every year. Mothers usually receive gifts on this day. Carnation is considered as a flower dedicated to mother, while China's mother flower is Hemerocallis, also known as the girl without sorrow.

The tradition of Mother's Day originated in ancient Greece. /kloc-On October 8th, the ancient Greeks paid tribute to Rhea, the mother of Greek gods (English: Rhea, Cybele, Greek: the mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hadders, Demeter, Hera and Hestia, so it was called the mother of gods). When they arrived in ancient Rome, these activities became even larger, and the celebrations often lasted for three days. Of course, the worship of the goddess in ancient times was just a superstition, which is very different from the respect for motherhood today.

1876, the United States is still mourning the victims of the civil war. Anna marie jarvis teaches Memorial Day in a chapel. After telling the story of the hero who died in the battle, she prayed, "I hope that somewhere and at some time, someone will create a mother's day to commemorate and praise the mothers of the United States and the world."

Mrs Jarvis has served her church for more than 25 years. When she died at the age of 72, her 465,438+0-year-old daughter Anna decided to create a Mother's Day to fulfill her mother's wish to pray many years ago. Anna has written to many celebrities, asking them to support the establishment of Mother's Day to promote filial piety. At first, the reaction was cold, but she was not discouraged and continued to appeal to all walks of life. On May12,0907, Andre Methodist Church held a worship ceremony for mothers at the invitation of Anna. The following year, this ceremony was held in Philadelphia, which received enthusiastic response, and finally won the support of the governor of Victoria, and announced the establishment of Mother's Day in the state on 19 10. 19 1 1 mother's day celebrations have been widely carried out, not only in every state in the United States of America, but also in some countries in Canada, Mexico and South America. Americans also distribute leaflets promoting Mother's Day to countries all over the world in ten different languages to expand their influence. In the following years, the upsurge of celebrating Mother's Day became increasingly high. 19 12, the United States of America established the Mother's Day International Association.

1913 in may, the house of representatives of the United States of America unanimously passed a resolution calling on the president and all officials of the cabinet, the house of representatives and the federal government to wear white carnations on mother's day. 19 14, the Congress of the United States of America officially named the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day, and asked the President to issue a declaration calling on government officials to fly the national flag on all public buildings. Then, President Wilson told citizens all over the country to hang the national flag in their homes to show their love and respect for all mothers in the United States of America. Since then, the President of the United States of America has issued a declaration with the same content every year. Since then, Mother's Day has been held in various countries.

/kloc-In the middle of the 0/7th century, Mother's Day spread to Britain, and the British took the fourth Sunday of fasting as Mother's Day. On this day, young people who go out will go home and bring some small gifts to their mothers.