The origin of the Chinese Mother's Day?

Chinese Mother's Day is a holiday proposed by experts and scholars in recent years to promote traditional Chinese culture and to honor the love of mothers, such as Chinese Christmas, Chinese Thanksgiving Day, Chinese Father's Day and so on, which belongs to the still unofficial "holiday".

To maintain the Chinese cultural lineage and cultivate the spirit of the Chinese nation, China should set up its own Mother's Day, which reflects the greatness of Chinese mothers and the traditional spirit of filial piety, awakening the modern people to be able to pay more respect to their mothers, caring for their mothers' consciousness, so that they have a heart of thanksgiving, know how to return to their parents, teachers and teachers, other people, society, and the country's loyalty to the filial piety.

Li Hanqiu and some experts and scholars advocated the mother of Meng Mengzi born on the second day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar as the "Chinese Mother's Day", can be the first choice; in addition, the lunar calendar, "spring equinox" contains the meaning of life revival, a piece of vitality, is also a good choice, is recommended. It is also a good choice and worth recommending. Mother's Day is not the key to the problem; it can be decided by public vote on the Internet, which should be in line with public opinion. But the establishment of China's own Mother's Day is imperative.

China's Mother's Flower

Before the carnation became a symbol of motherly love, there was also a mother's flower in China, the daylily. Daylilies have a history of thousands of years of cultivation in China, daylilies are also known as deceiving grass, deceiving is the meaning of forgetting. The earliest written record is found in the "Poetry - Wei Feng - Bo Ruoxi": "Where to deceive the grass, the back of the tree". Zhu Xi said: "Deceive the grass, make people forget; back, North Hall also."

Another title forgetfulness (forgetfulness of worry), from the "Museum": "daylily, eating it makes people good joy, forgetfulness of worry, so it is said to forgetfulness of worry grass. The Poetry Scripture says: "The darkness of the north hall can be planted with daylilies"; the north hall represents the meaning of mother.

In ancient times, when a child traveled far away from home, he would first plant daylilies in the north hall, hoping to alleviate his mother's thoughts about her child and forget his worries. Meng Jiao's "Poem of the Traveling Child" of the Tang Dynasty wrote: "Daylilies are born on the steps of the hall, and the traveling child travels to the end of the world; the loving mother leans on the door of the hall, and does not see the daylily flowers".

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Chinese Mother's Day