The origin and cause of Teachers' Day.

Teachers' Day is not a traditional Chinese holiday, it is artificially prescribed.

The origin of Teachers' Day is as follows:

In March 1983, at the first meeting of the sixth session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Fang Ming and 18 CPPCC members of the People's Progressive Party (PPPP) once again put forward the proposal of "in order to improve the social status of teachers and create a social trend of respecting teachers and emphasizing teaching, it is proposed to restore the case of Teachers' Day". In September, the General Office of the Central Propaganda Department sent a letter to the General Office of the Ministry of Education, after studying the proposal of Fang Ming and other comrades of the first meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), agreeing to restore Teachers' Day. The Ministry of Propaganda.

1985 Beijing Normal University playground to celebrate the first Teachers' Day

December 15, 1984, Beijing Normal University, Zhong Jingwen, Qigong, Wang Zikun, Tao Dayong, Zhu Zhixian, Huang Ji, Zhao Qingshuan, formally proposed the establishment of Teachers' Day. Ministry of Education and the National Education Trade Union sub-party group "on the establishment of 'Teachers' Day' report" sent to the State Council .

In January 1985, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the motion, to determine the annual September 10 as Teachers' Day. September 10, 1985, President Li Xiannian issued a "letter to the National Teachers", held a grand celebration of the General Assembly throughout China, and during Teachers' Day, 20 provinces and cities **** recognition of 11,871 excellent teachers at the provincial level collectively and individually.

Expanded Information

In 1932, the Republican government had stipulated June 6 as Teachers' Day, after the liberation of the abolition of the June 6 Teachers' Day, instead of the "May 1 International Labor Day" for Teachers' Day.

In 1951, the Ministry of Education and the National Education Trade Union declared May Day Labor Day to be Teachers' Day, but the result was that there was no Teachers' Day. During the Cultural Revolution, teachers were relegated to the status of "stinking old men," and their social status was extremely low.

The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) set things right, and from 1980, the National Education Trade Union (NETU) carried out a series of activities such as "Celebrating the Teaching Years" and "Five Speeches, Four Beauties, and Serving as a Model for Teachers," which raised the political and social status of teachers.

In March 1981, at the fourth meeting of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, 17 members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) from the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy (CAPD) jointly submitted a proposal to determine the date of the National Teachers' Day and the content of the activities. The proposal pointed out that teachers should enjoy a high social status as they bear the important responsibility of training talents for the construction of the Four Worlds.

In April 1982, the party group of the Ministry of Education and the National Education Trade Union sub-party group jointly by Zhang Chengxian and Fang Ming*** with the signing of the "on the restoration of 'Teachers' Day' of the report" sent to the Secretariat of the Central Committee, the report and suggested that Marx's birth date of May 5 to be celebrated. In the report, it was suggested that Marx's birth date, May 5, be celebrated as Teachers' Day.

Reference: Teachers' Day, Baidu Encyclopedia