What is the origin of Mother's Day?

Mother's Day is a time to thank your mother. 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 Origin and Legend of Mother's Day

The tradition of Mother's Day originated in ancient Greece. /kloc-On October 8th, the ancient Greeks paid tribute to RheaCybele, 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.

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

1876, the United States is still mourning the victims of the civil war. Anna Jarvis teaches the American Memorial Day course in the 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 whole 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 sweeping every state in the United States of America, but also some countries in Canada, Mexico and South America have begun to celebrate this festival. 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.

The significance of mother's day

Although Mother's Day is a foreign festival, in an ancient country with a tradition of "loyalty, filial piety and righteousness", respect and filial piety for mothers has long been a courtesy and etiquette. In "Twenty-four Filial Pieties", Hou Hanbao, in order to save his mother and not be afraid of all risks, left an eternal story to future generations: "Endurance is enhanced with many risks, and filial piety is unparalleled." . Liu Heng personally tasted this soup and medicine, which is famous all over the world. As the king of a country, it is also an example of filial piety to the mother from the national level that her mother has been ill for three years, but she has to taste the soup first.