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When is Mother's Day in China? What about history? Don't answer irrelevant questions. Mother's Day in China! ! !

The second Sunday of May in the Gregorian calendar is Mother's Day every year.

Mother's Day is a festival to thank mothers, which first appeared 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.

Legendary story:

On the southern plain of Liaoning, there is an ancient city of more than 2,000 years-Bayuquan Xiongyue City.

In the sea green fruit forest to the east of Xiong Yue, there is a mountain with a butte protruding. There is a blue brick pagoda on the top of the mountain, which looks like a loving mother from a distance, looking forward to her son's early return. This mountain is called Wanger Mountain.

The ancient poems praising maternal love are as follows

Wang Anshi: Poet of the 15th Song Dynasty

Put mother in the ditch and leave her home in the shade.

When I heard about Du Yu in the moonlight, I was always worried about the North and the South.

Thanks to my mother for giving us life, we can grow up healthily and happily under her careful care. Each of us should be grateful to our mother, not just verbally.