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What day is Mother's Day in China

Chinese Mother's Day is celebrated on September 15 of the lunar calendar.

China's Mother's Day, suggested by the National People's Congress, will be the day Nuwa created man on the 15th day of the ninth lunar month as "China's Mother's Day". At present, many countries and regions around the world have Mother's Day, the United States of America's Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May every year. Thailand's Mother's Day on August 12, many countries in the Arab region's Mother's Day is scheduled for March 21, "Spring Equinox", and China so far there is no legal "Mother's Day".

December 2006, the Chinese National Association of the emblem of the Cultural Committee, Zoucheng City Government, Beijing Oriental Moral Institute, Shijiazhuang City, primary and secondary school students out-of-school comprehensive practice activities base and other four "Mother's Day," the core of the initiation of the unit was formally established, "Chinese Mother's Day to promote the Association!

Significance of Mother's Day

Festivals are the crystallization and carrier of national culture. A large part of cultural memory is the memory of festivals. After many years, many past events have faded into oblivion, but the scenes of the festivals are still fresh in our minds. At the same time, the festival has a wide coverage, constantly repeated, educational and entertaining characteristics, the deepest impact on people, so the major human holidays to cultivate the spirit of the nation and cohesion are crucial.

The real Mother's Day should be rooted in the heart to realize the love of mother. Our Chinese Mother's Day on the one hand advocates motherly love, motherly education; on the other hand, advocates love of mother, filial piety. On the other hand, parents give life to their children and have a kind of selfless love for them out of instinct. The establishment of the Chinese Mother's Day is to let the world's parents have a love to show, let people seriously recognize the holiday; let the world's children have a filial piety awakened, and exquisite expression of the holiday.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Mother's Day for more information