Why is there no Mother's Day in the traditional Chinese festivals?

Here's the deal:Mother's Day has already been established, only it won't be as grand as the traditional holidays, not to mention a vacation and rest because of it, because emotions for mothers are ubiquitous in life, and can be expressed at any time and place.

Why didn't China have a Mother's Day in the first place?

Chinese traditional festivals are all related to festivals and calendars. The culture of filial piety has a long history in China, but in the context of a patriarchal society, where the status of women is generally low, it leaves Chinese children to respond to their mother's love in a subtle and conservative way. To this day, many people still follow the traditional idea of expressing their love for their mothers through their actions, and although Mother's Day was not initially established, we do know more about filial piety and respect for our parents than any other country. Even now, many children are still willing to express their love to their mothers with actions, such as buying a necklace, clothes, gifts, or sending a blessing message to their mothers.

Origin of Mother's Day

The concept of Mother's Day first originated in Greece, on Mother's Day, January 8, the ancient Greeks to the Greek mythological mother of the gods, Hera; therefore, evolved into the ancient Greek Mother's Day, and the concept of Mother's Day later spread to the United Kingdom, the British Mother's Day, the young people will be out of the house. Return home, to their mothers to bring some small gifts, at that time there are many people are slaves, in the Mother's Day this day must also return to the side of the mother, the master must also be released, so that these slaves can express their gratitude to their mothers.

And the earliest initiator of Mother's Day in the modern sense was Mrs. Jarvis, a mother of 10 children, who believed that many young soldiers died in battle, and many mothers lost their children, and Jarvis thought that for the motherland to contribute so many brave soldiers, to ensure the victory of the war, she proposed that a Memorial Day or Mother's Day should be set up to give these ordinary women some comfort and express the filial thoughts of children to their mothers. Later, Mrs. Jarvis died then by her daughter Anna Jarvis continue to fulfill her mother's wishes, and proposed the creation of Mother's Day finally passed a resolution on May 10, 1913 decided that the second Sunday in May each year for Mother's Day.

Flower bouquet carnations because Mrs. Jarvis's favorite during her lifetime was carnations, so it was only fitting to make one of the gifts.

The establishment of Chinese Mother's Day

Meng's mother gave birth to Meng Zi on the day of the second day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar every year for the "Chinese Mother's Day", China is a country that emphasizes etiquette and filial piety, and many of today's young people spend their birthdays Only think of their own happiness, but never thought of "child birthday mother difficult day", in order to familiarize everyone with the establishment of the festival, so the Mencius mother Equuschick (zhang)'s to do on behalf of.

Correspondingly, Mencius' mother, the Equuschick (zhang), took full responsibility for raising him after he lost his father at the age of three. "The story of Mencius' mother has been told for more than 2,000 years, from the external environment of the child's growth to the internal rules of learning, she paid attention to them all, and finally made Mencius a great man. She finally made Mencius a great man, and she herself became a model of a wise mother who educated her children, which is still passed down as an example today.

Overall why China's Mother's Day is not so hot, it is still with the Chinese traditional culture, our way of expression is introverted, implicitly, many times love is not said, but do each other silently pay! Western culture is straightforward, love, to say it out loud. Although the times are changing, more fashionable festivals are also emerging, but deep-rooted in people's hearts has always been the love of parents, and not a simple day can be replaced, because China is a great Confucian country.

The establishment of the modern Mother's Day contains two meanings, the first is to be grateful to our mothers for raising and teaching us, and the second is to hope that young people can pass on such ideas to the next generation, and to educate as well as to make themselves truly feel the existence of that responsibility.