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What is the meaning of Father's Day

Is Father's Day a traditional Chinese holiday

Father's Day is not a traditional Chinese holiday, it is a holiday belonging to Western countries.

The world's first Father's Day was born in 1910, and the advocate was Mrs. Dodd of Washington, USA. Mrs. Dodd especially missed her father after his death, she y knows her father in the process of raising children to pay the love and hardship, so and the church's Ree Maas pastor, hoping to have a special day to commemorate the whole world's great fathers, her idea was approved by the pastor, and at the same time get the support of the various church organizations.

Mrs. Dodd then wrote a letter to the Mayor & the State Government suggesting that her father's birthday, June 5 of each year, be celebrated as Father's Day. In the end, the mayor chose a compromise, moving Father's Day to the third Sunday in June.

This holiday is now known as Father's Day, and it falls on the third Sunday in June. In addition to the UK, there are many other countries that recognize Father's Day, such as the United States, Canada, and Argentina.

What is the meaning of Father's Day

Father's Day: a holiday in the United States. On the third Sunday in June every year. On the holiday, children wear red roses to show their love for their living fathers, and white roses to pay tribute to their deceased fathers.

China's traditional Father's Day

China's Father's Day is August 8 every year on the Gregorian calendar, also known as the "8-8 Festival", harmonic "Dad's Day", in 1945 by the state officially announced the establishment of the world's earliest officially established Father's Day in China has the following cultural significance. Chinese Father's Day has the following cultural significance.

1, the significance of commemorative culture: August 8, 1945, the dawn of victory in the war of resistance has quietly come, the Shanghai aspirants in order to commemorate the war for the country's dads, specially put forward the idea of Father's Day. So Shanghai literati initiated the celebration of Father's Day and the public responded immediately.

After the war victory, Shanghai celebrities and gentlemen from all walks of life, jointly requested the Shanghai Municipal Government to submit to the Central Government, set "Dad" resonance of August 8 for Father's Day, the government attaches great importance to this request, special meeting to discuss and formally determined that every year on August 8 is China's Father's Day.

2, the significance of the text culture: August 8, the two "eight" overlap together, after the deformation of the word "father", the text pronunciation of the harmonic "dad", "Father's Day", "Father's Day", "Father's Day", "Father's Day", "Father's Day", "Father's Day", "Father's Day", "Father's Day". Eight Festival that is Dad's Day, both creative and catchy, simple and memorable and loud.

3, the significance of Chinese filial piety culture: up and down five thousand years of Chinese filial piety culture has been pervasive, immersed in the Chinese land; filial piety of thought, concept, practice, everywhere, all the time.

When celebrities such as Wu Zhihui, Li Shizeng, Pan Gongzhan, Du Yuesheng and others advocated the establishment of Father's Day is also to promote the embodiment of the Chinese culture of filial piety. 8 August and China's long tradition of respect for the elderly festival, "99" Chrysanthemum Festival is also echoed. Demonstrate cultural confidence, carry forward the tradition of respect for the elderly, so that our traditional festivals and culture, more colorful, deep meaning. We need to think about it.

What is a good gift for Father's Day

1, glasses

Take your father to a regular optical store to do a comprehensive vision check, choose a new pair of glasses! For him, the frame is fashionable or not is secondary, the key is the quality of the lens.

Note: Be sure to bring your dad to the eyeglasses store to check his eyesight before you match them, otherwise it would be a waste to buy them back if they don't fit! But this is not much of a surprise, the dad may also be in order to save money for the child, dead refused to go it! Or the same reason can be for the ear began to some back of the father to buy a hearing aid.

2, watch

Let the father every time to look at the time can think of this is their own children to send, others asked about it is also particularly proud!

Note: As far as possible, choose a better quality, higher grade. So you can always keep it and pass it down from generation to generation, but the price is a bit expensive!

3, razor

Very practical gift, every day to use, to buy fully automatic Oh, so that the dad with the convenience of it!

Note: buy this thing should also pay attention to the quality of oh, with a comfortable well! The first thing you need to do is to buy a new razor, and then you can buy a new razor, and then you can buy a new razor. Buy razor more worry, must be used, and do not have to worry about buying the wrong or buy back to use!