Mother's Day

Mother's Day, is a holiday to thank his Mother. This festival first appeared in ancient Greece; The modern mother's day originated in the United States, is the second Sunday in May each year. Mothers on this day would normally receive gifts, carnation be regarded as dedicated to mother's flower, and China's mother flowers are day lilies flower, also called nepenthes.

After mother's day is popular in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions to enter the mainland, expensive jewelry packaging in a beautiful box, symbol of motherly love carnations, a special love desserts, exquisite handmade CARDS and so on, become the tribute to his mother love gift .In the 1980 s, mother's day is gradually accepted by people in mainland China. Starting in 1988, guangzhou in southern China and some other cities began to hold celebrations of mother's day, and the "good mother", as one of the content.

The end of the 20th century, as China and the international community, mother's day is a holiday in China increasingly popularized around the country, more and more people begin to accept the concept of mother's day, on the second Sunday in May each year, the Chinese people and people in other countries around the world together in various ways to express gratefulness to mother.

  

Mother and child.

Of course, the Chinese have more Chinese taste of mother's day. Chinese people in their own special ways of expressing strong affection, on mother's day this day, people will give mother flowers, cake, personally cooked the food gift, and so on. Filial piety the parents of children in China at an early age will try to cook for my mother, wash a face, makeup, playing music, draw pictures, let mother happy holidays and bring the gift box to them. People in this day in addition to honor his biological mother, will be to raise money for charity, volunteer service way to more mother returns affection.

On mother's day this day, Chinese mothers are held in cooking competition, fashion shows and other activities to celebrate their own festival. Around the hosts a variety of activities, such as organization mothers tourism, excellent mother, etc.

Respect for mother, promote a mother's love of mother's day, in China has become a conventional festival, every year the second Sunday in May mother's day has become a public will have holiday. As mother's day become a public holiday, people also can finally in this day, consumedly square square to express the affection for his mother.

On November 13, 2006, the CPPCC national committee he had problem with the creation of Chinese mother, proposed the Chinese own mother's day, and put forward the mother meng can serve as a representative of the Chinese mother's day. In December 2006, the national association of zoucheng city emblem inspires culture committee, the municipal party committee municipal government, Beijing Oriental moral research institute, shijiazhuang comprehensive practice base and so on four outside of primary and middle school students "mother's day" was formally established core units launched "Chinese mothers' festival promotion society", will determine the lunar April 2, namely meng mother gave birth to this day as Chinese mother's day, mencius and decided in the first series of the coming mother's day celebrations.

Popular in the world on the second Sunday of may is mother's day, is the first to set up in the United States.

On this day, many families were made by the husband and the children all housework myself, mother don't have to cook, don't have to wash the dishes, also don't have to wash the clothes. Many families have to wait on her mother practices to have breakfast in bed. After mother's day was founded, get the support from people of all countries around the world.