太阳升，月儿落。慈母心，共日月。我们一起来了解母亲节的来历以及相关的历史吧。
Mother's day is a holiday to thank his mother. In the United States, Canada and some other countries, every year the second Sunday of may is mother's day. On the date of the other countries are not the same (see all countries in the world mother's day date). Mothers on this day would normally receive gifts. Carnation is regarded as dedicated to mother's flower.
Festival originated in ancient Greece. On this day, the ancient greeks to Greece Hera pay tribute to the mother of the gods. To ancient Rome, the scale of these activities becomes more big, to celebrate the grand often last for three days. And, of course, the ancient people worship of the goddess is only a superstition, it with people today is very different to the respect of maternal. In the 17th century, mother's day spread to England, the British fasting period of the fourth Sunday as mother's day. In this day, go out in the outside of young people will return to their home, to bring small gifts for their mothers.
The modern mother's day originated in the United States, by Anna jarvis (AnnaJarvis, 1864-1948), she never married, always accompany beside her mother. Anna jarvis's mother has a kind heart, caring, she should be a day to commemorate the obscurity to contribute the mothers, but this desire has not yet realize she died. Her daughter, Anna jarvis, in 1907 began to organize activities, apply for mother's day become a legal holiday. Festival on May 10, 1908 in the official start of the American West Virginia and Pennsylvania. She had personally arrange ceremony in the church, organization activity, at the same time requirements to participants on the chest to wear white pink. This activity, has caused many people's attention and interest. The following year, have more churches are organizing the same activities.
In 1911, to celebrate mother's day is very widespread, not only spread to every state in the United States of America, and Canada, Mexico and South America, some countries also begann to celebrate this festival. The United States of America have the propaganda leaflets for mom on mother's day with ten different words print and distribute to all countries, in order to expand the influence. Celebrate mother's day since few years, the movement of the boom has redoubled. In 1912, the United States of America set up the mother's day international association. In May 1913, the United States house of representatives unanimously passed a resolution, called on the President, house and senate, and the federal government and cabinet all officials are wearing white pink on mother's day. In 1914, the United States congress officially named the second Sunday in May as mother's day, and ask the President issued declaration, called on officials to display the flag on all public buildings. Then, President Wilson announcing to the national citizens also hang flags on their homes to show people for all the mother's love and respect for the United States of America. The President of the United States has since been held every year to publish a declaration of the same content.
In 1913, the U.S. congress will determine the second Sunday in May each year as legal mother's day, and on that day every family all want to hang the national flag, to honor their mothers. And Anna jarvis's mother's favorite carnation has become the symbol of mother's day.
母亲节是一个感谢母亲的节日。在美国、加拿大和一些其他国家，每年5月的第二个星期天就是母亲节。在其他一些国家的日期并不一样(参见世界各国母亲节日期)。母亲们在这一天通常会收到礼物。康乃馨被视为献给母亲的花。的一些国家也都开始庆祝这个节日。美利坚合众国人还把宣传母亲节的传单用十种不同文字印发到各国去，以便扩大影响。此后几年中，庆祝母亲节运动的热潮有增无已。1912年，美利坚合众国专门成立了母亲节国际协会。1913年5月，美利坚合众国众议院一致通过决议，号召总统以及内阁、参众两院和联邦政府的一切官员一律在母亲节佩戴白色石竹花。1914年，美利坚合众国国会正式命名5月的第二个星期日为母亲节，并要求总统发布宣言，号召政府官员在所有的公共建筑物上悬挂国旗。紧接着，威尔逊总统昭告全国公民也在自己的住宅上挂国旗以表达人们对美利坚合众国全体母亲的热爱和尊敬。此后美利坚合众国总统每年都要发表一篇内容相同的宣言。
1913年，美国国会确定将每年5月的第二个星期日作为法定的母亲节，并规定这一天家家户户都要悬挂国旗，表达对母亲的尊敬。而安娜·贾维斯的母亲生前最爱的康乃馨也就成了母亲节的象征。
节日起源于古希腊。在这一天，古希腊人向希腊众神之母赫拉致敬。到古罗马时，这些活动的规模就变得更大，庆祝盛况往往持续达三天之久。当然，古时人们对女神的崇拜只不过是一种迷信，它同今天人们对母性的尊敬是大不相同的。在17世纪中叶，母亲节流传到英国，英国人把封斋期的第四个星期天作为母亲节。在这一天里，出门在外的.年青人将回到家中，给他们的母亲带上一些小礼物。
现代的母亲节起源于美国，由安娜·贾维斯(AnnaJarvis，1864-1948年)发起，她终身未婚，一直陪伴在母亲身边。安娜·贾维斯的母亲心地善良，极富同情心，她提出应设立一个纪念日来纪念默默无闻做出奉献的母亲们，可是这个愿望尚未实现她就逝世了。她的女儿安娜·贾维斯于1907年开始举办活动，申请将母亲节成为一个法定节日。节日于1908年5月10日在美国的西弗吉尼亚和宾夕法尼亚州正式开始。她曾亲自在教堂中安排仪式，组织活动，同时要求前来参加者胸前要佩戴白色的石竹花。这一活动，曾引起了不少人的关注和兴趣。翌年，便有更多的教堂纷纷组织同样的活动。
1911年，庆祝母亲节的活动已经开展得非常广泛，不仅席卷美利坚合众国的每一个州，而且连加拿大、墨西哥和南美
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