Mother's Day is a festival of thanksgiving to mothers, and the modern Mother's Day originated in the United States, which is the second Sunday of May every year. So do you know the origin of Mother's Day? Interested partners come together to learn about it.
The origin of Mother's DayThe earliest initiator of the modern Mother's Day was an American woman, Anna Marie Jarvis. Her mother, Mrs. Jarvis, served in the Army Medical Corps during the American Civil War. After the war, Mrs. Jarvis had the idea of creating a day of remembrance for mothers who had lost their children in the war, but was unable to do so during her lifetime.
In 1876, America was still mourning the dead of the Civil War. AnnaMarieJarvis was teaching a chapel class on America's National Day of Remembrance, and after telling the stories of the heroes who gave their lives in battle, she offered a prayer, saying, "May it be that somewhere, sometime, someone will create a Mother's Day to honor and praise the mothers of the United States and the world. "
Mrs. Jarvis served her chapel for more than 25 years, and when she died at age 72, her 41-year-old daughter, Anna, set her mind to founding a Mother's Day to fulfill the wish her mother had prayed for so many years before. In 1907, coinciding with the second anniversary of Mrs. Jarvis' death, Anna Jarvis, one of her daughters, remembered her mother's wishes and wrote to the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, requesting a special memorial service in honor of her mother, who had passed away on the second anniversary of her death. The church obliged and held a service for mothers on May 12 of that year. The following year, the church proclaimed the Sunday of the week of Jarvis' mother's death anniversary - the second week of May - as Mother's Day.
Anna wrote successive letters to a number of prominent figures asking them to support the establishment of a Mother's Day to awaken people to gratitude and filial piety. The initial response was lukewarm, but she was undeterred and continued to appeal to all walks of life. Jarvis organized a Mother's Day Committee and began a large-scale campaign to call for Mother's Day to be made an official holiday. Finally, as a result of her continued efforts, In 1908, Philadelphia held a Mother's Day event modeled after the memorial service at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, and the response was overwhelming.By 1910, West Virginia had become the first state in the U.S. to celebrate Mother's Day.
By 1911, the celebration of Mother's Day had spread to a wide range of states in the U.S., and even to Canada, Mexico, and some countries in South America.
In 1912, the International Association for Mother's Day was formally established in the U.S.
In the U.S., the International Association for Mother's Day was founded.
In May 1913, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution calling on the President, as well as the Cabinet, the House of Representatives and Senate and the federal government officials to wear white Dianthus flowers on Mother's Day.
In 1914, the Congress of the United States of America officially named the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and asked the President to issue a proclamation calling on government officials to fly the flag on all public **** buildings. Immediately thereafter, President Wilson notified the citizens of the nation to also fly the flag on their homes to express their love and respect for all mothers in the United States of America. The President of the United States of America has since issued an annual proclamation to the same effect.
Mrs. Jarvis' wish was fulfilled by her daughter. Before Anna's death, 43 countries had established Mother's Day. And today 95 countries around the world recognize the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
Mother's Day in ChinaMother's Day came to the mainland only after it became popular in China's Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan regions, and it was gradually accepted by people in mainland China in the 1980s.
With China's growing international integration, Mother's Day has been increasingly popularized throughout mainland China. On the second Sunday of May each year, the Chinese, along with the rest of the world, express their gratitude to their mothers in a variety of ways.
Mother's Day, which honors mothers and celebrates their love, is not an official holiday, but it makes sense that it would become popular in China because of its universal human significance.
With Mother's Day becoming a public holiday, people can finally express their deep feelings for their mothers on this day. Wish your mother a happy, healthy and long life, both physically and mentally.
Foreign Mother's Day Customs1, Greece
In Greece, on Mother's Day, women take over the leadership of the town, while the men stay at home and do the chores instead. In Greece, the first day of New Year's Eve is "Housewives' Rest Day", when women leave their chores behind and enjoy themselves.
2, MexicoIn Mexico, Mother's Day, people dressed in national costumes, holding up the flag of the Virgin Mary, led by the old man singing and dancing. In honor of a kind-hearted, happy to save? The Virgin Mary.
3, IndiaIn India, Mother's Day on this day, where the mother has given birth to a child are to wear a colorful sari dress, wearing fine jewelry, to the public **** place to enjoy the entertainment to show that the mother of the female style.
Mother's Day is a day when many people will send a blessing to their mothers, and mothers usually receive gifts, carnations are regarded as flowers dedicated to mothers, and the Chinese mother's flower also contains daylily flowers, also known as forget-me-nots. Guys, have you ever sent flowers to your mother on Mother's Day?