September 10 every year is teachers' day, a day to thank teachers for their kindness. Many people think that teachers should have half a day or one day off on teacher's day. Is teacher's day off this year? How to celebrate Teacher's day? Let's take a look at this article.
Teacher's Day is a legal holiday in China, but according to the measures for national annual festival and Memorial Day holidays issued by the State Council, teacher's Day is not included in the legal holidays, so there will be no holiday in 2018.
September 10 of each year is teachers' day in China. The establishment of teachers' day aims to affirm teachers' contributions to education. In China's modern history, different dates have been used as teachers' day for many times. It was not until 1985, when the ninth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress passed the proposal of the State Council on the establishment of teachers' day that it was truly determined that September 10, 1985 was China's first teachers' day.
On December 15, 1984, Zhong Jingwen, qigong, Wang zikun, Tao Dayong, Zhu Zhixian, Huang Ji and Zhao Qinghuan of Beijing Normal University formally proposed the establishment of teachers' day. The Party group of the Ministry of education and the sub Party group of the national education trade union 'on the establishment of & lsquo; Teacher's Day & rsquo; The report 'shall be sent to the Secretariat of the Central Committee and reported to the State Council.
In January 1985, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed this bill, determining September 10 of each year as teachers' day. On September 10, 1985, President Li Xiannian issued a letter to teachers across the country. Grand celebrations were held throughout China. During the teachers' day, 20 provinces and cities commended 11871 provincial outstanding teachers and individuals.
Before 1997, the teacher's day in Hong Kong was set on September 28 every year (Confucius' birthday). After the return, it was changed to September 10 every year according to the regulations of the mainland of China.
In Taiwan, since 1952, the Taiwan authorities have set September 28 as Confucius' birthday and teachers' day, which does not change with the change of teachers' day in mainland China.
Ways to celebrate Teacher's Day
Since teacher's Day is not a traditional Chinese festival, there are different celebrations every year, and there is no unified and fixed form.
In terms of government and schools, teachers' Day celebrations and commendations were held, and bonuses and certificates were awarded to teachers; Organize school students and song and dance troupes to present song and dance performances for teachers; There are visits and condolences to teacher representatives, as well as organizing new teachers to take collective oath and other activities.
In terms of students, they spontaneously write blessings on blackboard newspapers, greeting cards and paintings through original participation; Group photos and activity speeches were posted on personal space and microblog to express sincere wishes and heartfelt greetings to teachers.
On teacher's Day (teacher's day) in Hong Kong, a ceremony will be held to commend excellent teachers. Greeting cards will be uniformly printed. Students can receive them free of charge and fill them in and give them to teachers. Small gifts such as cards, flowers and dolls are usually the most common gifts for Hong Kong students to express their teachers' Day wishes. On September 10 every year, the Hong Kong Teachers' Movement Committee holds the 'teachers' Day celebration and commendation certificate issuing ceremony'. The ceremony is accompanied by a student band. Parents express their gratitude and respect to teachers in the form of singing. Touching story videos between teachers and students will also be broadcast on the scene to reflect the feelings between teachers and students. In addition, the society also held activities such as "teacher praise plan", "seedling cultivation activities for teachers and students", essay competition, mind card design competition, teacher respect cup in Hong Kong School Music and recitation Festival.