China's law on the protection of minors and other laws stipulate that minors aged 0-18 are children. However, the young pioneers of China's children's organizations are under the age of 14, while the members of the Communist Youth League are over the age of 14. This also shows that people over the age of 14 do not belong to children's organizations, but to youth organizations. "& lsquo; 61 & rsquo; Children's Day is an international festival. According to relevant national policies and regulations, children under the age of 14 should have a holiday. " Children's day arrangements for children's Day: children under 14 years of age are on holiday for 1 days.
It is understood that for the arrangement of children's Day holiday, the State Council's measures for national annual festival and Memorial Day holiday stipulates that children under the age of 14 have one day off on children's Day (June 1).
The origin of children's Day
The establishment of international children's Day is related to a famous massacre during World War II. In June 1942, German fascists shot and killed more than 140 male citizens over the age of 16 and all infants in Lidice village, Czech Republic, and escorted women and 90 children to the concentration camp. The houses and buildings in the village were burned down, and a good village was destroyed by German fascists.
As early as November 1949, the International Federation of democratic women held a meeting in Moscow, the former Soviet Union. In order to ensure the right to survival, health care and education of children all over the world, and oppose the poisoning and abuse of children by imperialist war traffickers, the representatives attending the meeting put forward the proposal that June 1 of each year should be international children's day. Since then, on June 1 every year, children from all countries have held gatherings to celebrate their festivals.
China made a decision on December 23, 1949, stipulating June 1 as children's day every year. On June 1, 1950, Chairman Mao Zedong personally inscribed 'celebrate children's Day' for children's day. This year is the 52nd children's day since the founding of new China. When celebrating the festival, students should always remember that today we are the flowers of the motherland and will be the pillars of the socialist building in the future.
Interesting stories on children's Day
Japan's children's Day is called 'children's Day'. On May 5 every year, Japanese families celebrate the growth of their children. Before World War II, this festival was called 'Dragon Boat Festival' (Japanese: Dragon Boat Festival sentence), and it was only a boy's festival. In 1948, when this festival became a public holiday, it became a festival to celebrate the happiness and welfare of all children. On the festival day, Japanese families hang fish like signs on the roof to symbolize that children eliminate bad luck, overcome difficulties and grow up smoothly.
India takes November 14, the birthday of Zhuang Yalu, the first Prime Minister of the government after independence, as children's day. On this special day, Indian children will have various ethnic dances and music performances, and the government will also organize some celebrations.
Most Islamic countries designate the 14th day after Ramadan as' candy day ', which is also the happiest children's day for children. " The Candy Festival usually lasts for three days. Children in groups go to nearby households to ask for candy. According to local folk customs, adults can't refuse children's requests, so children can always return home with full load and joy on this day.
Children's day in western Africa is crazy. Most of their countries have special 'children's Carnival', which often lasts for a month. Africans have always been good at singing and dancing. In the 'children's Carnival', although people's living conditions are different, all children will enjoy joy and excitement.
However, compared with the children of the above-mentioned countries, the children of Iraq are much more pitiful. When children in many countries celebrate children's day, most Iraqi children don't know that there is another festival of their own in the world. As always, they have classes at school, work in workshops, or beg along the street.
Some Iraqis revealed that during Saddam's more than 20 years in power, June 1 was designated as Iraq's oil nationalization day. On this day, all kinds of celebrations are held throughout Iraq, but it has nothing to do with children, so children have never had children's day.
In the neglected children's day, there is no festive atmosphere in Iraqi kindergartens and primary schools, and naturally there will be no celebrations.
However, there is a separate girls' day in Japan on March 3. It has developed from Shangsi Festival. Girls' Day is celebrated by putting all kinds of dolls. The hanging of the carp flag on men's Day is derived from the legend of 'hope for success' and' carp jumping over the dragon's gate 'in China.
South Korea's children's day began in 1923 and evolved from 'boy's Day'. This is also a public holiday in South Korea, scheduled for May 5 every year. Parents usually take their children to parks, zoos or other amusement facilities on this day to let their children spend their holidays happily.