I've heard the story of Meng Mu's three migrations since I was very young. It can be seen that my mother broke her heart for us. Mother can be said to be the greatest person in the world, so there is a festival specially set up for all mothers in the world, that is mother's day. Every year we celebrate Mother's day for mothers, but do you know the origin of mother's day? Let's follow Xiaobian to have a look!
The origin of mother's Day
The tradition of mother's Day originated in ancient Greece. On January 8, the ancient Greeks paid homage to Rhea, the mother of the Greek gods. In ancient Rome, the scale of these activities became larger, and the celebrations often lasted for three days. Of course, people's worship of goddess in ancient times was just a superstition, which is quite different from people's respect for motherhood today.
Today, mother's Day is initiated by a woman named Jarvis and founded by her daughter Anna & middot; Jarvis. Mrs. Jarvis, a mother of 10 children, was the director of the Church Sunday school in Grafton. After the end of the civil war in the United States, which aimed to liberate the slaves, she was in charge of the course of memorial day in the school. So an idea suddenly surged into my heart: the mothers who have contributed so many brave soldiers to the motherland and ensured the victory of the war are not the ones who have painstakingly raised their children. Their sons have suffered the greatest pain and sacrifice in the battlefield, and they are also the unknown mothers. Therefore, she proposed that a memorial day or mother's day should be set up to celebrate this day Some ordinary women, some consolation, express children's filial piety to their mother. Unfortunately, Mrs. Jarvis died before this good wish came true. Her daughter Anna & middot; Jarvis witnessed her mother's hard work in raising herself and her brothers and sisters, and felt deeply that her mother's proposal was suitable for human nature. So she wrote dozens of letters to Congress. Local governors and women's organizations proposed the creation of mother's day. Under her repeated appeals, this proposal has received wide response and support from the society. The origin of mother's Day
In 1914, the U.S. Congress officially named the second Sunday of may as mother's day, that is, the death day of Mrs. Jarvis. President Wilson announced that citizens across the country should fly the national flag on their houses to express people's love and respect for all mothers in the United States. Mother's Day was born.
Mother's Day is a regional festival in China, which was first held in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. After the reform and opening up, mother's day has also been accepted by the mainland. Now mother's Day is a festival all over the world.