The significance of Mother's Day

Who can say that filial piety like grass can repay the kindness of Chunhui-like mother?

Mother's Day originated in Greece, on which the ancient Greeks paid tribute to Hera, the mother of the gods in Greek mythology. In the middle of the 17th century, Mother's Day spread to England, and the British took the fourth Sunday of Lent as Mother's Day. On this day, young people who are away from home will return home and bring some small gifts to their mothers.

Mother's Day in the modern sense originated in the United States, initiated by a woman named Jarvis and founded by her daughter Anna Jarvis (1864-1948). Mrs. Jarvis, a mother of 10 children, was the then director of Sunday School in Grafton City, USA. After the end of the Civil War to liberate slaves in the United States, she was in charge of memorial day lessons at school. Jarvis is a kind-hearted and compassionate woman. She told the story of the heroes who died for justice in the war, and looking at the faces of the childish children under the stage, an idea suddenly came to her mind: she contributed so many brave soldiers to the motherland and guaranteed the victory of the war. Isn't it the mothers who have worked hard to raise their children? Isn't it these obscure mothers whose sons are stained with blood and bear the greatest pain and sacrifice? Therefore, she proposed that an anniversary or Mother's Day should be set up to give some comfort to these ordinary women and express their children's filial piety to their mothers.

Unfortunately, before this good wish was realized, Mrs. Jarvis died. Her daughter, Anna Jarvis, never married and stayed with her mother, Mrs. Jarvis. Seeing the hard work of my mother in raising herself and her brothers and sisters, I felt that my mother's proposal was in line with the people of heaven. When her mother Jarvis died in 1905, Anna was devastated. Two years later (1907), Anna and her friends began to write to influential ministers, businessmen and lawmakers to seek support in order to make Mother's Day a statutory holiday. Anna believes that children often ignore their feelings for their mothers. She hopes Mother's Day will make people think more about what their mothers have done for their families. The first Mother's Day was held in West Virginia and Pennsylvania on May 10, 1908. During this festival, the chime was chosen as a flower dedicated to the mother and passed down. In 1913, the United States Congress passed a bill to make the second Sunday in May the statutory Mother's Day. Mother's Day has spread since then!

In 1914, President Wilson of the United States solemnly declared that the second Sunday in May, the anniversary of Mrs. Jarvis's death, would be designated as Mother's Day. The US government also stipulates that every family should fly the national flag on Mother's Day to show respect for the mother. Because Mrs. Jarvis loved Cornelius flowers, this flower became a symbol of Mother's Day.

Mother's Day is a festival full of human warmth, on this day, the male members of the family should do all the housework, and each of the children should do something to make their mother happy in order to fulfill their filial piety. Even children who are far away should call their mothers to congratulate them. On this day, the American people will wear a flower on their chest. When the mother is alive, she wears a colored flower to show her happiness; when her mother dies, she wears a white flower to express her sorrow.

After the establishment of Mother's Day, it has won the support of people all over the world. When Anna Jarvis was alive, there were 43 countries that established Mother's Day. Today, more and more countries celebrate this holiday. Mother's Day has become a truly international holiday. According to tradition, International Mother's Day is held on May 11 every year. Although some countries celebrate their Mother's Day at different times of the year, most countries, including our country, such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia and Belgium, celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May.