母亲节的起源HistoryofMother′sDayIntheU.S.Mothers'DayisaholidaycelebratedonsecondSundayinMay.Itisadaywhenchildrenhonortheirmotherswithcards,gifts,andflowers.FirstobservanceinPhiladelphia,Pa.in1907,itisbasedonsuggestionsbyJuliaWardHowein1872andbyAnnaJarvisin1907.Althoughitwasn'tcelebratedintheU.S.until1907,thereweredayshonoringmotherseveninthedaysofancientGreece.Inthosedays,however,itwasRhea,theMotherofthegodsthatwasgivenhonor.Later,inthe1600's,inEnglandtherewasanannualobservancecalled"MotheringSunday."ItwascelebratedduringJune,onthefourthSunday.OnMotheringSunday,theservants,whogenerallylivedwiththeiremployers,wereencouragedtoreturnhomeandhonortheirmothers.Itwastraditionalforthemtobringaspecialcakealongtocelebratetheoccasion.IntheU.S.,in1907AnaJarvis,fromPhiladelphia,beganacampaigntoestablishanationalMother'sDay.Jarvispersuadedhermother'schurchinGrafton,WestVirginiatocelebrateMother'sDayonthesecondanniversaryofhermother'sdeath,the2ndSundayofMay.ThenextyearMother'sDaywasalsocelebratedinPhiladelphia.Jarvisandothersbeganaletter-writingcampaigntoministers,businessmen,andpoliticiansintheirquesttoestablishanationalMother'sDay.Theyweresuccessful.PresidentWoodrowWilson,in1914,madetheofficialannouncementproclaimingMother'sDayanationalobservancethatwastobeheldeachyearonthe2ndSundayofMay.ManyothercountriesoftheworldcelebratetheirownMother'sDayatdifferenttimesthroughouttheyear.Denmark,Finland,Italy,Turkey,Australia,andBelgiumcelebrateMother'sDayonthesecondSundayinMay,asintheU.S.在美国,人们在五月的第二个星期天庆祝母亲节。在这一天，孩子们把卡片，礼物和鲜花献给他们的母亲。第一次庆祝母亲节是发生在1907年的费城，是由朱莉娅·瓦德·豪和安妮塔·贾威斯分别在1872年和1907年提议设立的。虽然美国直到1907年才庆祝母亲节，但是尊敬母亲的节日甚至可以追溯到古希腊。尽管那时人们是庆祝上帝的母亲罗伊的。后来,在17世纪初的英格兰，人们有一个惯例，就是在每年六月的第四个星期天庆祝“省亲节”。在省亲节那一天,通常与雇主住在一起的仆人了,被劝说回家和他们的母亲团聚。按照惯例，他们要带一块特殊的蛋糕回家庆祝。在美国,1907年有一个来自费城的叫阿纳·贾维斯的人，发起了一场建立全国的母亲节的运动。在西弗吉尼亚的格拉夫顿，贾维斯说服了她母亲的教堂，在她母亲去世2周年的纪念日那一天庆祝母亲节，即五月的第二个星期天。下一年费城也庆祝了母亲节。贾维斯和其它人开始给部长，商人，以及政治家们写信，要求建立全国性的母亲节。他们取得了成功。1914年在任的伍德罗·威尔森总统，向全国发布官方通告，宣布在每年五月的第二个星期天庆祝母亲节，并使之成为一种传统。世界上许多其它国家在全年的不同时间庆祝他们自己的母亲节。丹麦，芬兰意大利，土耳其，澳大利亚，以及比利时同美国一样，在五月的第二个星期天庆祝母亲节。5onthesecondSundayisMother'sDay,heldallovertheworldtocelebratetheactivitiestocelebratethegreatmaternallove.Perhapsyoudonotknow,Mother'sDayinitiativeoriginatedintheUnitedStates,WestVirginia,CatherineLord,aDaytonCitySchoolDay.In1876,theCivilWartheUnitedStatesstillmournthedead.Chavez,Mrs.Anna(AnnaJarvis)taughtattheChapelofRemembranceDayAmericancurriculum,talkedaboutthebattleoftheheroeswhodiedinthestory,sheprayed,said:"Ihopethatsomewhere,sometime,someonewillcreateaMother'sDay,tocommemorateandpaytributetothemotheroftheUnitedStatesandallovertheworld."Mrs.ChavezHerChapelServiceforover25years,at72yearsoldwhenshedied,41Year-olddaughter,Anna,determinedtocreateaMother'sDay,torealizehismothermanyyearsago,thedesiretopray.Annahaswrittentothelotoffamouspeople,askingthe...
