母亲节的英文资料
母亲节的英文资料
母亲节，是一个感谢母亲的节日。这个节日的'传统起源于古希腊,而现代的母亲节起源于美国。以下是母亲节的英文资料，欢迎阅读。
Mother's day
Mother's day is a day to thank your mother. The festival first appeared in ancient Greece; Modern mother's day originated in the United States on the second Sunday of may. Mothers often receive gifts on this day, and carnations are regarded as flowers for their mothers, while the Chinese mother flower is the day lily flower, also known as the nepenthes.
Ancient mother's day originated in Greece, and 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 celebrated the fourth Sunday of lent as mother's day. On this day, young people will return home and bring small gifts to their mothers.
Mother's day in the modern sense originated in the United States, led by Anna jarvis. She never married and had no children. On May 9, 1906, Anna jarvis's mother died tragically. On the anniversary of the death of her mother the following year, jarvis organized the activities of her mother and encouraged others to express their gratitude to their mothers in a similar way. Jarvis wrote to Andrews methodist church in grafton, West Virginia, requesting a special memorial service for her mother. Her mother served Sunday school in the church for more than 20 years. In 1908, the church declared the death of jarvis's mother -- the second Sunday in May as mother's day. Jarvis also organized a mother's day committee to begin mass campaigns to make mother's day a legal holiday. Her appeal received a warm response. On May 10, 1913, the United States senate and the house of representatives passed a resolution, which was signed by President Wilson and decided to celebrate mother's day on the second Sunday of may every year. The move was followed by countries around the world, and by 1948, 43 countries had set up mother's day. The United States government also stipulates that on mother's day, every family should fly the national flag to show their respect for their mothers.
Mother's flower -- carnation.
In May 1934, the United States issued the first mother's day commemorative stamps, with a kindly mother on the stamp, with her hands on her knees, looking at the bright, beautiful carnations in the vase in front of her. With the spread of stamps, in the minds of many people, mother's day was associated with carnations, and carnations became a symbol of maternal love and respected by people. People think of their mother, honor their mother's feelings, on the carnation, carnation also became a gift of the mother indispensable gifts.
Chinese mother lily.
Our country also has a kind of mother flower, it is day lily flower.
Daylily, in our country has always had "mother flower" beautiful name. As far away as "the book of songs and the wind", "how can you get the grass, the back of the tree?" The grass is the day lily, and the ancients called it nepenthes. The back is the meaning of the north, referring to the north house where the mother lives. Where did I get the day lily, before my mother's day, to make my mother happy? The house where the mother lives is also called the day lily, which is used as a substitute for the mother's love, such as the children's poem of mengjiao: "the day lily is the first class, and the wandering son is the world. There is no day lily in front of the mother. The poem of ye mengde: "the white hair daylily, the child more altogether." The day lily became the mother's day, and the day lily became the mother's flower of our country.
Day lilies are liliaceous perennial herbaceous plants, the roots fleshy, narrow, slender branches at the top of produce orange or orange flowers, colorful, it not only for people to watch, bud name is lily, can also be used as a vegetable for human consumption, the north and the south widely planted in our country.
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