Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May every year. Mother's Day is a time to thank your mother. Mothers usually receive gifts on this day. Carnation is considered as a flower dedicated to mother, while China's mother flower is Hemerocallis, also known as the girl without sorrow.

Mother's Day was introduced to the mainland after it became popular in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Precious jewels, carnations symbolizing maternal love, special love desserts and exquisite handmade greeting cards have all become loving gifts for mothers.

Mother's Day originated in America. The founder of this festival is anna jarvis, a Philadelphia native. This woman has never been married and has no children. 1906 On May 9th, anna jarvis's mother passed away, and she was very sad. The following year, on the anniversary of his mother's death, Jarvis organized activities to commemorate his mother and encouraged others to express their gratitude to their beloved mother in a similar way.

The Influence of Mother's Day on Society

Filial piety has always been an important part of China's traditional culture and the social, cultural and psychological foundation of a country's stability. China's filial piety, represented by the new twenty-four filial piety, has become the life standard of China families. Experts said that the cultural value of China's filial piety needs to be re-examined in the context of the prevalence of guilt culture in the West.

As China enters a new era, the traditional filial piety culture needs to be further creatively inherited and developed. Economic support, life care and spiritual comfort are the basic contents of China people's practice of filial piety since ancient times. Filial piety is a long-standing ethical norm of the Chinese nation. For some foreigners, the word filial piety with China characteristics is still a new thing.

In China, parents want their children to live a better life, and children want their parents to live a happy life in their later years. Therefore, most of them are altruistic filial piety based on family ties and ethical missions, and do not ask for returns. In western culture, there are filial piety, gratitude and other expressions corresponding to filial piety, mostly based on market rules and fulfilling legal obligations.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Mother's Day.