Mother's Day
相关历史
People in different countries celebrate Mother's Day on different days of the year because the day has a number of different origins.One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece.Mother worship — which kept a festival to Cybele,a great mother of gods and the wife of Cronus; was held around the Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (March 15 to March 18).The Romans also had another holiday,Matronalia,that was dedicated to Juno,though mothers were usually given gifts on this day.
In the United States,Mother's Day was copied from England by social activist Julia Ward Howe after the American Civil War.Howe wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation.In the UK,the day now simply celebrates motherhood and thanking mothers.According to the National Restaurant Association,Mother's Day is now the most popular day of the year to dine out at a restaurant in the United States.
母亲节并没有具体的日期.每年5月的第二个星期日,是母亲节,也是美国妇女安娜·贾薇丝提出创立母亲节的日子.
母亲节的由来
母亲节正式被庆祝的历史,至今虽然才八十多年,但是,专门找一天来表达对妈妈崇高敬意的观念,却可以追溯到很久以前.古代的希腊人和罗马人都会举行「春季节日」,以表达他们对「母亲神」〈泛指女性神〉的崇敬.
后来,在中古世纪的英国,四旬斋〈为纪念耶稣在荒郊的禁食,而举行的绝食斋戒或忏悔的宗教活动,时间大致在每年的二月底至四月初〉的第四个星期日,就是所谓的『母亲日』.那一天,长大的孩子,必须带著礼物回家,送给自己的妈妈.
