千般母愛(ài)母愛(ài)，一個(gè)溫暖而又親切的詞語(yǔ)，母愛(ài)，點(diǎn)燃了我生命的燭光;照亮了我前進(jìn)的道路，珍惜母愛(ài)，何之不為?

　　History of Mother′s Day

　　In the U.S. Mothers' Day is a holiday celebrated on second Sunday in May. It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards， gifts， and flowers. First observance in Philadelphia， Pa. in 1907， it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907.

　　Although it wasn't celebrated in the U.S. until 1907， there were days honoring mothers even in the days of ancient Greece. In those days， however， it was Rhea， the Mother of the gods that was given honor.

　　Later， in the 1600's， in England there was an annual observance called "Mothering Sunday." It was celebrated during June， on the fourth Sunday. On Mothering Sunday， the servants， who generally lived with their employers， were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.

　　In the U.S.， in 1907 Ana Jarvis， from Philadelphia， began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton， West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death， the 2nd Sunday of May. The next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

　　Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers， businessmen， and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. They were successful. President Woodrow Wilson， in 1914， made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.

　　Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year. Denmark， Finland， Italy， Turkey， Australia， and Belgium celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May， as in the U.S.

　　母親節(jié)的由來(lái)

　　母親節(jié)是美國(guó)法定的全國(guó)性節(jié)日。在每年5月的第二個(gè)星期日舉行。為母親過(guò)節(jié)最早源于古希臘的民間風(fēng)俗。那時(shí)，古希臘人每年春天都要為傳說(shuō)中的眾神之母、人類母親的象征--賽比亞舉行盛大的慶祝活動(dòng)。但這時(shí)還未形成母親節(jié)。母親節(jié)是由一位名叫賈維斯的婦女倡導(dǎo)，并由她的女兒安娜·賈維斯發(fā)起創(chuàng)立的。

　　賈維斯夫人是一個(gè)有著10個(gè)子女的母親，是當(dāng)時(shí)美國(guó)格拉夫頓城教會(huì)主日學(xué)校的總監(jiān)。在美國(guó)以解放黑奴為目的的南北戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)結(jié)束后，她在學(xué)校里負(fù)責(zé)講述美國(guó)國(guó)殤紀(jì)念日的課程。賈維斯是一位心地善良，極富同情心的女人。她講述著戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中那一個(gè)個(gè)為正義捐軀的英雄的故事，望著臺(tái)下那一張張充滿稚氣的孩子們的臉，一個(gè)想法猛然涌上心頭：為祖國(guó)貢獻(xiàn)了這么多英勇戰(zhàn)士，保證了戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)勝利的，不就是那一個(gè)個(gè)含辛茹苦地?fù)嵊优哪赣H們嗎?

　　她們的兒子血染疆場(chǎng)，承受了最大的痛苦和犧牲的，不也是這些默默無(wú)聞的母親嗎?因此，她提出應(yīng)該設(shè)立一個(gè)紀(jì)念日或母親節(jié)，給這些平凡的女人一些慰藉，表達(dá)兒女們對(duì)母親的孝思。可惜的是，這個(gè)良好的愿望還沒(méi)有實(shí)現(xiàn)，賈維斯夫人便與世長(zhǎng)辭了。她的女兒安娜·賈維斯目睹母親撫養(yǎng)自己和兄弟姐妹成人的辛勞，深感母親的提議是適合天理人心的。因此，她寫(xiě)出了幾十封信，發(fā)給美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)。地方州長(zhǎng)和婦女組織等，提議創(chuàng)立母親節(jié)。在她的一再呼吁下，這一提議得到了社會(huì)上的廣泛響應(yīng)和支持。

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