想想母親節時,孩子們為媽媽所做的早餐;很明顯的,如果沒有媽媽,孩子們將會餓死。
母親節的起源 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.
在美國,人們在五月的第二個星期天慶祝母親節。在這一天,孩子們把卡片,禮物和鮮花獻給他們的母親。第一次慶祝母親節是發生在 1907 年的費城,是由朱莉婭瓦德豪和安妮塔賈威斯分別在 1872 年和 1907 年提議設立的。
雖然美國直到 1907 年才慶祝母親節,但是尊敬母親的節日甚至可以追溯到古希臘。盡管那時人們是慶祝上帝的母親羅伊的。
后來, 在 17 世紀初的英格蘭,人們有一個慣例,就是在每年六月的第四個星期天慶祝“省親節”。在省親節那一天, 通常與雇主住在一起的仆人了, 被勸說回家和他們的母親團聚。按照慣例,他們要帶一塊特殊的蛋糕回家慶祝。
在美國, 1907 年有一個來自費城的叫阿納賈維斯的人,發起了一場建立全國的母親節的運動。在西弗吉尼亞的.格拉夫頓,賈維斯說服了她母親的教堂,在她母親去世 2 周年的紀念日那一天慶祝母親節,即五月的第二個星期天。下一年費城也慶祝了母親節。
賈維斯和其它人開始給部長,商人,以及政治家們寫信,要求建立全國性的母親節。他們取得了成功。1914 年在任的伍德羅威爾森總統,向全國發布官方通告,宣布在每年五月的第二個星期天慶祝母親節,并使之成為一種傳統。
世界上許多其它國家在全年的不同時間慶祝他們自己的母親節。丹麥,芬蘭,意大利,土耳其,澳大利亞,以及比利時同美國一樣,在五月的第二個星期天慶祝母親節。
5 on the second Sunday is Mother's Day, held all over the world to celebrate the activities to celebrate the great maternal love.
Perhaps you do not know, Mother's Day initiative originated in the United States, West Virginia, Catherine Lord, a Dayton City School Day.
In 1876, the Civil War the United States still mourn the dead. Chavez, Mrs. Anna (Anna Jarvis) taught at the Chapel of Remembrance Day American curriculum, talked about the battle of the heroes who died in the story, she prayed, said: "I hope that somewhere, sometime, someone will create a Mother's Day, to commemorate and pay tribute to the mother of the United States and all over the world. "
Mrs. Chavez Her Chapel Service for over 25 years, at 72 years old when she died, 41
Year-old daughter, Anna, determined to create a Mother's Day, to realize his mother many years ago, the desire to pray.
Anna has written to the lot of famous people, asking them to support the establishment of Mother's Day, to promote filial piety, initially lukewarm, but she was not discouraged, to continue to appeal to all walks of life.
May 12, 1907, Andrea Anna Methodist church at the invitation should be for mothers to hold a worship ceremony. The following year, this ceremony was held in Philadelphia, met with enthusiastic response, he finally won Virginia governor support, and in 1910 the state announced the establishment of Mother's Day.
Then, a number of American states and Canada, Mexico and so on Mother's Day has given recognition ceremony held to celebrate.
By 1914, President Woodrow Wilson brought to the United States Congress passed a resolution will be scheduled for Mother's Day holiday for the whole of the United States, and urged people to "openly express our beloved mother." Around the world soon follow suit, thus become the "International Mother's Day." Anna the original proposal to the death of her mother's day May 10 as the date of Mother's Day, but after it convenient for people to Tianlun, then selected in May at the second Sunday of Mother's Day.
5 月的第二個星期日是母親節,世界各地都舉行慶祝活動,以頌揚母愛的偉大。
或許你不知道,母親節的倡議起源于美國西弗吉尼亞州嘉芙頓城的一家主日學校。
1876 年,美國還在悲悼南北戰爭的死者。安娜查維斯夫人(Anna Jarvis)在禮拜堂講授美國國殤紀念日的課程,講到戰役中捐軀的英雄故事后,她進行祈禱時說:“但愿在某處、某時,會有人創立一個母親節,紀念和贊揚美國與全世界的母親。”
查維斯夫人為她的禮拜堂服務超過 25 年,當她在 72 歲逝世時,41歲的女兒安娜,立志創立一個母親節,來實現母親多年前祈求的心愿。
安娜先后寫信給許多有名望的人物,要求他們支持設立母親節,以發揚孝道,初時反應冷淡,但她不氣餒,繼續向各界呼吁。
1907 年 5 月 12 日,安德烈衛理教堂應安娜之邀為母親們舉行一個禮拜儀式。隔年,此儀式在費城舉行,反應熱烈,終于獲得維州州長支持,并于1910年宣布在該州設立母親節。
接著,美國多個州和加拿大、墨西哥等先后對母親節給予認可,舉行慶祝儀式。
到了 1914 年,美國總統威爾遜提請國會通過決議案,將母親節定為全美國的節日,并促請人們“公開表示我們對母親的敬愛”。世界各地相繼仿效,遂成為“國際母親節”。
安娜原建議以她母親的逝世日 5 月 10 日作為母親節的日期,但后為方便人們共敘天倫,便選定在五月份的第二個星期日為母親節。
母親節的意義在感恩
母親節,滿屏都是喊媽聲,有人調侃“目測朋友圈又該出現一批孝子孝女了”。與這種調侃相比,一些質疑顯得大義凜然,卻經不起推敲,比如有網友反對母親節被商業化,“別讓商業化污染了母愛”,“商業化味道濃厚,過度包裝使母親節變味”,甚至有人抵制母親節,因其是舶來品。
商業化就有那么可怕嗎?不只是母親節,當前的節日(無論傳統節日還是洋節)哪一個不被商業化?在兇猛的商業時代,商家捕捉商機、消費節日再自然不過,這是他們的本能,是生存的天然基因。倘若反應遲鈍,不想也不敢觸碰消費者內心的柔軟,如何賺錢?如何謀生?商家通過敏銳觸角將商機與節日內涵連接起來,既能賺錢,又能推銷節日,還能讓做子女的敬敬孝心,有啥不好?
一提起商業化就皺眉頭,一看到商家消費節日就斥罵,說白了這是食古不化,骨子里依然有貶低工商、歧視商人的陳腐觀念。至于因母親節是洋節就橫生抵觸之意,顯得有些單純。母親節雖是洋節,但哪個人沒有母親?它所傳導的人類感情是讓人感同身受的,所立足的核心價值也是相融相通的。母親節何辜,難道因為發源于國外就該被奚落?
如果不是商家連日來的“鼓噪”,也許很多人并不知道母親節。其實,母親節只是一個提醒,提醒我們念母恩、有孝心。“凱風自南,吹彼棘心。棘心夭夭,母氏劬勞”,老祖宗留下的傳統價值不就包含孝順嗎?從《禮記》中的“大尊尊親,其次弗辱,其下能養”,到孟子所說的“孝子之至,莫大乎尊親”。從“誰言寸草心,報得三春暉”到“父母呼,應勿緩;父母命,行勿懶”。母親節的本質內涵與傳統尊親的價值傳續不是一致的嗎?
即便回歸到母親節產生的時代背景,也斷無抵制之必要。據稱,最初的倡導者是美國西弗吉尼亞州的女性運動組織者安·里維斯·賈維斯,她籌組了“母親日工作俱樂部”,以改善衛生條件、降低嬰兒死亡率、對抗疾病并防止母奶污染。這些團體也在1861年到1865年的美國南北戰爭期間,照顧受傷將士。今天,無論衛生條件的改善,還是嬰兒死亡率的降低都成效顯著,那么對于母親是否就不該關注其權益了呢?當然不是!
關注母親節有兩層內涵,一是關注自身的母親,二是關注全天下的為人母者。在這個節日,我們也許會想到割肝救子的母親,還能想到為護子被惡犬撕咬5分鐘的年輕媽媽……
別找借口抵制母親節,有時間抵制不如多孝順父母;也別一個勁兒刷朋友圈了,畢竟不是所有的母親都會使用微博微信。有句話說得好:貧窮的父母,錢到為孝;病弱的父母,出力為孝;孤單的父母,相伴為孝;脾氣暴躁的父母,理解為孝;勤儉持家的父母,勤快為孝;病患的父母,多份照顧為孝;嘮叨的父母,聆聽為孝。
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