Mother's day is a holiday to thank his mother. In the United States, Canada and some other countries, every year the second Sunday of may is mother's day. On the date of the other countries are not the same (see all countries in the world mother's day date). Mothers on this day would normally receive gifts. Carnation is regarded as dedicated to mother's flower.
Festival originated in ancient Greece. On this day, the ancient greeks to Greece Hera pay tribute to the mother of the gods. To ancient Rome, the scale of these activities becomes more big, to celebrate the grand often last for three days. And, of course, the ancient people worship of the goddess is only a superstition, it with people today is very different to the respect of maternal. In the 17th century, mother's day spread to England, the British fasting period of the fourth Sunday as mother's day. In this day, go out in the outside of young people will return to their home, to bring small gifts for their mothers.
The modern mother's day originated in the United States, by Anna jarvis (AnnaJarvis, 1864-1948), she never married, always accompany beside her mother. Anna jarvis's mother has a kind heart, caring, she should be a day to commemorate the obscurity to contribute the mothers, but this desire has not yet realize she died. Her daughter, Anna jarvis, in 1907 began to organize activities, apply for mother's day become a legal holiday. Festival on May 10, 1908 in the official start of the American West Virginia and Pennsylvania. She had personally arrange ceremony in the church, organization activity, at the same time requirements to participants on the chest to wear white pink. This activity, has caused many people's attention and interest. The following year, have more churches are organizing the same activities.
In 1911, to celebrate mother's day is very widespread, not only spread to every state in the United States of America, and Canada, Mexico and South America, some countries also began to celebrate this festival. The United States of America have the propaganda leaflets for mom on mother's day with ten different words print and distribute to all countries, in order to expand the influence. Celebrate mother's day since few years, the movement of the boom has redoubled. In 1912, the United States of America set up the mother's day international association. In May 1913, the United States house of representatives unanimously passed a resolution, called on the President, house and senate, and the federal government and cabinet all officials are wearing white pink on mother's day. In 1914, the United States congress officially named the second Sunday in May as mother's day, and ask the President issued declaration, called on officials to display the flag on all public buildings. Then, President Wilson announcing to the national citizens also hang flags on their homes to show people for all the mother's love and respect for the United States of America. The President of the United States has since been held every year to publish a declaration of the same content.
In 1913, the U.S. congress will determine the second Sunday in May each year as legal mother's day, and on that day every family all want to hang the national flag, to honor their mothers. And Anna jarvis's mother's favorite carnation has become the symbol of mother's day.

母親節(jié)是一個(gè)感謝母親的節(jié)日。在美國(guó)、加拿大和一些其他國(guó)家，每年5月的第二個(gè)星期天就是母親節(jié)。在其他一些國(guó)家的日期并不一樣（參見(jiàn)世界各國(guó)母親節(jié)日期）。母親們?cè)谶@一天通常會(huì)收到禮物�？的塑氨灰暈楂I(xiàn)給母親的花。
　　節(jié)日起源于古希臘。在這一天，古希臘人向希臘眾神之母赫拉致敬。到古羅馬時(shí)，這些活動(dòng)的規(guī)模就變得更大，慶祝盛況往往持續(xù)達(dá)三天之久。當(dāng)然，古時(shí)人們對(duì)女神的崇拜只不過(guò)是一種迷信，它同今天人們對(duì)母性的尊敬是大不相同的。在17世紀(jì)中葉，母親節(jié)流傳到英國(guó)，英國(guó)人把封齋期的第四個(gè)星期天作為母親節(jié)。在這一天里，出門在外的年青人將回到家中，給他們的母親帶上一些小禮物。
　　現(xiàn)代的母親節(jié)起源于美國(guó)，由安娜·賈維斯（AnnaJarvis，1864－1948年）發(fā)起，她終身未婚，一直陪伴在母親身邊。安娜·賈維斯的母親心地善良，極富同情心，她提出應(yīng)設(shè)立一個(gè)紀(jì)念日來(lái)紀(jì)念默默無(wú)聞做出奉獻(xiàn)的母親們，可是這個(gè)愿望尚未實(shí)現(xiàn)她就逝世了。她的女兒安娜·賈維斯于1907年開(kāi)始舉辦活動(dòng)，申請(qǐng)將母親節(jié)成為一個(gè)法定節(jié)日。節(jié)日于1908年5月10日在美國(guó)的西弗吉尼亞和賓夕法尼亞州正式開(kāi)始。她曾親自在教堂中安排儀式，組織活動(dòng)，同時(shí)要求前來(lái)參加者胸前要佩戴白色的石竹花。這一活動(dòng)，曾引起了不少人的關(guān)注和興趣。翌年，便有更多的教堂紛紛組織同樣的活動(dòng)。
　　1911年，慶祝母親節(jié)的活動(dòng)已經(jīng)開(kāi)展得非常廣泛，不僅席卷美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)的每一個(gè)州，而且連加拿大、墨西哥和南美的一些國(guó)家也都開(kāi)始慶祝這個(gè)節(jié)日。美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)人還把宣傳母親節(jié)的傳單用十種不同文字印發(fā)到各國(guó)去，以便擴(kuò)大影響。此后幾年中，慶祝母親節(jié)運(yùn)動(dòng)的熱潮有增無(wú)已。1912年，美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)專門成立了母親節(jié)國(guó)際協(xié)會(huì)。1913年5月，美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)眾議院一致通過(guò)決議，號(hào)召總統(tǒng)以及內(nèi)閣、參眾兩院和聯(lián)邦政府的一切官員一律在母親節(jié)佩戴白色石竹花。1914年，美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)正式命名5月的第二個(gè)星期日為母親節(jié)，并要求總統(tǒng)發(fā)布宣言，號(hào)召政府官員在所有的公共建筑物上懸掛國(guó)旗。緊接著，威爾遜總統(tǒng)昭告全國(guó)公民也在自己的住宅上掛國(guó)旗以表達(dá)人們對(duì)美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)全體母親的熱愛(ài)和尊敬。此后美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)總統(tǒng)每年都要發(fā)表一篇內(nèi)容相同的宣言。
　　1913年，美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)確定將每年5月的第二個(gè)星期日作為法定的母親節(jié)，并規(guī)定這一天家家戶戶都要懸掛國(guó)旗，表達(dá)對(duì)母親的尊敬。而安娜·賈維斯的母親生前最愛(ài)的康乃馨也就成了母親節(jié)的象征。