Mother's day originated in Greece, the ancient greeks in the day to honor the mother of the gods in Greek mythology Hera. 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, away from children will return to their home, to bring small gifts for their mothers.

　　In the modern sense of mother's day originated in the United States. In 1913, congress passed a bill, on the second Sunday of may every year mother's day as legal. Since then spread to the mother's day!

　　After mother's day was founded, we get the support of people from different countries all over the world, has become a real international festival. Traditionally, "international mother's day" was held annually on May 11. Although there are some countries that are in the different season of the year to celebrate their own mother's day, however, the majority of countries, including China, such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium, etc., is mother's day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May.

　　母亲节起源于希腊，古希腊人在这一天向希腊神话中的众神之母赫拉致敬。在17世纪中叶，母亲节流传到英国，英国人把封斋期的第四个星期天作为母亲节。在这一天里，出门在外的儿女们将回到家中，给他们的母亲带上一些小礼物。

　　现代意义上的母亲节起源于美国。1913年，美国国会通过了一份议案，将每年5月的第二个星期天作为法定的母亲节。母亲节从此流传开来!

　　母亲节创立后，得到了全世界各国人民的支持，已经成了一个名副其实的国际性节日。按惯例，“国际母亲节”被定在每年的5月11日举行。虽然，有一些国家是在一年中不同的时节庆祝属于他们的母亲节，然而，包括我国在内的多数国家，如丹麦、芬兰、意大利、土耳其、澳大利亚和比利时等等，都是在5月的第二个星期日庆祝母亲节的。

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