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.
母親節起源於希臘，古希臘人在這一天向希臘神話中的眾神之母赫拉致敬。在17世紀中葉，母親節流傳到英國，英國人把封齋期的第四個星期天作為母親節。在這一天裏，出門在外的兒女們將回到家中，給他們的母親帶上一些小禮物。
現代意義上的母親節起源於美國。1913年，美國國會通過了一份議案，將每年5月的'第二個星期天作為法定的母親節。母親節從此流傳開來!
母親節創立後，得到了全世界各國人民的支持，已經成了一個名副其實的國際性節日。按慣例，“國際母親節”被定在每年的5月11日舉行。雖然，有一些國家是在一年中不同的時節慶祝屬於他們的母親節，然而，包括我國在內的多數國家，如丹麥、芬蘭、意大利、土耳其、澳大利亞和比利時等等，都是在5月的第二個星期日慶祝母親節的。
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