Mother's Day (Mother's Day), as a thank his mother for the holiday, first appeared in ancient Greece, time is the annual January 8, while in China, the United States, Canada and some other countries, it is the second year in May Sunday, the date of some other countries are not the same. Mothers on this day will usually receive a gift.Carnation flower is regarded as dedicated to his mother. In China, mother lily flower flower, also known as Wang Youcao.
Festival originated in ancient Greece. On this day, the ancient Greeks to the Greek gods, the mother of Xi Buli (Cybele, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia's mother, so that the mother of the gods ) tribute. To the Roman, the scale of these activities becomes more to celebrate the grand occasion often lasted for three days.Of course, the ancient people of the goddess worship is only a superstition, it is with people today respect of motherhood is very different. In the mid-17th century, saving the mother reached the United Kingdom, the British put the fourth of Lent Sunday as Mother's Day. On this day, the young people away from home will return to

母亲节（Mother's Day），作为一个感谢母亲的节日，最早出现在古希腊，时间是每年的一月八日，而在中国、美国、加拿大和一些其他国家，则是每年5月的第二个星期天，其他一些国家的日期也并不一样。母亲们在这一天通常会收到礼物。康乃馨被视为献给母亲的花。而我国的母亲花是萱草花，又叫忘忧草。
节日起源于古希腊。在这一天，古希腊人向希腊众神之母希布莉（Cybele，宙斯、波塞冬、哈德斯、得墨忒耳、赫拉和赫斯提亚的母亲，故称众神之母）致敬。到古罗马时，这些活动的规模就变得更大，庆祝盛况往往持续达三天之久。当然，古时人们对女神的崇拜只不过是一种迷信，它同今天人们对母性的尊敬是大不相同的。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，出门在外的年轻人将回到家中，给他们的母亲带上一些小礼物。