Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday in May every year, and is a holiday to thank mothers. Modern Mother’s Day originated in the United States and was initiated by Anna Jarvis. Her mother was kind-hearted and compassionate, so she proposed that a memorial day should be established to honor the mothers who made unknown contributions.

In 1913, the US Congress decided to make the second Sunday in May every year as the legal Mother’s Day, and stipulated that every household should fly the national flag on this day to show respect for mothers. The carnation that Anna Jarvis’s mother loved most during her lifetime became a symbol of Mother’s Day in the United States.

In the 1980s, Mother’s Day was gradually accepted by the Chinese people. The Chinese and people from other countries around the world express their gratitude to their mothers in various ways. The most common way is to give holiday cards and gifts to their mothers, some wearing stone bamboo flowers on their chests, those whose mothers have passed away wearing white stone bamboo flowers, and those whose mothers are alive wearing red stone bamboo flowers.