中文：母亲节的由来
母亲节的传统起源于古希腊对女神的崇拜。17世纪中叶，母亲节流传到英国。美国贾维斯夫人母女对纪念和赞扬母亲终生不懈，1914年美国国会正式确立每年5月的第二个星期日为母亲节。威尔逊总统率先自己的住宅悬挂国旗节以表达对美利坚合众国全体母亲的热爱和尊敬。
之后，得到世界众多国家支持，每年的5月11日成为国际性的母亲节。
英文：Origin of Mother's Day
The tradition of Mother's Day originated from the worship of goddesses in ancient Greece. Mother's Day spread to England in the mid-17th century.
Mrs. Jarvis's mother and daughter in the United States have always been tireless in commemorating and praising their mothers. In 1914, the second Sunday of May was officially established by the United States Congress as Mother's Day.
President Wilson took the lead in flying the National Flag Day in his house to express his love and respect for all mothers in the United States of America.
Later, with the support of many countries in the world, May 11 became an international Mother's Day every year.
母亲节（Mother's Day），是一个感谢母亲的节日。这个节日最早出现在古希腊；而现代的母亲节起源于美国，是每年5月的第二个星期日。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，而中国的母亲花是萱草花，又叫忘忧草。
2006年12月，中国民协节徽文化委员会等组织将农历的四月初二，也就是孟母生孟子这一天定为中华母亲节。
Mother's Day is a day to thank mothers. This Festival first appeared in ancient Greece; and modern Mother's Day originated in the United States, which is the second Sunday of May every year.
Mothers usually receive gifts on this day. Carnations are regarded as flowers for their mothers, while Chinese mothers'flowers are Hemerocallis fulva, also known as Forget Sadness Grass.
In December 2006, the Hui Culture Committee of the Chinese People's Federation Festival and other organizations designated the second day of April in the lunar calendar, the day when Mencius was born to his mother, as the Chinese Mother's Day.
本回答被网友采纳In the U.S. Mothers' Day is a holiday celebrated on second Sunday in May. It is a day when children honor their mothers with cards, gifts, and flowers. First observance in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1907, it is based on suggestions by Julia Ward Howe in 1872 and by Anna Jarvis in 1907.
Although it wasn't celebrated in the U.S. until 1907, there were days honoring mothers even in the days of ancient Greece. In those days, however, it was Rhea, the Mother of the gods that was given honor.
Later, in the 1600's, in England there was an annual observance called "Mothering Sunday." It was celebrated during June, on the fourth Sunday. On Mothering Sunday, the servants, who generally lived with their employers, were encouraged to return home and honor their mothers. It was traditional for them to bring a special cake along to celebrate the occasion.
In the U.S., in 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday of May. The next year Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.
Jarvis and others began a letter-writing campaign to ministers, businessmen, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day. They were successful. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day a national observance that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.
Many other countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at different times throughout the year. Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May, as in the U.S.
关于母亲节的由来中文版：
在美国,人们在五月的第二个星期天庆祝母亲节。在这一天，孩子们把卡片，礼物和鲜花献给他们的母亲。第一次庆祝母亲节是发生在1907 年的费城，是由朱莉娅·瓦德·豪和安妮塔·贾威斯分别在 1872 年和 1907 年提议设立的。
虽然美国直到 1907 年才庆祝母亲节，但是尊敬母亲的节日甚至可以追溯到古希腊。尽管那时人们是庆祝上帝的母亲罗伊的。
后来, 在17世纪初的英格兰，人们有一个惯例，就是在每年六月的第四个星期天庆祝“省亲节”。在省亲节那一天, 通常与雇主住在一起的仆人了, 被劝说回家和他们的母亲团聚。按照惯例，他们要带一块特殊的蛋糕回家庆祝。
在美国, 1907年有一个来自费城的叫阿纳·贾维斯的人，发起了一场建立全国的母亲节的运动。在西弗吉尼亚的格拉夫顿，贾维斯说服了她母亲的教堂，在她母亲去世2周年的纪念日那一天庆祝母亲节，即五月的第二个星期天。下一年费城也庆祝了母亲节。
贾维斯和其它人开始给部长，商人，以及政治家们写信，要求建立全国性的母亲节。他们取得了成功。1914年在任的伍德罗·威尔森总统，向全国发布官方通告，宣布在每年五月的第二个星期天庆祝母亲节，并使之成为一种传统。
世界上许多其它国家在全年的不同时间庆祝他们自己的母亲节。丹麦，芬兰，意大利，土耳其，澳大利亚，以及比利时同美国一样，在五月的第二个星期天庆祝母亲节。
As a thank his mother for Mother's Day holiday, first appeared in ancient Greece, time is the annual January 8, while in the United States, Canada and some other countries, it is every year the second Sunday in May, a number of other countries dates were the same (see below "the world celebrate Mother's Day time is different"). On this day mothers often receive gifts.
Overseas, the carnation flower is regarded as dedicated to his mother.
In China, mother lily flower flower, also known as Wang Youcao.
Liliaceae Hemerocallis Hemerocallis is a perennial herb, fleshy rhizome, leaves long, slender top out orange or orange flowers, very beautiful, it is not only for people watching, called the lily buds, but also as a vegetable for human consumption , in the widely cultivated in South and North
母亲节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（参见下面“世界各国庆祝母亲节的时间都不尽相同”）。母亲们在这一天通常会收到礼物。
在国外，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。
萱草 萱草是百合科多年生草本植物，根茎肉质，叶狭长，细长的枝顶端开出桔红或桔黄色的花，十分艳丽，它不仅供人观赏，花蕾叫金针，也可作蔬菜供人食用，在我国南北方广为栽植。