Mother's Day

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Mother's Day is becoming more popular in [[China]]. Carnations are a very popular Mother's Day gift and the most sold flowers in relation to the day.<ref name="china_popular" /> In 1997 Mother's Day was set as the day to help poor mothers and to remind people of the poor mothers in rural areas such as China's western region.<ref name="china_popular">{{Cite news| title = Mother's Day Popular in China |work=People's Daily | date = 14 May 2001 | url = http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200105/14/eng20010514_69871.html }}</ref> In the [[People's Daily]], the Chinese government's official newspaper, an article explained that "despite originating in the United States, people in China accept the holiday without hesitation because it is in line with the country's traditional ethics – respect for the elderly and filial piety towards parents."<ref name="china_popular" />

In recent years, the Communist Party member Li Hanqiu began to advocate for the official adoption of Mother's Day in memory of Meng Mu, the mother of [[Mencius|Mèng Zǐ]]. He formed a non-governmental organization called ''Chinese Mothers' Festival Promotion Society'', with the support of 100 Confucian scholars and lecturers of ethics.<ref name="allchina">{{cite web | title = Researchers and Experts Propose a Chinese Mother's Day | author = people.com.cn, sina.com.cn | date = 17 June 2008 | publisher = [[All-China Women's Federation]] | url = http://www.womenofchina.cn/Issues/OPINION/204586.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090305045811/http://www.womenofchina.cn/Issues/OPINION/204586.jsp | archive-date = 5 March 2009 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="china">{{Cite news| title = Do we need our own Mother's Day? |work=China Daily | date = 16 May 2007 | url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ezine/2007-05/16/content_873529.htm}}</ref> Li and the Society want to replace the Western-style gift of carnations with [[lilium|lilies]], which, in ancient times, were planted by Chinese mothers when children left home.<ref name="china" /> Mother's Day remains an unofficial festival, except in a small number of cities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Le |first=Karen |date=2020-05-06 |title=Is There Mother's Day in China? |url=https://www.dumplingconnection.com/articles/do-they-celebrate-mothers-day-in-china/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Dumpling Connection |language=en-US}}</ref>