Mother's Day Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Taiwan==== In [[Taiwan]], Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of the month of May, coinciding with [[Buddha's birthday]] and the traditional ceremony of "washing the Buddha". In 1999 the Taiwanese government established the second Sunday of May as Buddha's birthday, so they would be celebrated in the same day.<ref>{{citation |title= Thousands of believers mark Buddha's birthday |author= Camaron Kao |date= 14 May 2012 |work= [[China Post]] |url= http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2012/05/14/341025/Thousands-of.htm |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130616030705/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2012/05/14/341025/Thousands-of.htm |archive-date= 16 June 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Sakyamuni Buddha birthday celebrated |author= Ko Shu-Ling |date= 9 May 2011 |work= [[Taipei Times]] |url= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/05/09/2003502765 |quote= The legislature approved a proposal in 1999 to designate the birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha β which falls on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar β a national holiday and to celebrate the special occasion concurrently with International Mother's Day, which is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. }}</ref> Since 2006,<ref>{{cite web |title= 300,000 Attend Buddha Day Ceremonies in 34 Countries |publisher= [[Tzu Chi]] |date= 15 May 2012 |url= http://www.tzuchi.org.sg/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1340:300000-attend-buddha-day-ceremonies-in-34-countries&catid=120:2012-news&Itemid=595 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120523022231/http://www.tzuchi.org.sg/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1340:300000-attend-buddha-day-ceremonies-in-34-countries&catid=120:2012-news&Itemid=595 |archive-date= 23 May 2012 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> the [[Tzu Chi]], the largest charity organization in Taiwan, celebrates the Tzu Chi Day, Mother's Day and Buddha's birthday all together, as part of a unified celebration and religious observance.<ref>{{citation |title= Tzu Chi Foundation to stage Mother's Day event |work= [[Taipei Times]] |date= 4 May 2008 |url= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/05/04/2003411015 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Cultural center performs 'bathing Buddha' ceremony |author= Caroline Hong |work= Taipei Times |date= 23 May 2004 |url= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/05/23/2003156619 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title= Taiwan Quick Take: Tzu Chi celebrates birthday |date= 15 May 2006 |page= 3 |author= unsigned |work= Taipei Times |url= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/05/15/2003308272 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page