Is Children’s Day a traditional festival in China? Origin and meaning
Children’s Day is not a traditional festival in China.It is also called International Children’s Day.The definition is of great help in improving the personal rights of children.
Introduction to Children’s Day
Beginning in 1949, the People’s Republic of China officially designated June 1st every year as International Children’s Day.Schools usually organize relevant collective activities for this purpose, and require students to dress formally (white shirts and blue trousers before the popularization of school uniforms).Although Hong Kong is a part of the Republic, according to the folk conventions, the date of Hong Kong Children’s Day is the same as that of Taiwan, China.Children’s Day is on the same date as April 4th.The way of folk celebration is to give toys and gifts to children, or accompany children to go out to eat a big meal or play.
The origin of Children’s Day
The establishment of International Children’s Day is related to the Lidice Massacre, a massacre that occurred during World War II.On June 10, 1942, the German fascists shot and killed more than 140 male citizens over the age of 16 and all infants in the Czech village of Lidice, and sent women and 90 children to a concentration camp.The houses and buildings in the village were burned down, and a good village was destroyed by the German fascists like this.After the end of the Second World War, the economy around the world was depressed, and thousands of workers were unemployed and living a life of hunger and cold.
The situation of children is even worse, some contracted infectious diseases and died in batches; In order to mourn the Lidice massacre and all the children who died in wars in the world, to oppose the killing and poisoning of children, and to protect children’s rights, in November 1949, the International Federation of Democratic Women held a council meeting in Moscow, and representatives of various countries angrily exposed the The crime of murdering and poisoning children by imperialists and reactionaries of various countries.In order to protect children’s rights to survival, health care and education, and to improve children’s lives, the meeting decided to make June 1st every year the International Children’s Day.Many countries at that time agreed, especially the socialist countries.
The meaning of Children’s Day
The concept of "International Children’s Day" was first proposed at the International Conference on Child Welfare held in Geneva, Switzerland in August 1925.At this conference, representatives of 54 countries for the protection of children gathered in Geneva, Switzerland to hold the "International Conference on Children’s Happiness" and adopted the "Geneva Declaration on Safeguarding Children".In the declaration, there were heated discussions on children’s spiritual enjoyment, relief for poor children, avoidance of children’s dangerous work, access to children’s livelihood opportunities, and how to save and raise children.Since the conference, on the one hand to encourage children and make them feel happy and happy, on the other hand, to attract the attention and love of the society, governments of various countries have successively stipulated "Children’s Day".
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