美国传统节日面面观(二)

Easter is the oldest one of the most significant Christian holidays. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, Christians around the world celebrate every year. Easter symbolizes rebirth and hope. The vernalequinoxis the time to the first Sunday after the full moon. Easter is the Christian holiday commemorating the resurrectionof Jesus. Legend was crucifixionof Jesus, after the third day of the revival of heaven. The annual celebration of Easter in the church means that the vernal equinox is the first Sunday after the full moon, if the full moon happens to be the day Sunday. Easter week is postponed. Easter may result in the March 22 to April 25 between any day.

复活节是最古老最有意义的基督教节日之一。它庆祝的是基督的复活，世界各地的基督徒每年都要举行庆祝。复活节还象征重生和希望。时间是春分月圆后的第一个星期日。
复活节是基督教纪念耶稣复活的节日。传说耶稣被钉死在十字架上，死后第三天复活升天。每年在教堂庆祝的复活节指的是春分月圆后的第一个星期日，如果月圆那天刚好是星期天，复活节则推迟一星期。因而复活节可能在3月22日至4月25日之间的任何一天。

Arbor Day is sponsored by the United States Nebraska. 19 centuries ago, Nebraska was awash What is the wilderness, where trees are scarce land dry, windy together Lotus yellow sand, the people suffer a lot. 1872. Slovakia famous agronomistJulius Sterling Morton proposed regulations included Nebraska Arbor Day. afforestation plan to mobilize people. At that time, the State Bureau of Agriculture passed a resolution adopted this proposal. provided by the governor himself next Wednesday for the third annual Arbor Day in April. After making this decision, which resulted in millions of planting trees. After 16 years, they have, planting 600 million trees. eventually Nebraska 100,000 hectares of wilderness into a dense forest. To commend Morton achievements, 1885 Mohr leading to the formal state's birthday on April 22 as the annual Arbor Day. and the holiday. Today, the United States, the trip trees, are lined Road. According to statistics. The United States one-third of the area covered by forest trees. Alarming scale with the Green Tree Festival are inseparable.

植树节是由美国内布拉斯加州发起的。19世纪以前，内布拉斯加州是一片光秃秃的荒原，那里树木稀少，土地干燥，大风一起，满天黄沙，人民深受其苦。1872年，美国著名农学家朱利叶斯·斯特林·莫尔顿提议在内布拉斯加州规定植树节，动员人民有计划地植树造林。当时州农业局通过决议采纳了这一提议，并由州长亲自规定今后每年4月份的第三个星期三为植树节。这一决定做出后，当年就植树上百万棵。此后的16年间，又先后植树6亿棵，终于使内布拉斯加州10万公顷的荒野变成了茂密的森林。为了表彰莫尔顿的功绩，1885年州议会正式规定以莫尔领先生的生日4 月22日为每年的植树节，并放假一天。
今日的美国，树木成行，林荫载道。据统计。美国有1/3的地区为森林树木所覆盖。这样惊人的绿化规模同值树节是分不开的。

Mother's Day originated in a modern sense, the United States, by AmanmJarvis (1864-1948) initiated by her unmarried life. always accompany her mother around. His mother died in 1905, Amanm distraught. Two years later (1907), Amanm and her friends began a letter to influential ministers, businessmen, - to seek support, so Mother's Day as a statutoryholiday. Amanm that children often ignore the feelings of the mother. She hoped Mother's Day to make people think more families have to pay for all the mothers. The first Mother's Day on May 10, 1908 in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, During the festival, dedicated to mothers Carnation selected flowers and thus the passage of time. 1913, the United States Congress passed a bill, the second Sunday in May each year as Mother's Day statutory. Since then spread to the Mother's Day!

现代意义上的母亲节起源于美国，由AmanmJarvis（1864－1948）发起，她终身未婚，一直陪伴在她母亲身边。1905年在母亲去世时，Amanm悲痛欲绝。两年后（1907年），Amanm和她的朋友开始写信给有影响的部长、商人、议员来寻求支持，以便让母亲节成为一个法定的节日。Amanm认为子女经常忽视了对母亲的感情，她希望母亲节能够让人多想一想母亲为家庭所付出的一切。第一个母亲节于1908年5月10日在西弗吉尼亚州和宾夕法尼亚州举行，在这次节日里，康乃磬被选中为献给母亲的花，并以此流传下来。1913年，美国国会通过了一份议案，将每年5月的第二个星期天作为法定的母亲节。母亲节从此流传开来！