六一儿童节起源等相关知识

明天就是六一儿童节了，在这里先祝天下的小盆友儿童节快乐！接下来，我们来看一些关于六一儿童节的英文知识。

儿童节的起源：

Children's Day is a holiday in many countries around the world; mainly the holiday's purpose is to simply honor children.

International Children's Day

The International Children's Day (ICD) is celebrated in numerous countries, usually (but not always) on June 1 each year.

The ICD had its origin in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925. It is not clear as to why June 1 was chosen as the ICD: one theory has it that the Chinese consul-general in San Francisco (USA) gathered a number of Chinese orphans to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in 1925, which happened to be on June 1 that year, and also coincided with the conference in Geneva.

June 1 has since been observed as the ICD by numerous countries, especially by Communist countries; in the Western world the ICD is usually celebrated on other days of the year (if at all), and there is often little public awareness about these celebrations. (See the section on Germany below for further discussions.) Consequently there is sometimes a misperception that June 1 as the ICD was a Communist invention. Nonetheless, in recent years even some groups within the United States started observing the ICD on June 1.

Universal Children's Day

Since December 14, 1954, United Nations and UNESCO observes 20 November as the Universal Children's Day.

儿童节是全世界许多国家的假日，此假日的目的完全是为儿童庆贺的。

国际儿童节

许多国家都庆祝国际儿童节，通常（但并不全是）在每年6月1日。

国际儿童节来源于1925年在瑞士日内瓦举行世界儿童福利大会。6月1日被选作国际儿童节的原因不得而知：一个说法是中国驻旧金山总领事招集了一批中国孤儿在1925年庆祝端午节，这个节日在那年恰好在6月1日，也正好巧遇日内瓦会议。

6月1日后来一直被众多的国家庆祝，尤其是在共产党的国家；在西方世界，国际儿童节通常在其它日子庆祝（如果从根本上说）。这些庆祝通常几乎不会引起公众注意。（请看下列进一步讨论的德国部分。）从而，有时侯有一种错误理解，认为国际儿童节是共产主义者的创造。虽然如此，在最近几年，美国的一些团体开始在6月1日庆祝国际儿童节。

国际儿童日

从1954年12月14日以来，联合国和联合国教科文组织将11月20日作为国际儿童日来庆祝。

Children's Day in Japan: （日本儿童节）

National Children's Day in Japan is known as Kodomo no Hi. It is celebrtaed on May5. The family celebrates the festival with Kashiwamochi (rice cakes filled with red beans and wrapped with oak leaves) and Chimaki (rice cakes wrapped with bamboo leaves). According to the Kodansha encyclopedia, the origin of the festival was from China in 839. On May 5, Chinese people hang medical herbs from the eaves of the roof in order to repel disease. When the custom came to Japan, people used Shobu (irises) instead since irises were believed to repel evil spirits. During twelfth century, the custom was influenced by the warrior class. Since another meaning of Shobu is victory or defeat, the practice of giving little boys kites with pictures of warriors on them were spread in Japan. In the Edo period (1600-1868), streamers with pictures of carp were presented to boys. Recently, many families live in apartments not houses. They display samll carp streamers or Kabuto at their homes because of limited space.

儿童节英文对话：

A: It's Children's Day today. How would you like to celebrate it, dear?
宝贝儿，今天是儿童节。你想怎么庆祝呢？
B: Hmm…I'd like to go to the amusement park. 
嗯…我想去游乐园。
A: OK, no problem. Anything else? 
好，没问题。还想要点儿什么？
B: I want to eat a lot of ice cream. 
我还想吃好多冰淇淋。
A: Oh, that can't possibly work. You'll have a stomachache if you eat too much ice cream. But you can eat just a little more than usual. 
哦，那可不行，会把肚子吃坏的。不过可以比平时多吃点儿。
B: Thank you, Mom! 
谢谢妈妈！