Mother's Day is an annual observance occurring on the second Sunday of May, with the 2026 date designated as May 10, intended to recognize maternal figures.

母親節為每年五月第二個星期日的年度紀念日，2026年的日期定於5月10日，旨在認可母親等女性長輩。

The genesis of this observance is attributed to Anna Jarvis, who sought to commemorate the activism of her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis. The latter had established 'Mothers’ Day Work Clubs' to provide medical assistance to combatants of the American Civil War. The inaugural official ceremony commenced on May 10, 1908, at the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in West Virginia. Jarvis's original conceptualization emphasized a private, intimate acknowledgement of individual maternal contributions, symbolized by the white carnation and facilitated through handwritten correspondence or personal visits.

此紀念日的起源歸功於安娜·賈維斯（Anna Jarvis），她旨在紀念其母親安·里夫斯·賈維斯（Ann Reeves Jarvis）的社會活動。後者曾成立「母親節工作俱樂部」，為美國內戰的參戰者提供醫療援助。首次正式典禮於 1908 年 5 月 10 日在西維吉尼亞州的安德魯斯美以美循道衛理會教堂舉行。賈維斯最初的構想強調對個人母親貢獻的私人且親密的認可，以白色康乃馨為象徵，並透過手寫信件或親自拜訪來實現。

Subsequent to the establishment of The Mother's Day International Association in 1912, a divergence emerged between Jarvis's vision and the holiday's practical application. The phenomenon of commercialization manifested through the inflation of floral prices and the mass production of greeting cards and confectionery. This shift prompted a period of intense institutional conflict; Jarvis engaged in a campaign to rescind the holiday, which included the filing of petitions, the issuance of formal protests, and legal threats. Her opposition to the appropriation of the day for charitable fundraising—specifically involving Eleanor Roosevelt—and her confrontation at a Philadelphia convention resulted in her arrest for disturbing the peace.

在 1912 年成立國際母親節協會後，賈維斯的願景與該節日的實際應用之間出現了分歧。商業化現象透過花卉價格上漲以及賀卡與糖果的大量生產而顯現。這一轉變引發了一段激烈的制度衝突；賈維斯發起了一場廢除該節日的運動，包括提交請願書、發出正式抗議及法律威脅。她反對將此日用於慈善募款（特別是涉及艾蓮娜·羅斯福的部分），且她在費城一次大會上的對峙導致她因擾亂治安而被捕。

Despite these efforts, the economic interests of the floral and greeting card industries ensured the holiday's permanence on the national calendar. Jarvis's final years were spent in a psychiatric facility due to declining physical and cognitive health, including dementia, prior to her death in 1948. Contemporary scholarship suggests a disconnect between the public perception of the holiday's origins and the historical reality of Jarvis's advocacy for non-commercialized sentiment.

儘管做出了這些努力，但花卉和賀卡產業的經濟利益確保了該節日在國家曆法中的永久地位。賈維斯在 1948 年去世前，因身體和認知健康下降（包括失智症），晚年生活在精神醫療機構中。當代學術研究指出，公眾對該節日起源的認知與賈維斯倡導非商業化情感的歷史現實之間存在脫節。

Mother's Day remains a widely observed event characterized by the exchange of digital and physical greetings, despite the historical objections of its founder regarding commercial exploitation.

儘管其創始人對商業剝削持有歷史性的反對意見，但母親節仍是一個被廣泛遵守的活動，其特徵在於數位與實體問候的交換。