The Origin of the International Children's Day

The Origin of the International Children's Day

Children's day, also known as "June 1 International Children's Day," the annual June 1, the world of children's festival. November 1949, the Women's International Democratic Federation council meeting was held in Moscow. China and other countries and representatives of countries and anger exposed the imperialist [ɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪst](帝国主义) reactionaries(反动派) kill and poison [ˈpɔizən](毒害) children. In order to protect the world's children's survival, health and education, and improve the lives of children. The meeting decided to set annual June 1st as the International Children's Day.

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

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

June 1st  has 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(公众关注度) about these celebrations.Consequently there is sometimes a misperception(误解) that June 1 as the ICD was a Communist invention.Nonetheless [ˌnʌnðəˈles](尽管如此), in recent years even some groups within the United States started observing the ICD on June 1st.