Inspired by American Father's Day, China also established Father's Day in the Republic of China. On August 6th, 1945, Shanghai Shen Bao published the article "The Origin of Father's Day on August 8th", claiming that China won the final victory in the eight-year anti-Japanese war, during which countless soldiers were killed. However, the brave spirit of this generation of soldiers, fighting bravely one by one, is really the result of his father's upbringing and encouragement at any time, so his father's influence on the victory of the Anti-Japanese War is very great. We should follow the precedent, stipulate Father's Day, and remember the fathers and brothers of soldiers who died in this great war, because they also have great influence on the country, which makes fathers and mothers share the same glory. "
As the word "father" is homophonic with "August 8th" and the pronunciation of "August 8th" is the same as that of "father", Shenbao called on Shanghai citizens to celebrate "August 8th Father's Day". At the end of the article, there are *** 10 public signature initiators, namely Yan Huiqing, Yuan Xilian, Chen Qingshi, Mei Lanfang, Shi Zhifu, Yan, Fei Mu, Lu Ganchen, Fu Wenshou and Zhang Yiqu.
These people have a high weight, which has aroused the response of many citizens. On August 8, Shanghai citizens held Father's Day activities, and the living father wore red flowers. The deceased was decorated with white flowers. As one of the initiators of Father's Day, Yan Huiqing was invited to give a Father's Day speech at the YMCA, "telling the position and responsibility of fathers in different societies". The next day, he wrote in his diary: "The newspaper is full of reports about Father's Day".
These people also jointly asked the Shanghai municipal government to forward it to the central authorities and designated August 8, the homonym of "Dad", as the national Father's Day. Later, the national government approved this request, and August 8 every year became the national legal "Father's Day".
Although the government of the Republic of China approved August 8 as Father's Day, internal corruption and civil war at that time made no one concentrate on organizing people to celebrate this festival, and then left the mainland four years later, so Father's Day became a slogan.