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FESTIVALS 元旦New Year’s Day 春节Chinese New Year 情人节Valentines Day 元宵节festival of lanterns 妇女节International Womens Day 植树节arbor day 清明节Tomb-sweeping Day 劳动节labor day 青年节youth day 母亲节mother’s day 儿童节Children’s Day 端午节dragon boat festival 父亲节father’s day 建军节Army Day 中秋节mid-autumn festival 国庆节National Day 重阳节double ninth festival 圣诞节Christmas day International Womens Day International Womens Day (8 March) is an occasion marked by womens groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is designated in many countries as a national holiday. When women on all continents, often divided by national boundaries and by ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political differences, come together to celebrate their Day, they can look back to a tradition that represents at least nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development. International Womens Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. In ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in order to end war; during the French Revolution, Parisian women calling for liberty, equality, fraternity marched on Versailles to demand womens suffrage. The idea of an International Womens Day first arose at the turn of the century, which in the industrialized world was a period of expansion and turbulence, booming population growth and radical ideologies. Following is a brief chronology of the most important events: 1909 In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Womans Day was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate it on the last Sunday of that month through 1913. 1910 The Socialist International, meeting in Copenhagen, established a Womens Day, international in character, to honour the movement for womens rights and to assist in a