教師節將至，全國各地都掀起了尊師重教的活動，但你知道教師節是怎么來的嗎？為什么又選擇了9月10日這一天呢？

Created by a group of China's most esteemed professors, Teachers' Day was celebrated in June in the 1930s. The Manifesto on Teachers' Day explained the professors' hope that the holiday would inspire the nation to:

create better living conditions for teachers

safeguard teacher's work

improve teacher's qualities.

In 1939, the Ministry of Education moved the holiday to August 27, the birthday of China's great teacher Confucius. 

In 1951 the new Chinese government bumped Teachers' Day to May 1, Labor Day, but as you can imagine, the event was overshadowed by one of China's biggest holidays.

In December of 1984 the Beijing Evening Paper published an article citing a suggestion by Professor Wang Zikun who proposed that teachers be given their own day once again. The idea quickly gained support and a September 10th Teachers' Day was put into law the following year. Why September 10th?

The reason to choose this day is because when the fall semester begins, a fine studious atmosphere will be created if activities of respecting teachers and valuing education are held.

“我也不知道為什么，那天早上一起床就忽然想到老師應該有自己的節日。”教師節的最早創意人、中科院院士王梓坤教授這樣說。

那是1984年12月9日，王教授當天就把這個想法告訴了《北京晚報》。第二天，《北京晚報》就刊出文章《王梓坤校長建議開展尊師重教月活動》，引起了讀者強烈反響。12月15日，北師大鐘敬文、啟功、王梓坤、陶大鏞、朱智賢、黃濟、趙擎寰聯名，正式提議設立教師節。1985年1月21日，第六屆全國人大常委會第九次會議作出決議，將每年的9月10日定為教師節。

其實早在1932年，國民黨政府曾規定6月6日為教師節，解放后廢除了6月6日的教師節，改用“五一國際勞動節”同時為教師節，但教師沒有單獨活動，沒有特點。而將教師節定在9月10日是考慮到全國大、中、小學新學年開始，學校要有新的氣象。新生入學伊始，即開始尊師重教，可以給“教師教好、學生學好”創造良好的氣氛。1985年9月10日，是中國恢復建立第一個教師節，而從此以后，老師便有了自己的節日。

（來源：everydaysaholiday.org/滬江英語  編輯：Julie）