In China, Mother^’s Day is becoming more popular, and carnations（康乃馨）are a very popular gift. In 1997  48  was set as the day to help poor mothers, specially to remind people  49_ the poor mothers in rural areas. In the People^’s Daily,  50_ article explained that “despite originating in the United States, people in China take the holiday   51   it goes in line with（符合） the country^’s traditional ethics（道德标准）—respect to the elderly and filial piety（子女的孝顺）to parents.” In recent years many people began 52  advocate for the official adoption of Mother^’s Day  53  memory of Meng Mu, the mother of Meng Zi, and some officials even formed a non-governmental organization called Chinese Mothers^’ Festival Promotion Society, with the support 100 Confucian scholars and lecturers of ethics. They also ask to replace the Western gift of carnations with lilies（百合花),   54_, were planted by Chinese mothers  55 children left home in ancient times.