The white carnation is preferred because I think it typifies some of the virtues of motherhood; whiteness stands for purity; its lasting quality, faithfulness; its fragrance, love; its wide field of growth, charity; its form, beauty

　　选择白色康乃馨是因为我认为它象征着母亲的一些美德;白色象征纯洁;持久象征忠贞;芳香象征爱;广袤的生长区域象征慈悲;花形象征美

　　Miss Anna Jarvis continued with the practice of sending carnations to the Andrews Church. She sent over 10,000 carnations in the subsequent years as a personal gift to the church on Mother s Day. This gradually led to a custom of gifting carnations to mothers. Today carnations are worn or gifted worldwide on Mother s Day and have become symbolic of purity, strength and endurance of motherhood. As a custom red carnations are worn to honor living mothers and white carnations for the deceased mothers.

　　此后，安娜贾维斯小姐继续给安德鲁斯教堂送康乃馨。在后来的几年里，她给教堂送去了一万多朵康乃馨，作为她个人送给教堂的母亲节礼物。她的这一做法逐渐使人们形成了在母亲节给母亲送康乃馨的习俗。如今，全世界的人都在母亲节这天佩戴或赠送康乃馨，康乃馨已成为母亲纯洁、坚强和忍耐的象征。习惯上，人们佩戴红色康乃馨向健在的母亲表示敬意，佩戴白色康乃馨纪念已故的母亲。

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