教师节将至，全国各地都掀起了尊师重教的活动，但你知道教师节是怎么来的吗？为什么又选择了9月10日这一天呢？

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.

“我也不知道为什么，那天早上一起床就忽然想到老师应该有自己的节日。”教师节的最早创意人、中科院院士王梓坤教授这样说。

那是1984年12月9日，王教授当天就把这个想法告诉了《北京晚报》。第二天，《北京晚报》就刊出文章《王梓坤校长建议开展尊师重教月活动》，引起了读者强烈反响。12月15日，北师大钟敬文、启功、王梓坤、陶大镛、朱智贤、黄济、赵擎寰联名，正式提议设立教师节。1985年1月21日，第六届全国人大常委会第九次会议作出决议，将每年的9月10日定为教师节。

其实早在1932年，国民党政府曾规定6月6日为教师节，解放后废除了6月6日的教师节，改用“五一国际劳动节”同时为教师节，但教师没有单独活动，没有特点。而将教师节定在9月10日是考虑到全国大、中、小学新学年开始，学校要有新的气象。新生入学伊始，即开始尊师重教，可以给“教师教好、学生学好”创造良好的气氛。1985年9月10日，是中国恢复建立第一个教师节，而从此以后，老师便有了自己的节日。

（来源：everydaysaholiday.org/沪江英语  编辑：Julie）