National Days
National Day is the most important political festival for a country. And today, the day has come to China. When celebrating the big day, let’s lift our view sight to the international scale, and have a look at different countries. What are their National Days like?
In the perspective of name, the festival varies from nation to nation. Nearly 40 countries, including China and France, name the day as the National Day or the National Festival. Meanwhile, there are some 60 countries like the US, Mexico, Philippine, and Burma etc, call it the Independence Day. Calling it the Republic Day are countries like Yugoslavia, Iceland and Zaire. The appellation, Liberation Day, is applied to the former Soviet Union, Albania and Hungary. In addition, some countries just use the nation’s name directly, for example, the Australia Day.
Talking about the dates of different national days, 30 countries, more or less, celebrate the establishing day of their country as the national day. And China is among the number. Some prefer the day of their uprising. That’s why French national day is also called the Bastille Day. Countries like Holland, the Great Britain, and Denmark fix their national day on the birthday of their heads of state. The most obvious example should be the Official Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ (UK). It’s interesting that the date of these countries’ national days change as the chiefs of their states change.
The most centuried national day in the world is the National Day of San Marino. As far back as 301 B.C, it has fixed Sep 3 to be its official national day.
Ha-ha, don’t you feel surprised about the omniform national days around the world? Actually I’m a little bit worn out after writing so long a journal. Anyway, it’s never too much for us to learn. Today is a big day, all the efforts are worthwhile.
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