导读:5月4日是中国青年节，身为中国人你对青年节了解多少？
Youth Day in China falls on May 4. It originates from the Chinese patriotic campaign against imperialism i.e. the May Fourth Movement in 1919. In December 1949, the Government Administration Council officially announced May 4 to be Youth Day of the People’s Republic of China.
每年的5月4日是中国的青年节，这个节日起源于中国的反帝爱国运动，即1919年的“五四运动”。1949年12月，中央人民政府政务院正式宣布5月4日为中华人民共和国青年节。
Origin of Youth Day
1、青年节的起源。
Youth Day originates from the May 4th Movement, which happened during World War One. China attended the so called "Peace Conference" in Paris as one of the victorious nations. However, the Chinese delegates’ demand to abrogate unfair treaties and to stop the aggression into and from China was rejected. Moreover, the meeting also resulted in the transfer of the rights and interests of Shandong (a province in China) from Germany to Japan.
青年节起源于第一次世界大战期间的五四运动。当时中国以战胜国的身份出席了巴黎举行的所谓“和平会议”。但是中国代表团要求废除不平等条约、停止侵略并离开中国的要求遭到了拒绝。此外，会议还导致德国在山东窃取的权益被分赃给日本。
The news incensed students in Beijing. Along with those from the business and educational circles, they sent a number of telegrams accusing Japan of irrational behaviour and asking the Chinese government to rethink to national sovereignty. Succumbed to the pressures of imperialism, the Beiyang government was prepared to sign the treaty regardless of the anger of the people.
这一消息使得北京的学生们震怒，他们与商界和教育界人士联合在一起，发出了一系列指责日本无理行为的电报、并要求当时的中国政府重新考虑国家主权。当时由于屈服于帝国主义的压力，北洋政府准备不顾人民的怒火签署条约。
On May 4, 1919, many students gathered around Tiananmen Square and staged demonstrations. They boycotted classes in order to make speeches and ask to meet representatives of other countries. Many students joined in the strike and student groups from other cities answered the appeal. Some students were initially arrested, but eventually released due to a significant strike that threatened to crash the economy.
1919年5月4日，许多学生聚集在天安门广场上举行示威活动。他们罢课进行演讲，还要求会见其他国家代表。许多学生都参与了罢课行动，其他城市的学生团体也进行了声援。一些学生最初被捕，但是最终却由于威胁经济崩溃的大规模罢工而被释放。
The effect of the movement worked as the government refused to sign the treaty. However, on September 30, 1919, the Paris Peace Treaty was signed by the USA, England, France, Japan and other countries except China and the Chinese delegates didn’t attend the signing ceremony of the Paris Peace Conference.
最终由于这场运动的影响，北洋政府拒绝签署这一条约。然而1919年9月30日，美英法日和其他国家将中国排除在外一起签署了《巴黎和约》，中国代表团甚至都没有出席和约的签字仪式。
Significance of the Youth Day
2、青年节的重要性。
The May Fourth Movement was an anti-imperialist as well as an anti-feudal movement. The core of the May Fourth Movement spirit is: patriotism, progress, democracy and science and marked the beginning of China’s new democratic revolution. In a broader sense, it occurred in the time when the country was going through the New Culture Movement. In memory of the May 4th Movement, the Chinese government established this festival to inherit and carry forward the spirit of rebellion and revolution. It encouraged the youth to make bold changes and to be innovative.
五四运动是一场反帝反封建运动。五四运动的核心精神是：爱国、进步、民主和科学，标志着中国新民主主义革命的开端。从广义上讲，五四运动发生于新文化运动期间。为纪念五四运动，中国政府设立了青年节来继承发扬反抗和革命的精神。青年节鼓励年轻人们要大胆改变、勇于创新。
