What festival is 520? How did it come from? Knowledge growth

Today is May 20th, and the WeChat circle of friends has started a new round of sweet interaction. Valentine's Day in western countries is February 14, and Valentine's Day in China is the seventh day of July. So what is 520? How did it come into being?

"520" originated from 1998, and came from a song "Digital Love" sung by singer Mavis Fan. The number "520" in the lyrics is compared to "I love you" This is the first time.

The second appearance of "520" was in 2005. Musician Wu Yulong became popular through an online song "Online Lover", and fans closely linked "I Love You" and "Online Lover". "Online Love" was a smash hit, and then "520" was also widely circulated.

20 10 on may 20th, tens of thousands of netizens spontaneously organized and launched 520 series of activities, which became the first fixed festival in the online world. This is the origin of "520"

Later, "52 1" was gradually given the meaning of "I do, I love you" by couples.

This is the first fixed festival in the virtual network world, which is scheduled for May 20th and May 2nd1every year, but the homonym of "520" and "52 1" is "I love you".

According to the difference in sound proximity or pictogram between "0" and "1", 520 is mainly a festival for women, and 52 1 is mainly a festival for men.

Since it is a product of the Internet age, it is bound to transmit love words through the Internet. People boldly say (show) love through the Internet or mobile phone text messages, and even give gifts (red envelopes) on blind dates to express their feelings and find love. There are also countless couples who get together to register for marriage and hold grand wedding banquets.

The rise of this festival is also indispensable to the vigorous promotion of merchants. Many merchants took this opportunity to carry out group buying, discounts and other promotional activities after the holiday became hot, which set off a holiday craze online and offline.

The internet is crazy and love is sweet.

In fact, May 20th is not just an online Valentine's Day. Let's share it again and increase our knowledge.

1875 On May 20th, 17 countries in the world signed a metric convention in Paris, France, which is similar to the "book with the same language, car with the same track" formulated by Qin Shihuang after the unification of the six countries.

From 65438 to 0999, the 2nd1International Metrology Conference designated May 20th of each year as "World Metrology Day".

China Student Nutrition Promotion Association was established on 1989. Under the auspices of nutritionist Yu Ruomu, a ten-year student nutrition work plan from 199 1 to 2000 was worked out. The plan was named "Seedling Protection System Project", and May 20th of each year was designated as China Student Nutrition Day.

In may of 20001year, the Ministry of education and the Ministry of health jointly issued a document (who CDC no. 200 1 120) officially confirmed May 20th as "China Student Nutrition Day".

1747 On May 20th, the Scottish navy doctor James Lind conducted a famous clinical trial of scurvy, which was the first of its kind.

In order to commemorate this historic event, the European Clinical Research Foundation Network, in conjunction with the United States and Canada, proposed to designate May 20th of each year as the International Clinical Trial Day.

Therefore, May 20th, 2005 became the first international clinical trial day.