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The history of the pillow fight.
"Pillow Fight" Day was first born in 2008, when it was founded by flash mob through the Internet. As a part of the "flash movement", "pillow fight" has become popular in many countries in just a few years. In June 2006, 1 1 began to land in China, and websites and clubs in Guangzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai were held one after another.

For several years in a row, the organizers of Guangzhou introduced the pillow fight as a decompression method to Guangzhou, leading the young people in Guangzhou to release the pressure by swinging pillows together, making it an annual event. The first Guangzhou 300-person pillow fight produced the largest pillow in the world, and the second pillow fight took "Kung Fu" as the theme, advocating young people to relieve stress in the right way.

20 14 On September 6th, Shandong Yantai pillow fight was held in Yantai Development Zone. Nearly a thousand participants took pillows as "weapons" and threw themselves into the pillow fight to revel, relieve stress, relax and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. The feathers in the pillow turned the whole game area into a white ocean.

On June 20th, 2065438+05, a shopping mall in Nanning, Guangxi held a pillow fight to release the pressure and attract many young people to participate. Hundreds of Belarusians staged a "pillow fight" to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the victory of the Battle of Grunwald in a humorous way. However, this pillow fight was quickly intervened by the police and ended hastily. The police believe that "pillow fight" will endanger national security.

20 15 On April 5th, Greece celebrated "International Pillow Fight Day" for the first time. Thousands of Greeks participated in this activity in the capital Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki, hoping to oppose domestic violence through this activity.

On April 20 15 1 1 day, people in Warsaw, Poland held a large-scale pillow fight in front of the Warsaw Science and Culture Palace to celebrate World Pillow Fight Day.

From August 2065438 to August 2005, the United States Military Academy at West Point held its annual "pillow fight". Hundreds of students chased and wrestled on the playground, but it was suspected that someone had stuffed a hard object into the pillow, which was "real" and led to a fight. This activity, which was supposed to be full of joy, ended in bloodshed, causing 30 injuries, including 24 concussions.

20 16 On April 2nd, people took part in the "pillow fight" in Zagreb, Croatia. This activity is part of the "pillow fight day" held in more than 0/00 cities around the world.