In a statement released on the occasion, the CWJC said that "through our memorial, we remember all our grandmothers who are alive, and all those who have passed on but are still with us in both spirit and memory
三日而食，三月而沐，期而练，毁不灭性，不以死伤生也。丧不过三年，苴衰不补，坟墓不培；祥之日，鼓素琴，告民有终也；以节制者也。资于事父以事母，而爱同。天无二日，土无二王，国无二君，家无二尊，以一治之也。故父在，为母齐衰期者，见无二尊也。