Baidu Entertainment visited Ariel Lin and wanted to know: Why do you hang pumpkin lanterns on Halloween?

Hi? Hello, everyone, everyone's answers are excellent. Let me summarize! ? There are many theories about the origin of Halloween, but why is pumpkin a symbol of Halloween? First of all, pumpkins are orange. Carving pumpkin lanterns with pumpkins is also a Halloween tradition, and its history can be traced back to Ireland.

Legend has it that there was once a man named? Jack. Some people are too stingy to go to heaven or hell after death because they make fun of the devil.

So he can only wander around with lanterns until judgment day. Therefore, Jack and Jack-o-lantern became the symbols of cursed wandering souls.

In order to scare away these wandering souls on Halloween, people carve terrible faces out of turnips, beets or potatoes to represent Jack holding lanterns. This is the origin of the ghost fire.

Then, after the Irish moved to America, they began to carve pumpkins, because there are many and big pumpkins in autumn in America. (And the end of 10 is the harvest season for oranges and pumpkins! Now, if people hang pumpkin lanterns on their windows on Halloween night, it means that those who wear Halloween costumes can knock on the door for candy. ?

Jia: Don't you think pumpkins are cuter? And only pumpkins are unique orange!