Ask for a brief introduction to Halloween (about 400 words)

On the most haunted night of the year, all kinds of monsters, pirates, aliens and witches are out in succession. Before the Christian era, the Celts held ceremonies in summer to thank God and the sun for their kindness.

At that time, fortune tellers lit and practiced witchcraft to drive away monsters who were said to be wandering around. Later, the harvest festival celebrated by the Romans with nuts and apples merged with Celtic 10 and 3 1.

In the Middle Ages, people put on costumes in the shape of animals and put on terrible masks to drive away ghosts in the dark. Although Christianity later replaced the religious activities of Celts and Romans, the early customs still existed. Now, children wear all kinds of costumes and masks to attend Halloween dances. Witches, black cats, ghosts and paper-pasted bones are often hung on the walls around these dances, while grinning or ugly pumpkin lanterns are hung on the windows and doorways. Children often try to bite the hanging apples.

On this day, children in the United States and Canada will ring their neighbors' doorbell in strange costumes and threaten to "entertain me or play tricks" in the traditional way. Whether the neighbors are afraid or not, they always prepare some snacks such as candy and apples, and the children put them in their bags one by one.

Halloween is actually not a Christian holiday. 2500 years ago, the Celtics in Ireland took 65438+1 October 3 1 as the last day of the year, and165438+1October1was the beginning of the new year, which also symbolized the coming of winter.

Celts believe that Samhain, the god of death, will return to Earth with a ghost on the night of June 3rd1to look for body double. So they lit torches and burned animals as a gift from death. They will also dress themselves up with costumes made of animal heads or fur, making strange noises, so that death can't recognize themselves and avoid disasters. This is the origin of today's Halloween masquerade. After that night, the ghost returned to the underworld and everything was calm.

With the rise of Christianity, Christians have followed the tradition of Halloween, and the meaning of Halloween has gradually changed to commemorate those who have dedicated themselves to God.

By the way,165438+1October 2nd is the Day of the Dead in Mexico. On that day, every household will bake food such as animal-shaped bread and boiled chicken, and put toys on the altar, expecting the children who died young to go home and play. Flowers, fruits, photos and painted skulls can also be placed to receive the deceased elders.

Mexicans believe that ghosts need to eat, drink and be merry just like people, so Ghost Festival is like a carnival. People walk around wearing masks, eating candy in the shape of skeletons, and the bread is decorated with ghosts. At dusk, the whole family went to the cemetery to clean up the cemetery. Women knelt or sat praying all night. Men talk or sing. In the middle of the night, candlelight flickered and filled the whole cemetery, and singers sang for the souls of the dead.