What does Halloween mean?

Halloween is a traditional festival in the west; 65438+1October 3 1 on Halloween is the most lively moment of this festival. In China, Halloween is often misunderstood as Halloween.

Halloween is actually a festival to praise autumn, just as May Day is to praise spring. Druids, priests of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which lasted from midnight on1October 3 1 day to the next day. They believe that on that night, their great death shamanism summoned all the ghosts of those who died that year, and these evil spirits would be punished for being born as animals.

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Halloween is mainly popular in the English-speaking world, such as the British Isles and North America, followed by Australia and New Zealand. Nowadays, the younger generation in some Asian countries also tend to celebrate "foreign festivals". On Halloween, some large foreign supermarkets will set up counters to sell Halloween toys, and small vendors will also sell some dolls or models related to Halloween to attract young people's attention.

Since17th century, the tradition of celebrating Halloween has gradually disappeared in southern England, and was replaced by a gunpowder plot held on10.5. But Halloween is still very popular in Scotland, Ireland and northern England. It was not until the beginning of 2 1 century that southern England began to celebrate Halloween again, but the way was completely American.

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Halloween-Baidu Encyclopedia