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In western countries, every year on1October 3 1 day, there is a Halloween, which is interpreted in the dictionary as "the eve of Xian Halloween" and translated in Chinese as: Halloween night. People have a certain perceptual knowledge about Halloween: I know that during Halloween, many public places and even the yard at home will be covered with many decorations, such as various ghosts, pumpkin lanterns, black cats, witches' brooms, etc. Every year, children wear different Halloween costumes and go door-to-door begging for candy with baskets of pumpkin lanterns, saying that it is "trick or treat". Besides, do you want to know more? Here we briefly introduce the origin and customs of Halloween. First, the origin of Halloween: The most legendary version of the origin of Halloween believes that it originated in ancient western European countries before the birth of Christ, mainly including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Drouth people. The New Year in Drouth is 1 1 month 1 day, New Year's Eve. People in Drouth let young people wander among villages in groups, wearing all kinds of weird masks and carrying carved radish lanterns (pumpkin lanterns are a late custom, and there were no pumpkins in ancient Western Europe). It was actually celebrating the autumn harvest; Some people say it is "Ghost Festival". It is said that the souls of those who died that year will visit the world on Halloween. It is said that people should let visiting ghosts see the harvest and show rich enthusiasm to them. All the bonfires and lights, in order to scare away ghosts, also illuminate the route for ghosts and guide them back. In medieval Central Europe, there was a history of Christianity destroying pagans. However, the sacrificial ceremony before New Year's Eve never really disappeared, but appeared in the form of witchcraft. That's why we have traces of witches' brooms, black cats, spells and so on on Halloween. Second, the generation of the word Halloween: Many ethnic groups hold celebration parties on Halloween, also known as "All Hallow E'en", "Hallows e 'en" or "All Saintas'Day". Finally, the agreement evolved into "Halloween" and the Chinese translation became Halloween night. Third, the legend of "trick or treat": Today, the custom of children dressing up and asking for candy from door to door is said to have originated in Ireland. Irish pagans in ancient western Europe believed that on Halloween, ghosts would gather near their homes and receive banquets. So, after the "banquet", the villagers dressed up as ghosts and wandered outside the village to guide the ghosts away to avoid evil spirits and disasters. At the same time, the villagers also pay attention to some fruits and other foods in the front yard and backyard, and feed the ghosts to prevent them from hurting people and animals or plundering other crops. Later, this custom continued and became a joke for children to make fun of this ungrateful family. As for the jack-o'-lantern, there are at least two versions. One is that people hollowed out pumpkins to carve faces and lit candles to disperse ghosts; The other is that the ghost lit a candle to trick people into following the ghost, so people carved a mocking face on the surface of the pumpkin to tease the ghost: Hum! Only a fool will be fooled by you. Legend has it that Jack, an Irishman, was the first person to use pumpkins, so people also call Jack-o-lantern a grimace pumpkin lantern. Fourth, Halloween, which has spread to today, has completely lost its religious superstition. It has become a children's program and a masquerade for young people. Society has always given positive guidance to festival activities: adults are required to educate their children not to do threatening pranks, and adults are also required to take their children out together (generally, adults park their cars on the side of the road and children knock on the door for candy). Adults should let their children only go to houses with holiday decorations and lights at the door, otherwise they will not be disturbed. In addition, in the process of begging for sugar, you must always stand at the gate and wait, and you are not allowed to enter the house. The sugar you get back must be inspected by Jiaotong University before you can eat it. Families receiving children are also required not to provide homemade food or unpackaged food. Holiday arrangements in public places and at home are voluntary. Face pumpkin lantern, white net black spider, etc. They are all holiday decorations, and there is no scary ghost color at all. Some lesbians learn to buy a pair of pumpkin or ghost skull earrings to wear at this time. If the layout of any house is too horrible, it will be stopped by the relevant parties, and the media will also be exposed for the public to blame. Halloween costumes are also full of people, not monotonous children in GREAT GHOST. There are many channels to teach people how to make Halloween costumes. For example, make the simplest ghost clothes and cover your head with a white sheet. Don't forget to buckle two holes for your eyes. If you want to play a magician, put on black pants and a black hat, and hide a fluffy rabbit between the hat and the top of your head. Also teach adults how to dress up their children as angels, white clothes and trousers, and then how to tie a flashlight to their heads from behind; They also teach children how to dress up as their favorite cartoon characters. Of course, businessmen in the clothing and props industries have more articles to do. There is no holiday at school on Halloween. Sometimes schools come forward to organize parties, and sometimes students who are unwilling to be lonely will hold small parties themselves; Every October, friends and family send cards to wish each other a happy Halloween, which is a popular custom. Now the development of Internet makes it more convenient and economical to send Halloween cards. Some websites have designed various Halloween cards with sound animation effects. In a word, Halloween has become a very common seasonal festival in the West. Many people regard this as the end of autumn and the arrival of winter. After Halloween, people began to look forward to Thanksgiving, Christmas and even the New Year.

Origin of Halloween: 500 years ago, the Celtics living in Ireland took 65438+1 October 3 1 as the last day of each year.165438+1October1was the beginning of the new year and also symbolized the coming of winter. On this New Year's Eve, the Celtics believe that Samhain, the god of death, will return to Earth with an invisible soul and be reborn after searching for body double. Therefore, they lit torches and burned animals as gifts to death, and priests in the clan also presided over the ceremony. In order to drive away ghosts in the dark, the Celts will dress up as ghosts with animal heads or fur and make terrible noises in their mouths. This is the origin of Halloween masquerade in Europe and America. After that night, the ghost returned to the underworld and everything was calm. Later, the Celtic festival of sacrifice merged with the harvest festival celebrated by the Romans with nuts and apples. Although the religious activities of Celtic and Rome were later replaced by Christianity, the early customs still existed. By the middle of19th century, Halloween was introduced to the United States by Irish immigrants, and it has been spread ever since. How will we celebrate: in the United States, most families will decorate their homes for festivals, and some will buy pumpkins that make faces, scarecrows as tall as real people or tombstones filled with humorous words in the front yard, decorate windows with small pumpkin lanterns or hang skeleton bones; Some people hang fake cobwebs or bats on the front door, and put their outstretched green strange hands in the mailbox ..... All kinds of arrangements bring the ghost atmosphere of Halloween to every corner. Halloween decorations are mostly black and orange. Black represents black cats, spiders and witches, and orange represents jack-o'-lantern made of pumpkin. , are common Halloween symbols. Every year, businessmen put fashion figures including masks and clothes on the market to attract more people to participate in the craze of this traditional festival. For example, the movie Harry Potter has become a necessary role for many children. General supermarkets or cake shops will also provide holiday cookies and cakes on Halloween. Boxes of orange pumpkin-shaped cookies are one of the most common holiday snacks in Halloween parties. "Trick or treat! Trick or treat is a favorite thing for foreign children on Halloween. They like scary masks, carry pumpkin lanterns and ask for candy from door to door. Adults will also prepare some candy and change, waiting for groups of children to knock at the door. If someone doesn't give them candy, those naughty children will stick around or say something ominous, so people who don't go out will prepare candy and let the children leave happily. In addition, children also like to play the game of biting apples at parties. Participants must try to bite the apples floating on the water with their mouths. In addition, in recent years, China, Hongkong and Chinese mainland have also begun to celebrate Halloween. Ocean Park and Disneyland, two major theme parks in China and Hong Kong, respectively launched large-scale celebrations such as "Hello, Ocean Park in October" and "Disney Weird Festival" during Halloween, which made the Halloween atmosphere in Hong Kong even stronger! Our costumes: On Halloween night, adults and children are joking, wearing strange clothes and masks to go to parties or parade in the streets. Some people dress up as ghosts, while others dress up as witches, zombies, vampires, mummies, Frankenstein, werewolves, pirates, aliens or pumpkin elves. Halloween decorations are mostly black and orange. Black represents black cats, spiders and witches, and orange represents jack-o'-lantern made of pumpkin. , are common Halloween symbols. Every year, businessmen put fashion figures including masks and clothes on the market to attract more people to participate in the craze of this traditional festival. For example, the movie Harry Potter has become a necessary role for many children.

Halloween is also called Halloween. Image reference: upload.wikimedia/ * * */Mons/Thumb /A/A2/ Jack -O% 27- Lantern _ 2003- 10-3 1/250px-Jack -O% 27- Lantern _ 2003-/Kloc-0. * */Skins-1.5/mon/images/Magnify-clip Jack-o-lantern Halloween is a traditional festival in the West. That night, children will put on makeup clothes and masks and go door to door to collect fruit. Festivals are mainly popular in the English-speaking world, such as the British Isles and North America, followed by Australia and New Zealand. Halloween is called Halloween in English, which is the abbreviation of All Hallow Eve. It is similar to Christmas Eve and refers to Halloween. Hallow comes from Middle English halwen, which is close to the etymology of holy. In some parts of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still called Halloween, which means mass in memory of all saints. In addition, due to the cultural barriers in the Chinese world, Halloween is often called Halloween by mistake. Similar to Christmas and Easter, Halloween and Halloween also come from the absorption, transformation and reinterpretation of other religious festivals by Christianity. Halloween originated from the traditional festival of Celtic in England. On the last day of June, 10, they believe it is late summer and early winter. This day is an important symbol of the year and one of the most important festivals. It is called "Day of the Dead" or "Ghost Festival". On this day, all kinds of evil spirits haunt, and the souls of the dead will leave the body and wander around the world. This night is particularly dangerous. People will put food at the door to attract the ghost of the Lord, and in order to scare away the evil spirits, the Celts will wear masks. When Catholic missionaries landed in the British Isles, in order to suppress this Druidic tradition which they regarded as heresy, they designated the first day of June 1 1 as Halloween to commemorate Catholic saints, hoping to suppress the concept of these ghosts. Therefore, Halloween comes first and then comes. For this reason, Halloween and Halloween customs are mainly in the British Isles and the former British colonies in North America, namely the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and so on. Among them, the American Halloween tradition was first introduced by immigrants from Ireland and Scotland in the19th century, while other developed countries began to celebrate Halloween at the end of the 20th century under the influence of American pop culture. Halloween is usually associated with supernatural things. Traditionally in Europe, Halloween is considered as the closest time to the world of ghosts and gods, similar to the Orchid Festival in China. Anoca, Minnesota, USA is called "Halloween Capital of the World", and a large-scale parade is held every year. Symbol picture reference: upload.wikimedia/ * */zh/thumb/c/CB/jackolantern.jpg/180px-jackolantern.jpg Picture reference: zh. * * */Skins-1.5/mon/images/Magnify-clip Jack pumpkin. Things usually associated with Halloween include ghosts, ghouls, witches, bats, black cats, owls, elves, zombies, skeletons and demons, as well as fictional characters such as vampire zombies and Frankenstein. Black and orange are the traditional colors of Halloween. Modern Halloween products also use a lot of purple, green and red. Autumn elements such as pumpkins and scarecrows have also become symbols of Halloween. Jack lamp is the most famous symbol of Halloween. In Britain and Ireland, locals used to light candles in hollowed-out turnips to make jack-o'-lanterns, but American immigrants soon replaced them with pumpkins, because pumpkins are bigger and easier to carve patterns on. Many families carve scary faces on pumpkins and put them in class at the gate. Traditionally, this is to scare away demons or monsters. Trick or treat is the main activity. The children dressed up as scary people rang the doorbell of their neighbors door to door and shouted, "Trick or treat!" " "(meaning trick-or-treating), the host's family (who may also wear scary clothes) will give out some sweets, chocolates or small gifts. Some families even use sound effects and cigarette makers to create a horrible atmosphere. Candies that children get in one night are often taken home in bags. In Scotland, when children ask for candy, they will say, "The sky is blue. "

The grass is green

May we celebrate Halloween. "(The sky is blue and the ground is green, let's celebrate Halloween), and then win candy with performances such as singing and dancing. Traditional Halloween costumes include zombies, ghosts, witches and demons. A typical dress is covered with a piece of cloth with two holes cut. In Scotland and Ireland in the19th century, people thought that ghosts would come to the world on Halloween, so they would dress up as ghosts and let them think of themselves as the same kind. In recent years, Halloween costumes are not limited to horror, but can be dressed as anything, such as TV dramas or movie stars, or public figures, such as politicians. In 2004, coinciding with the US presidential election, George Bush and Kerry became popular Halloween costumes in the United States. After the attack on May 38, 2006+0911,firefighters and policemen became the targets of children. It is estimated that about 265,438+05,000 American children dressed as Spider-Man in 2004, which was the most popular dress in that year. [1] "It is very common in America, Canada and Mexico. It is planned to go online at 1950, and the donation boxes will be distributed to children through the school, so that children can raise money smoothly when begging for candy. It is estimated that since its launch, it has raised more than1.1.90 billion USD. BIGresearch conducted a survey for the National Retail Federation of the United States, and found that 53.3% of customers would shop on Halloween in 2005, with an average consumption of $38.65438 +0 1, which was $65438 +00 higher than last year. Based on this, it is estimated that American consumers spent as much as $3.3 billion on Halloween in 2005. Other activities include "biting apples", in which participants try to bite apples floating on the water with only their mouths. In Ireland, there is a traditional divination game in which participants blindfold and choose one from the table. For example, if the touched CD contains dirt, it means that people related to the participants will die in the coming year. For example, if there is water, it means that they will travel far away. If there is money, it means that they will be rich. If there are beans, it means that they will be poor. In Ireland in the19th century, girls would put slugs on a plate sprinkled with flour, and the traces of slugs crawling would be like the girl's future husband. In North America, it is said that if an unmarried woman sits in a dark room on Halloween, she can see her future husband in the mirror. But if they are going to die before marriage, a skull will appear in the mirror. This custom has been very popular since the late19th century, and related greeting cards are also sold. Telling ghost stories and watching horror movies are common activities at Halloween parties. Halloween-themed TV special programs are usually broadcast on or before Halloween, and most of them are aimed at children. Food Because Halloween is approaching the harvest time of apples, toffee apples have also become a festive food. The method is to insert the apple with a bamboo stick, then put the apple into the syrup with the bamboo stick and rotate it, sometimes sticking nuts on it. Once upon a time, every family would prepare toffee apples for their children, but the habit of giving toffee apples gradually disappeared when it was rumored that someone had put pins and blades in the apples. Although most cases are just pranks, in real cases, children are only slightly injured, but many parents still think it is common to put blades in apples. Other special foods include: corn candy en: corn candy, hot cider and roasted pumpkin seeds. Most Christians think that Halloween has no important religious significance, and only regard it as an ordinary festival. However, some churches regard Halloween as Satan's festival and strongly oppose believers' participation in any Halloween activities.

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Every year10,31is Halloween, a traditional western festival. On that night, children will put on makeup clothes and masks and collect fruits from house to house. Festivals are mainly popular in the English-speaking world, such as the British Isles and North America, followed by Australia and New Zealand. Halloween, written in English, is the abbreviation of all Halloween, which is similar to Christmas Eve and refers to all Halloween. Hallow comes from Middle English halwen, which is very close to the etymology of holy. In some parts of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still called Halloween, which means mass in memory of all saints. Similar to Christmas and Easter, Halloween and Halloween also come from the absorption, transformation and reinterpretation of other religious festivals by Christianity. Halloween originated from the traditional festival of Celtic in England. On the last day of June, 10, they believe it is late summer and early winter. This day is an important symbol of the year and one of the most important festivals. It is called "Day of the Dead" or "Ghost Festival". On this day, all kinds of evil spirits haunt, and the souls of the dead will leave the body and wander around the world. This night is particularly dangerous. People will put food at the door to attract the ghost of the Lord, and in order to scare away the evil spirits, the Celts will wear masks. When Catholic missionaries landed in the British Isles, in order to suppress this Druidic tradition which they regarded as heresy, they designated the first day of June 1 1 as Halloween to commemorate Catholic saints, hoping to suppress the concept of these ghosts. Therefore, Halloween comes first and then comes. For this reason, Halloween and Halloween customs are mainly in the British Isles and the former British colonies in North America, namely the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and so on. Among them, the American Halloween tradition was first introduced by immigrants from Ireland and Scotland in the19th century, while other developed countries began to celebrate Halloween at the end of the 20th century under the influence of American pop culture. Halloween is usually associated with supernatural things. Traditionally in Europe, Halloween is considered as the closest time to the world of ghosts and gods, similar to the Orchid Festival in China. Anoca, Minnesota, USA is called "Halloween Capital of the World", and a large-scale parade is held every year. The symbol of the pumpkin lantern is engraved with an interesting appearance. The theme of Halloween is ghosts, scary people and things related to death, magic and monsters. Things usually associated with Halloween include ghosts, ghouls, witches, bats, black cats, owls, goblins, zombies, skeletons and demons, as well as fictional characters such as vampire zombies and Frankenstein. Black and orange are the traditional colors of Halloween. Modern Halloween products also use a lot of purple, green and red. Autumn elements such as pumpkins and scarecrows have also become symbols of Halloween. The jack-o-lantern is the most well-known symbol of Halloween. In Britain and Ireland, locals used to light candles in hollowed-out turnips to make jack-o'-lanterns, but American immigrants soon replaced them with pumpkins, because pumpkins are bigger and easier to carve patterns on. Many families carve scary faces on pumpkins and put them in class at the gate. Traditionally, this is to scare away demons or monsters. Trick or treat is the main activity of Halloween. The children dressed up as scary people rang the doorbell of their neighbors door to door and shouted, "Trick or treat!" " "(meaning trick-or-treating), the host's family (who may also wear scary clothes) will give out some sweets, chocolates or small gifts. Some families even use sound effects and cigarette makers to create a horrible atmosphere. Candies that children get in one night are often taken home in bags. In Scotland, when children ask for candy, they will say, "The sky is blue. "

The grass is green

May we celebrate Halloween. "(The sky is blue and the ground is green, let's celebrate Halloween), and then win candy with performances such as singing and dancing. Traditional Halloween costumes include zombies, ghosts, witches and demons. A typical dress is covered with a piece of cloth with two holes cut. In Scotland and Ireland in the19th century, people thought that ghosts would come to the world on Halloween, so they would dress up as ghosts and let them think of themselves as the same kind. In recent years, Halloween costumes are not limited to horror, but can be dressed as anything, such as TV dramas or movie stars, or public figures, such as politicians. In 2004, coinciding with the US presidential election, George Bush and Kerry became popular Halloween costumes in the United States. After the attack on May 38, 2006+0911,firefighters and policemen became the targets of children. It is estimated that about 265,438+05,000 American children dressed as Spider-Man in 2004, which was the most popular dress in that year. [1] Trick or treat by UNICEF is very common in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It is planned to go online at 1950, and the donation boxes will be distributed to children through the school, so that children can raise money smoothly when begging for candy. It is estimated that since its launch, it has raised more than1.1.90 billion USD. BIGresearch conducted a survey for the National Retail Federation of the United States, and found that 53.3% of customers would shop on Halloween in 2005, with an average consumption of $38.65438 +0 1, which was $65438 +00 higher than last year. Based on this, it is estimated that American consumers spent as much as $3.3 billion on Halloween in 2005. Other activities include "biting apples", in which participants try to bite apples floating on the water with only their mouths. In Ireland, there is a traditional divination game in which participants blindfold and choose one from the table. For example, if the touched CD contains dirt, it means that people related to the participants will die in the coming year. For example, if there is water, it means that they will travel far away. If there is money, it means that they will be rich. If there are beans, it means that they will be poor. In Ireland in the19th century, girls would put slugs on a plate sprinkled with flour, and the traces of slugs crawling would be like the girl's future husband. In North America, it is said that if an unmarried woman sits in a dark room on Halloween, she can see her future husband in the mirror. But if they are going to die before marriage, a skull will appear in the mirror. This custom has been very popular since the late19th century, and related greeting cards are also sold. Telling ghost stories and watching horror movies are common activities at Halloween parties. Halloween-themed TV special programs are usually broadcast on or before Halloween, and most of them are aimed at children. Food toffee apples have become a holiday food, because Halloween is coming, and the apple harvest season is coming. The method is to insert an apple with a bamboo stick, then spin the apple in sugar water with the bamboo stick, and sometimes stick nuts on it. Once upon a time, every family would prepare toffee apples for their children, but the habit of giving toffee apples gradually disappeared when it was rumored that someone had put pins and blades in the apples. Although most cases are just pranks, in real cases, children are only slightly injured, but many parents still think it is common to put blades in apples. Other specialties include: corn candy en: corn candy, hot cider, pumpkin seeds, culture and history, and Celtic Samhain. In ancient Celtic belief, the New Year began in 10, which is Samhain. Just as a shorter day symbolizes the beginning of a new year, so does a sunset. Therefore, the annual harvest festival begins on the evening of June 3 1. Druids in the British Isles will light crops as sacrifices. When they dance around the fire, the sun season will end and Samhain season will begin immediately.

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Photo reference: Fushantang/1001/att18 Halloween 65438+1October 3 1, which is a western Halloween, commonly known as Ghost Festival. Halloween originated in America. It is said that every year1October 3 1 day, the gate of hell opens, and monsters in hell will go to inhabited places to harass them. But if you put a devil-shaped ornament in front of your house, the devil will be regarded as his own kind and will not disturb his family. These legends also made some naughty children dress up as demons and beat their friends' doors that night, which was creepy, but this move was widely known and became the trend since then, turning the originally horrible Halloween into a happy Halloween. 1963, the Hilton Hotel, which operates in Hong Kong in an American style, launched Halloween for the first time, but it was not popular. Later, due to the annual holding of several hotels, the picture reference for celebrating Halloween in recent years: Fushantang/1001/att/0018a, gradually declined, and the people who participated in it were not very devoted. They not only wore masks, but also made up all over their bodies, trying to make it as scary as possible, which was extremely scary. In Lan Kwai Fong, Central, the night was crowded and very lively. The origin of Halloween is said to be an Irishman named Jack, who was very stingy with money. After his death, he was not allowed to enter heaven, but was sent to hell. But there he always played tricks on the devil Satan, so he was kicked out of hell and punished for walking on earth with lanterns forever. 1October 3 1 In the evening, Irish children made Jack's lanterns out of potatoes and carrots. They dug out the middle, dug holes in the surface, and then lit candles inside. This kind of lantern is named Jack and Lantern or Jack's Lantern. To celebrate Halloween in the village, children carry lanterns and beg for food from door to door. Children will make Halloween decorations: all kinds of orange pumpkin lanterns. Businessmen also manufacture and sell various holiday props, lighting and masks. You can make a terrible shape out of black paper-a witch with a pointed hat riding on a broom handle flies across the sky, or a black bat flies over the moon. These all represent bad luck. Of course, a black cat means worse luck. Sometimes a black cat rides behind a witch's broom and flies into the sky.