Why do you wear a mask on Halloween?

For China people, Ghost Festival is a very traditional festival, but it is an important day to commemorate our predecessors. Some developed countries in the west also have their own Halloween. Then do you know why you wear a mask on Halloween?

Why do you wear a mask on Halloween?

Whenever Halloween comes, children can't wait to put on colorful costumes, put on strange masks and carry a lamp? Jack lamp? Go door to door and ask adults for holiday gifts. Are these the most well-known symbols of Halloween? Strange? Jack lamp? And then what? Magic or candy? A prank.

Jack lamp? The appearance is very cute and the method is extremely simple. Hollow out the pumpkin, then carve smiling eyes and a big mouth on the outside, then put a candle in the pumpkin and light it, so that people can see this innocent smiling face from far away. This is the children's favorite toy.

However, the highlight of Halloween is still at the dinner table. Must we prepare delicious food for those who come to make trouble? Children? Dress up your dining table on this special occasion. Don't let your guests underestimate you!

Is this the most night in a year? Haunted? At that time, all kinds of monsters, pirates, aliens and witches came out one after another. 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.

The most common character of Halloween: the legend of witch

King Arthur's Knight Gawaine and the Witch.

The young king Arthur was ambushed and captured in a neighboring country. The monarch of the neighboring country was moved by Arthur's youth and optimism and did not kill him. And promised that as long as Arthur can answer a very difficult question, he can give Arthur eternal freedom. Arthur has a year to think about this problem. If you don't give him an answer within a year, Arthur will be put to death.

This is a difficult question to answer, but in order to save his life and gain eternal freedom, King Arthur promised the monarch of his neighboring country that he would give him an answer on the last day of this year. Arthur returned to his own country and began to seek answers from everyone: princesses, prostitutes, priests, wise men and court clowns. He asked everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer. People told him to consult an old witch, and only she could know the answer. But they warned him that the witch's expenses were high, because her expensive expenses were famous all over the country.

When the last day of the year came, Arthur had no choice but to go to the witch. The witch promised to answer his question, but he had to accept her exchange first: to marry Gawaine, one of King Arthur's noblest knights of the Round Table and his best friend. King Arthur was surprised. Look at that witch: hunchbacked and ugly, with only one tooth. She smells like a gutter and often makes obscene noises. There is absolutely no way for him to agree to this request. So he refused. He can't force his friend to marry such a woman.

But after knowing the news, Gawaine said to Arthur. I agreed to marry a witch. Nothing is more important than saving Arthur's life. ? So the witch gave King Arthur an answer that satisfied all the neighboring kings. King Arthur kept his promise and let Gawaine marry the witch. So the monarch of the neighboring country released King Arthur and set him free forever.

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