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About the origin of Halloween

The origin of Halloween is religious sacrifice.

Halloween originated from Catholicism. Every year 1 65438+1October1is a Catholic festival to celebrate all saints. Halloween is the annual harvest festival of Celts, symbolizing the end of a year and the beginning of a new year.

More than 2000 years ago, the Celtics were most afraid of the night of1October 3 1 day. They believe that life in the world is dominated by gods, and Samhain, the god of death, will return to the world with the dead on the night of June 65438+1October 365438+1October 0 every year.

On the night of June 365438+1October 3 1, the living Celts will put out the fire in their own homes to avoid the search of the soul, create a cold and gloomy environment, and deliberately dress themselves up as ghosts with costumes made of animal heads or fur, making terrible noises in their mouths in an attempt to scare away the soul. After this night, the next day is Halloween, and everything will be calm again.

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Westerners always put jack-o-lanterns at home or in the yard on Halloween. But the Irish didn't make pumpkin lanterns at first, but put a small candle in the hollowed-out radish to make radish lanterns. It is said that soon after the Irish arrived in the United States, they found that pumpkins were better than radishes in terms of source and sculpture, so pumpkins became the new favorite of Halloween.