What country is Halloween from?

In western countries, there is a Halloween every year on1October 3 1 day, which is interpreted as "Halloween" in the dictionary and translated into 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 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:

Regarding the origin of Halloween, the most legendary version holds 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 a celebration party on Halloween, which is also called Halloween, Halloween, Halloween or Halloween. Finally, the agreement evolved into "Halloween" and the Chinese translation became Halloween night.

Third, the legend of "trick or treat":

It is said that the custom of children dressing up and asking for candy from door to door today 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, it's Halloween.

Today, Halloween has completely lost its religious superstition. It became a children's program, a young people's masquerade program.

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 little angels, white clothes and white pants, and then how to tie flashlights 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.

Halloween in the west is like the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, full of awe and curiosity about ghosts. But unlike the Mid-Autumn Festival, Halloween is more fun for children and richer for businessmen.

A long time ago, before the Christian era, the Celts held a ceremony at the end of 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 Romans with nuts and apples merged with Celtic's 10+3 1 to form Halloween.

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. On this day, young people can't avoid customs, can't attend the coolest costume party, and can't eat a horrible Halloween meal in a fashionable restaurant!

The origin of Halloween

The history of Halloween

Halloween is a traditional festival in the west, which lasts for the night of June 65438+1October 3 1 every year. It is also called "ghost night" and "ghost festival". Since the second day of Ghost Festival is Halloween (or Saint's Day) in the western world, Ghost Night is called Halloween.

Halloween is a good time for children to have fun. As night falls, children put on colorful makeup clothes and various monster masks. Many children will also carry a pumpkin lantern. Jack lanterns are made by hollowing out pumpkins, inserting a small candle inside, and carving smiling eyes and a big mouth on the outside. After the candle is lit, people can easily see this innocent smiling face carved on the melon from far away. In the moonlight, the children came to the neighbor's house and threatened to shout "trick or treat". Trick or treat means "trick or treat". If there is no entertainment, naughty children will soap the handles on people's doors or color others and cats. These little pranks often make adults laugh and cry. Most families will prepare candy in advance to entertain these naive little guests. Many adults dress themselves up as children or animals or various shapes, gather in the square, or swim in the street in groups, singing and dancing, and joking with each other.

The custom of trick-or-treating originated in Ireland. Hundreds of years ago, Irish farmers would go door-to-door to collect food before Halloween to prepare for the festival. Sincerely bless those who give generously; For stingy people, they threaten and curse.

Halloween used to be the most important festival in Ireland and Scotland. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, Irish immigrants brought the custom of Halloween to the United States, and later to Colombia and other Latin American countries. Today, Halloween is more lively in America than in Britain. By then, many schools and families will organize colorful parties and entertainment activities for children. Children decorate their own venues and environments, and then dress up as witches and pirates, performing various programs or playing games under the orange light. One of the most popular games is "bite the apple". In the game, people let the apples float in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apples without their hands and mouths. Whoever bites first wins.

The generation of the word Halloween:

Many ethnic groups hold a celebration party on Halloween, which is also called Halloween, Halloween, Halloween or Halloween. Finally, the agreement evolved into "Halloween" and the Chinese translation became Halloween night.

The legend of "trick or treat":

It is said that the custom of children dressing up and asking for candy from door to door today 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.

The origin of pumpkin lantern

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.

The worship and celebration of Halloween comes from people's belief that there is a power in the darkness that can manipulate the souls of the living and the dead, and make the souls of ancestors free and resurrected. The end of 10 is the time when the sun enters Scorpio. Influenced by the close relationship between the sun and Pluto (the sun is in Scorpio and Pluto is in Sagittarius), the attraction and repulsion of the two forces (don't forget, the sun represents the power of death and Pluto represents the power of the underworld) will form powerful and mysterious spiritual energy. At this moment, anything strange and interesting will happen, and some rather strange ideas in people's minds will be revived. Pluto represents the deepest strength of the soul and is also related to death and resurrection, representing a powerful potential energy. Therefore, it is not necessarily a bad thing to use Halloween to relax yourself, feel the warm sunshine in autumn and the vitality given by the sun, and let yourself relax and vent.