The origin of Halloween

[Edit this paragraph] Introduction to Halloween Every year1October 1 1 day is Halloween in the west. 65438+1October 3 1 is Halloween. It is usually called Halloween. Whenever Halloween comes, children can't wait to put on colorful makeup clothes, put on strange masks, run around the house with a "pumpkin lantern" and ask adults for holiday gifts. These are the most well-known symbols of Halloween-strange "jack-o'-lanterns" and trick-or-treating.

The appearance of "pumpkin lantern" 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. You should not only prepare delicious food to entertain those "children" who make trouble, but also decorate your dining table on this special festival. Don't let your guests underestimate you!

This night is the most "haunted" time of the year, and all kinds of monsters, pirates, whispers and witches are out in succession. Before the Christian era, the Celts held a ceremony in late 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 with a joking attitude. 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. [Edit this paragraph] The origin of Halloween

There are many versions of legends about the origin of Halloween. It is generally believed that it originated from ancient western European countries before the birth of Christ, mainly including Irish, Scots and Welsh. 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.

The second type

More than two thousand years ago, the Catholic Church in Europe designated 1 1 month 1 day as "Halloween". "Saint" means saint. Legend has it that since 500 BC, Celts living in Ireland, Scotland and other places have moved this festival forward by one day, that is, 65438+1October 3 1. They think that this day is the day when summer officially ends, that is, the beginning of the new year and the beginning of the severe winter. At that time, people believed that on this day, the dead souls of the deceased would return to their former homes to look for all beings, so as to be reborn, which was the only hope of being reborn after death. Living people are afraid of dead souls to take life, so people put out fire and candlelight on this day, so that dead souls can't find living people and dress up as monsters to scare away dead souls. After that, they will rekindle the candlelight and start a new year's life. Legend has it that Celtic tribes also had the custom of killing the living to commemorate the dead on June 3 10.

By the 1 century, the Romans who occupied the territory of Celtic tribes gradually accepted the custom of Halloween, but the barbaric practice of burning the living to sacrifice the dead was abolished. Roman festivals celebrating harvest were combined with Celtic rituals, wearing terrible masks and dressed as animals or ghosts to drive away demons wandering around them. This is why most people in the world celebrate Halloween with strange costumes today. With the passage of time, the meaning of Halloween has gradually changed, becoming active, joyful and festive. The idea of the deceased seeking the reincarnation of body double was gradually abandoned and forgotten. Today, most images and pictures symbolizing Halloween, such as witches and black cats, have friendly, lovely and interesting faces.

The third kind

The Celts believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. However, the sun god is attacked by an evil force called Samhain every year and imprisoned for six months. Samhain, also known as "Lord of Death" and "Prince of Darkness", came to Celtic land with cold and dark winter.

The Celts were very afraid of the night of June 3 1 because they thought there were a group of evil spirits lurking anywhere. They make a fire at home to let the evil spirits leave their home. They believe that Samhain summons the dead, and they also believe that Samhain will turn the dead into something else, such as a cat. The Celts will put on terrible camouflage to drive away those evil souls. (This is the prototype of Halloween)

After Rome occupied the Celtic land, the Roman festival on June 3 10 was combined with the Celtic Samhain Festival, which became the present Halloween. [Edit this paragraph] Halloween means "holy night". However, due to various reasons, Halloween has become one of the most popular festivals in a year, and many players celebrate it with great enthusiasm.

Halloween on June 3 1 is actually a festival to praise autumn, just as May Day is a festival to praise spring. Druids, priests of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which started at midnight on June 3 1 and lasted all day 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. Of course, just thinking of such a ghostly party was enough to make those simple-minded fools at that time tremble with fear and can't believe it. So they lit a bonfire and watched these evil spirits closely.

That's how the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween comes from. Until now, some people in some isolated areas of Europe still believe this is true. The ancient Romans also had a festival in 1 65438+1October1to pay tribute to their goddess Pomona. They roasted nuts and apples in front of Jin Xiong's bonfire. Our own Halloween seems to be a mixture of ancient Roman festivals and Druidic festivals. Halloween activities used to be very simple, and most of them were held in churches. But all over Europe, people regard Halloween as a good opportunity to have fun, tell ghost stories and scare each other. So people no longer use this festival to praise Qiu Guang, but turn it into a festival for elves, witches and ghosts. [Edit this paragraph] Halloween custom

In the evening, I quickly put up spider silk to help the actors who are responsible for scaring people make up. The contents of haunted houses are mostly related to movie themes, such as legends of ghosts and gods, interstellar legends and ghost stories. The layout, makeup techniques and costumes of these scenes are all like real situations. If you are not careful, you will definitely scream.

The origin of this carnival is in 500 BC. People living in Ireland, Scotland and other places believe that the deceased will return to their former residence on 10, 3 1 to find life among the living and get a chance of rebirth. Because local residents are worried that ghosts will take their lives, when June 3 1 comes, they will turn off all the lights so that ghosts can't find the living and dress up as monsters to scare them away.

With the passage of time, the meaning of Halloween has gradually become festive. So the monsters and pictures symbolizing Halloween have become lovely and quaint, such as pumpkin monsters and witches. Creative Americans dress up as ghosts as much as possible on this day, making Halloween much more interesting. [Edit this paragraph] Children's favorite festival

After packing, groups of children dressed as monsters ran to the neighbor's door with "pumpkin lanterns" in their hands, threatening to shout "trick or treat" and "want money or eat" If adults don't give candy or change, those naughty children will do as they say: OK, I'll play a trick on you if you don't give it. Sometimes they soap other people's doorknobs and sometimes color other people's cats. These little pranks often make adults laugh and cry. Of course, most families are happy to entertain these naive little guests. Therefore, on Halloween, children are always full and have bulging pockets.

The most popular game on Halloween is "biting apples". In the game, people let the apples float in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apples with their mouths instead of their hands. Whoever bites first wins.

Trick or treat (trick or treat)

An interesting content of Halloween is "trick or treat", but this custom did not originate from Ireland, but from the Christian church in Europe in the ninth century. At that time,165438+1October 2nd was called "All Souls Day" by Christians. On this day, believers trudged in the backcountry, begging from door to door for "soul bread" made of flour and raisins. It is said that people who donate cakes believe in the prayers of church monks, hoping to get God's protection and let their dead relatives enter heaven as soon as possible. This tradition of begging from door to door has evolved into a game, with children begging for candy from door to door with pumpkin lanterns. When they met, the children dressed as ghosts threatened to trick or treat, but the host naturally dared not neglect and said, "Please eat! Please eat! " At the same time, put the candy into the big pocket that the child carries with him. There is also a custom, that is, there are many pumpkin lanterns in every mouth of every family. If you don't treat (don't give candy), the child will step on one of his pumpkin lanterns. [Edit this paragraph] Carve a pumpkin as a mask and a pumpkin as a lantern. This comes from ancient Ireland. The story is about a man named Jack. He is drunk and likes playing practical jokes. One day, Jack tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and then carved a cross on the stump, threatening the devil not to come down. Then Jack made an agreement with the devil to let him come down from the tree on the condition that the devil promised to cast a spell so that Jack would never commit a crime. After Jack's death, his soul could neither go to heaven nor go to hell, so his undead had to wander between heaven and earth by a small candle.

In the ancient Irish legend, this small candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish, which was called "Jack's lantern", while the ancient radish lantern evolved to today, and it was made of pumpkin lantern. It is said that soon after the Irish arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were superior to radishes in source and carving, so pumpkins became Halloween pets. [Edit this paragraph] This is how the word Halloween came into being. Many ethnic groups hold celebration parties on Halloween, so this day is also called Halloween, Halloween, Halloween or Halloween. Finally, the agreement evolved into "Halloween" and the Chinese translation became Halloween night.

In western countries, there is a "Halloween" on June 3 1 every year, which is interpreted as "Halloween" in the dictionary and "Halloween night" in Chinese translation. Halloween is a traditional festival in western countries. This night is the most haunted night of the year, so it is also called "Ghost Festival". There are many versions of legends about the origin of Halloween. The most common ones originated from 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. [Edit this paragraph] Halloween legend: Halloween means "holy night". Nowadays, Halloween has become one of the most popular and popular festivals in a year, and many players celebrate it with great enthusiasm.

Halloween on June 3 1 is actually a festival to praise autumn, just as May Day is a festival to praise spring. Druids, priests of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which started at midnight on June 3 1 and lasted all day until the next day. They think that on that night, their great Shaman Church of Death summoned all the ghosts of those who died that year, and these evil spirits would be punished by being born as animals. Of course, just thinking of such a ghostly party was enough to make those simple-minded fools at that time tremble with fear and can't believe it. So they lit a bonfire and watched these evil spirits closely.

That's how the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween comes from. Until now, some people in some isolated areas of Europe still believe this is true.

Now all over Europe, people regard Halloween as a good opportunity to have fun, tell ghost stories and scare each other. So people no longer just praise Qiu Guang with this festival, but make it a real "carnival". Facial makeup is one of the traditional Halloween programs. [Edit this paragraph] Ghosts of Halloween

The legend of ghosts has spread all over the world, and Ghost Festival is essential.

The Walking Dead

A face is white or injured, and the image of a zombie is up to you.

vampire

Elegant, noble and cold blood clan has always been a frequent visitor in mysterious midnight stories.

witch

Black cats, brooms, magic hats ... are very powerful, but be careful of the wrinkles on your face.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein, a classic in the history of science fiction, now often appears on Halloween.

spirit

Everyone has his own elf in his heart. What do you think the elf looks like?

Centaur

Centaurs have different origins in Greek mythology, so centaurs also have good and evil points.

Werewolves; Hardman

Sometimes they are deadly enemies of vampires, and sometimes they spread terror and plague.

tool

I can satisfy your wish, mortal, but you must mortgage your soul to me.

a coquettish young girl

In different legends and stories, these little things are sometimes evil and sometimes funny.

Phoenix/secular bird

Bathed in the sun, nirvana in the flame symbolizes immortality and rebirth.

Tauren

The Minotaur legend in Crete made this monster famous all over the world.

Water matrix

Legend has it that the gorgon who can turn people into fossils was once as beautiful as Athena.

Titan

The ancient protoss, who once ruled the world in Greek mythology, is the representative of giants.

Gargoyle

Sitting on the roof of a Gothic building all day, looking at the sky or thinking?

Lizard man

The whole body is covered with thick green scales, and each hand has only three fingers.

mother

A good makeup is a mummy, and a bad COS is a serious illness.

behemoth

Some people think that the behemoth recorded in the Old Testament is the incarnation of Satan.

Sasquatch. See SASQUATCH

This giant monster has never been confirmed, but the legend has a long history.

Bahamut

The legend of Bahamut represents the Arab world view.

Lich

Get eternal life with magic, and study magic with eternal life.

low-built/short person

Minerals, wine, beards, and understanding dwarves should start from these.

fish

No matter where the troll legend is, their magic regeneration ability is indispensable.

The Headless Horseman

Ghosts in Irish folklore are indispensable characters in Halloween.

jack-o'-lantern

Pumpkin is the representative of Halloween. Put a pumpkin on your head and remember to leave some holes.