What holiday is Halloween? Halloween legend?

Halloween is a traditional festival in the west on 165438+ 10/every year. 65438+1October 3 1 is called Halloween. Many friends in China still have a vague understanding of Halloween. Every traditional festival has a reason. Let's look at the legends of Halloween with the old history.

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 Kiwansheng, mainly including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Celts. Celtic New Year is on 1 1 month 1 day, New Year's Eve. The Celts brought young people together, 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). They wandered around the village. It was actually celebrating the autumn harvest; Some people say it is "Ghost Festival". It is said that in those days, souls will visit the world on Halloween. It is said that people should let visiting souls see the complete harvest and show rich enthusiasm for ghosts. All the bonfires and lights, in order to scare away the soul, also illuminate the route for the soul and guide it to return. In medieval Central Europe, there was a history of Christianity destroying pagans. However, the ceremonial celebrations before New Year's Eve have never really been eliminated, but have only appeared in new forms. This is why we still leave traces of brooms, black cats and so on on Halloween.

The second view is that more than 2,000 years ago, the God of Europe designated 1 1 October 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 human souls. After that, they will rekindle the candlelight and start a new year's life. Legend has it that at that time, Celtic tribes still had the custom of using living people as a memorial to people on June 3 10. By the 1 century, the Romans who occupied the territory of Celtic tribes gradually accepted the custom of Halloween, but since then, the barbaric practice of burning the living and sacrificing people has been 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 black cats, have friendly, lovely and interesting faces.

The third argument is that 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 "the king of death" and "the king of darkness", came to Celtic land in the 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 people, and they also believe that Samhain will turn people into other things, such as cats. The Celts will put on terrible camouflage to drive away those evil souls. (This is the prototype of Halloween) After Rome occupied Celtic land, Roman festivals were combined with Celtic Samhain Festival on June 10 and June 3 1 day, which became the present Halloween.

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