Where did April Fool's Day originate? April Fool's Day is not our traditional festival, but an exotic festival with a long history in China. There may still be many people who don't understand the origin of April Fool's Day. Let us know where April Fool's Day originated.

Where did April Fool's Day originate? 1 April Fool's Day originated in France.

1564, France first adopted a newly reformed calendar-Gregorian calendar (that is, universal solar calendar), with 65438+1 October1as the beginning of the year. However, some conformists oppose this reform and still stubbornly give gifts and celebrate the New Year on April 1 day according to the old calendar.

Advocates of reform ridiculed these conservatives' practices. Smart and funny people gave them fake gifts, invited them to a fake reception on April 1 Sunday, and called the deceived conservatives "April Fools" or "Fish on the Hook".

From then on, people fooled each other in April 1, which became a popular custom in France. /kloc-At the beginning of the 8th century, the custom of April Fool's Day spread to Britain, and was later brought to the United States by early immigrants from Britain.

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April Fool's Day Customs in Different Countries

In Britain, when people completely fool people and the other party is still at a loss, they will shout "Happy April Fool's Day". According to the research of folklore experts, in Britain and those countries where the holiday tradition originated in Britain, practical jokes can only last until noon that day 12. If you play tricks on people after noon, you will become an April Fool.

In Scotland, England, people are used to calling April Fool's Day "cuckoo hunting day", and the word "cuckoo" means fool in Scottish.

In Iran, people often play jokes on each other and play tricks on each other on 13 of the Persian New Year, that is, 1 2 of the Gregorian calendar. This festival can be traced back to 536 BC, and it is the oldest practical joke tradition that still exists in the world. Many people believe that the origin of April Fool's Day is related to this tradition.

April Fool's Day in Poland is full of all kinds of jokes. Not only ordinary people play pranks on each other, but also the media and some public organizations join in the pranks. On that day, Poles generally avoid holding important events. April 1683 An alliance concluded in Poland, in order to avoid the "sensitive" day of April 1, specially advanced the signing date by one day, namely March 3 1.

Where did April Fool's Day originate? Analysis of the earliest origin of April Fool's Day.

April Fool's Day originated in France. 1564, France first adopted the newly reformed calendar-Gregorian calendar (the current universal solar calendar), and started the year with 65438+ 10/. However, some conformists oppose this reform and still stubbornly give gifts and celebrate the New Year on April 1 day according to the old calendar.

Advocates of reform laugh at these old-fashioned practices. Next, I will bring you which country April Fool's Day originated from, hoping to help you.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 8th century, the custom of April Fool's Day spread to Britain, and was later brought to the United States by early immigrants from Britain.

Smart and funny people give them fake gifts, invite them to a fake reception on April 1 Sunday, and call the deceived conservatives "April Fools" or "Fish on the Hook". From then on, people fooled each other in April 1, which became a popular custom in France.

April Fool's Day custom:

On April Fool's Day, people often organize family gatherings and decorate rooms with daffodils and daisies. The typical traditional practice is to decorate a fake environment, and the room can be decorated like Christmas or New Year. When the guests come, it is unique and interesting to congratulate "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year".

Fish feast in April 1 day. It is also unique. Invitations to fish banquets are usually colored fish made of cardboard.

The dining table is decorated in green and white, with a fish tank and a small fishing rod in the middle. Each fishing rod is tied with a green ribbon and hung with gifts for guests, or exquisite celluloid fish or a fish basket full of candy. It goes without saying that all the dishes at the fish feast are made of fish.

There is also the custom of cooking fake dishes at April Fool's Day parties. Someone once described a typical April Fool's Day recipe: first, it was a "salad" with green peppers on the leaves of lettuce, but after uncovering the leaves, it was discovered that it was an oyster cocktail underneath; The second course is "baked potato", in fact, there are sweet bread crumbs and fresh mushrooms below;

Since then, there have been roast chicken disguised with crab meat and raspberry ice cream buried under tomato salad. After dinner, guests can also take candy out of the pill box.

However, the most typical activity of April Fool's Day is that everyone plays jokes on each other and plays tricks on each other with lies. Some people tie their wallets to the street with a thin thread and pull the other end in the dark. Once someone finds a wallet, they will suddenly drag it away.

Others put bricks under the broken hat in the middle of the road, waiting to see who will kick them. Children will tell their parents that there is a hole in their schoolbag or a black spot on their face, and adults will shout "Happy April Fool's Day" when they bend down to look.

Run away with a smile. In short, on April Fool's Day, zoos and aquariums will also receive many phone calls to Mr. Fish and Mr. Tiger. In order to reduce the trouble, staff are often asked to cut off the telephone lines.

April fool's day program

I. Background of this activity:

The history of April Fool's Day originated in France. At first, some reformers in France used some deceptive tricks in April 1 to laugh at those who stuck to the rules. Later, it gradually became a traditional folk festival in the west and the United States, and now it has become one of the favorite festivals of people in many eastern countries.

On the occasion of April Fool's Day, in order to cater to this rich cultural atmosphere and active campus atmosphere, we need a campus activity with the theme of "April Fool's Day". We hope that this activity will not only bring students relaxed humor, but also let them know the cultural connotation and rich significance of April Fool's Day, so that they can look at life and work more positively and optimistically.

Second, the purpose of this activity:

This April Fool's Day activity is actually held in the form of a party. Its content is rich and colorful, not only relaxed and humorous, but also has rich professional characteristics because of the participation of different departments.

1. Create a cultural atmosphere, enliven the campus atmosphere, and let the campus teachers and students relax in their busy study life.

2. Through this activity, students can understand the rich connotation and significance of April Fool's Day, and make people think positively about life while being happy.

This activity can strengthen the communication and cooperation between departments and provide more willingness and opportunities for future cooperation.

4. By holding this activity, the professional characteristics of various departments can be enhanced, and students' interest and enthusiasm for this major or cross-major can be improved.

Three. Time of this activity: 6: 30 pm on April 1 Sunday.

Four. Venue: Multifunctional Hall of University Student Activity Center.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) organization: organization

Organizer: * * * *

Organizer: * * * * * *

The flow of intransitive verbs in this activity:

Preparation stage:

1, plan:

① March 20th: Contact the Girls' Department or the Literature and Art Department of each department, the Youth League Committee and the Literature and Art Department of the Youth League Committee to discuss the process and content of this activity with them and reach a cooperative understanding.

② March 2 1-23: The specific notice of this activity will be sent to the participating departments, and then the departments will distribute the notice to all grades of our college to start preparing the evening program.

③ March 26th-3rd1,and promote this activity in schools.

(4) Before March 29th, all departments will report their programs to the Department of Chinese Academy of Sciences, which will screen and arrange the program sequence.

⑤ On March 30th, arrange the party process and program sequence, and notify the department of the program sequence of the party.

On March 3rd, 614 pm, we rehearsed the program in the multi-function hall of this university student activity center.

⑦. On April 1 day, hold a party at Multifunctional at 6: 30 pm.

2. Preparation:

(1), drafting and distribution of notices.

(2) The Propaganda Department of the Institute of Chemical Technology (please ask the school's propaganda department to assist) to make posters for April Fool's Day and publicize this activity in various parks.

(3) Before March 29th, make sure the guests at the party, such as leaders of youth league committees of various departments, leaders of students' union, invited teachers, and winners of Angel on Earth, are special guests.

④ Application: Multi-function hall venue and dressing room of university student activity center.

3. Personnel arrangement

1. Moderator: Two men and two women

(2) Set up a temporary director group to guide the whole activity.

(3) The Propaganda Department of the Institute of Chemical Technology (with the assistance of the School Propaganda Department) will make posters of April Fool's Day activities and publicize the activities in various parks.

④ Rehearsals and parties involve: lighting, acoustics, microphones, videos, props, data reproduction, etc. , need specialized personnel and groups to be responsible for.

⑤ Camera and photographer arrangement: publicize with the group propaganda and student union, and invite them to send people to follow up and report this activity.

Party preparation stage

1. Layout: balloons, ribbons, posters, etc.

2. Organize the audience to enter the venue: arrange people to keep order at the entrance, put up posters at the side door of the student activity center (opposite to the entrance of the multi-function hall) and send the information of "April Fool's Day". The audience can leave all kinds of funny words or deeds of April Fool's Day on it.

3. Lighting and acoustics of the party: The lighting room of the multi-function hall shall be assigned special personnel, who shall be responsible for supervising the implementation if there are special lighting or acoustics requirements.

4. After the party, arrange the staff to tidy up the venue.

Where did April Fool's Day originate? What is the origin of April Fool's Day?

/kloc-in the middle of the 0/6th century, France always celebrated the New Year in April of 1 year. However, starting from 1564, France announced the adoption of the reformed new calendar-Gregorian calendar, and stipulated that 65438+ 10/was the beginning of the new year. However, this calendar was strongly resisted by some old-timers, who ignored the new calendar and still regarded April 1 day as the New Year, and continued to get together and give gifts.

As a result, reformers laughed at these old-fashioned people, gave them fake gifts on this day, invited them to a fake reception, and called them "April fools" to play tricks on them. Over time, this day became April Fool's Day.

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National customs on April Fool's Day:

America 1

Nowadays, every April Fool's Day, whether the other person knows each other or not, Americans will play some small jokes. A common prank on April Fool's Day is pointing at someone else's shoes and saying, "Your shoelaces are not tied." Students may lie to their classmates that school is over. No matter what tricks, as long as the innocent victims are cheated, the pranksters will scream: "Fool!" " "

2. Scotland

For example, in Scotland, April Fool's Day is actually celebrated for two days. The next day was devoted to fiddling with the area behind the human body. This day is called Terry's Day.

3. Mexico

April Fool's Day in Mexico is February 28th, 65438. Previously, this day was used to commemorate the innocent children slaughtered by Herod (about 73 BC to 4 BC). Later, it evolved into a memorial day containing pranks and tricks.