The more common saying of April Fool's Day originated in France. 1564, France adopted the newly reformed Gregorian calendar (now Gregorian calendar) for the first time, with 65438+ 10/as the beginning of the year. However, some old-fashioned people oppose this reform and still stubbornly celebrate the New Year by giving gifts on April 1 day according to the old calendar. Advocates of reform laugh at these old-fashioned practices. Smart and funny people gave them fake gifts on April 1, invited them to a fake wine party, and called the deceived conservatives "April Fools" or "Fish on the Hook". From then on, people fooled each other on April 1 day, 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 British immigrants.

In the beginning, any American can concoct shocking news without any moral and legal responsibility, and the government and judicial departments will not pursue it. On the contrary, whoever fabricates the most bizarre lies and who can deceive people the most will win the championship. This practice has brought a lot of confusion to the society, which has caused people's dissatisfaction. Nowadays, people's fooling and cheating during festivals are no longer as outrageous as in the past, but for relaxation and joy.

The origin of festivals

Tracing back to the origin of April Fool's Day, there are probably the following:

Origin one

1, 1 In 564, King Charles IX of France decided to adopt a newly reformed calendar, the Gregorian calendar (the current universal solar calendar), with 1 as the beginning of the year, instead of1as the beginning of the New Year. However, some old-school people opposed this reform, and still presented New Year gifts on April 1 day according to the old calendar to celebrate the New Year. Advocates of reform laughed at these practices of the old school and gave them fake gifts in April 1 and invited them to a fake party. Since then, April 1 has spread the joke. When a person is cheated, the person who plays tricks on him will shout: "Poisson de Avril", which means "April prank". The origin and original intention of this idiom are not clear.

Origin ii

According to the research of British historians, the origin of April Fool's Eye Test comes from the phrase "reach the other side" in Indian Buddhism. In the British encyclopedia, it is recorded that "April Fool's Day" is a deceptive festival after the religious revolution in the15th century. At that time, King Philip II of Spain had established a "heresy tribunal", and anyone who was not a Catholic was regarded as heresy and was sentenced to death on April 1 day every year. The subjects were very afraid. They took pleasure in telling lies every day to dilute their fear and hatred of the rulers. Since then, it has been used for a long time and evolved into today's "April Fool's Day".

Origin three

It is said that about 1650 years after Adam, the ancestor of mankind, God destroyed the world with a flood, leaving only Noah, the descendant of Adam's third son, Huide. He saved a family's life by building a ship with a man. After the flood subsided a little, Noah released a white dove to explore a piece of land after the flood subsided, because it happened to be April 1 day. Therefore, future generations think that doing something meaningless on this day is just like a dove getting something for nothing, and its behavior is stupid. This is the origin of April Fool's Day.

Origin four

According to the records of the remnants of ancient Rome, Rome held the "Manjiang Club" at the beginning of April every year. One year, Bailuo sabine, the daughter of Shirley, the dominant god, met Prado, the keeper of the underworld, and they fell in love at first sight and showed their love to each other. Prado married Bailo sabina as the queen of hades. When they returned to the underworld, Prado was a bad job. Therefore, they regard the annual "Manjiang Conference" as "April Fool's Day".

Origin five

According to Christians, April Fool's Day is to commemorate the day of Jesus' crucifixion. Jesus was crucified in front of a clown stall on April Fool's Day and forced to run around. Later generations commemorated his innocent suffering on April 1 day, which actually contained the significance of vigilance.

Origin six

6.4 1 day was originally the New Year of the European calendar. Later, France first adopted the new calendar, and all New Year's greetings were uniformly implemented on 1 month 1 day of the new calendar. However, the custom of celebrating the New Year in the old calendar has been used for a long time, and I can't forget it for a while. Therefore, they will make all kinds of false gifts or hold banquets to make a smile on the first day of April in the new calendar. Later it evolved into "April Fool's Day". Another way of saying this is that the new school that adopts the new calendar deliberately plays tricks on the old school, especially giving gifts to the old school people in a hypocritical way on April 1 day.

April Fool's Day is similar to the fun festival in ancient Rome (Hilaria, March 25th) and the joy festival in India (Holi Festival, until March 3rd1). The timing seems to be related to the "vernal equinox" (March 2 1). At this time, the weather often changes suddenly, just like nature is fooling human beings.

Festival custom

Custom 1

On April Fool's Day [1], people often organize family gatherings and decorate their rooms with daffodils and daisies. The typical traditional way is to decorate a fake environment, which can decorate the room like Christmas or New Year's Day. When the guests come, it is unique and interesting to congratulate "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year".