What does April Fool's Day mean? As we all know, April Fool's Day is a holiday introduced to China from the West. On this day, western countries will not tell the truth, but joke with their familiar friends with lies to release pressure. On this day, everyone's atmosphere is lively and cheerful. Let's see what April Fool's Day means.

What does April Fool's Day mean? 1 1, April Fool's Day or April Fool's Day is also called April Fool's Day and Humor Day. April Fool's Day 1 April Fool's Day is a popular folk festival in the West since the 9th century, and it has not been recognized as a legal holiday by any country.

On this day, people cheat and play tricks on each other in various ways, and often at the end of the joke, they will expose and announce that the object of the joke is a "fool".

The nature of jokes rarely contains substantial malice, but individual jokes are too big to cause people's panic and have a large-scale response, which is derived into (media) rumors and urban legends, so people generally avoid making jokes about disasters.

2. Origin of the festival: April 1 day is a traditional western folk festival-April Fool's Day, also known as April Fool's Day. There are different opinions about its origin: one says that this custom originated from the "Interpretation Festival" in India.

This section stipulates that on the festival day of March 3 1 every year, couples fool each other for entertainment. More generally, it originated in France.

1582, France first adopted a newly reformed calendar-Gregorian calendar (that is, universal solar calendar), which started with 1 month 1 day, and changed the previous calendar that started with April 1 day as the New Year. During the implementation of the new calendar, some conformists opposed this reform, still used the old calendar and refused to update it.

They still exchange gifts and organize activities to celebrate the new year on April 1 day. Those who advocate reform mock the actions of these old-timers Smart and interesting people send fake gifts to die-hards on April 1 and invite them to participate in fake celebrations, and call these fooled people "April fools" or "fish in bait"

Later, they fooled each other on this day, and over time, it became a popular custom in France. This festival spread to Britain in the18th century, and was later brought to the United States by early British immigrants.

At 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. People's fooling and cheating during festivals are no longer as outrageous as in the past, but for relaxation and joy.

On April Fool's Day, jokes can only be played before noon 12, which is a strict rule by convention. People who have fun after noon are more stupid than those who are teased by them. People who joke after midnight will immediately find themselves in trouble.

There is a little poem that describes it like this: It's past twelve o'clock on April Fool's Day, and you big fools are late. Until next April Fool's Day, you will be the biggest fool.

What does April Fool's Day mean? 2 April Fool's Day custom

1, Fish Banquet: The fish banquet in April 1 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 a gift for the guests, a delicate 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.

2. Cooking fake dishes: At the April Fool's Day party, there is also the custom of cooking fake dishes. 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.

3. Play jokes on each other: The typical April Fool's Day activity 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 schoolbags or a black spot on their faces. When adults bend over to see it, they will shout "Happy April Fool's Day".

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

What does April Fool's Day mean? What do you usually do on April Fool's Day?

1, send gifts

If someone celebrates his birthday on April Fool's Day, give him a big box that says "Happy Birthday", fill the box with pieces of paper and loosen the bottom of the box. When he picked up the box, the bottom of the box fell and the scraps of paper flew all over the room. This fool must be cleaned up for half an hour.

2. Toothpaste sandwich cake

Unpack the sandwich cake, carefully open two biscuits, take out the original sandwich, take out toothpaste and squeeze it into the cake. Finally, stick it together according to your eating habits and try to be realistic.

Step 3 make a strange cola

Buy a bottle of coke, drink half of it, add vinegar, soy sauce, salt, mustard and other condiments, and carefully prepare a cup of coke with normal color and strange taste. Pretend to be drinking when you meet an acquaintance, and then hand over the "coke" generously. The other party was unprepared, thanked him and gulped it down, then frowned and spat.