Country: USA
Features: Every Thanksgiving, the whole country is very lively. People go to church to pray for gratitude according to custom, and there are costume parades, theatrical performances or sports competitions everywhere in urban and rural towns. Old Yan Fei's relatives who have been flying for a year will also come back from all over the country, and the whole family will be round and round, enjoying the delicious Thanksgiving turkey.
Thanksgiving food is full of traditional characteristics. Turkey is the traditional main course of Thanksgiving. Usually, the turkey will be stuffed with all kinds of spices and mixed food, and then the whole turkey will be roasted and sliced by the owner with a knife and distributed to everyone. In addition, traditional Thanksgiving food also includes sweet potato, corn, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce and so on.
After Thanksgiving dinner, people sometimes play some traditional games. For example, in the pumpkin competition, contestants push pumpkins with small spoons. The rule is not to touch the pumpkin, and the first one to reach the finish line wins. The smaller the spoon used in the game, the more interesting the game is.
April Fools' Day
Country: April Fool's Day, a traditional folk festival in the West and America. April Fool's Day originated in France.
Features: 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, 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".
April 1 fish feast. It is also unique. Invitations to colorful banquets are usually colored fish made of cardboard. The dining table is decorated in green and white. There is 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-either 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.
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, the following is sweet bread crumbs and fresh mushrooms; 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 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. Yu and Mr. Cheng Leon, which often leads staff to cut off telephone lines in order to reduce trouble.
Boys' Day and Girls' Day
Country: Japan
Features: March 3rd in the solar calendar is the Girls' Day (baby sacrifice). In Japan, this is the happiest day for girls. Every household has set up a doll stall (Little altar/ひなだん) with all kinds of ancient dolls and bonsai of orange flowers or cherry blossoms. According to custom, the method of decoration is unique anywhere. The dolls on display are all made and bought by themselves, and most of them are from grandma's house. On this day, girls will wear beautiful "kimonos" (traditional Japanese costumes), invite their closest partners to transfer money, sit in front of costume dolls, eat, drink and have fun, and enjoy the festival happily.
It is said that in the past, after a child was born in China, dolls had to be made at home as a symbol of the healthy growth of the child. This custom spread from China to the Heian Dynasty in ancient Japan, but at that time, the dolls were made of bamboo as the skeleton, and then the clothes were pasted with paper. Later, it gradually evolved into this doll.
May 5th is Japan's Boys' Day (Carp のぼり /こぃのぼり)-a festival to congratulate boys on their vigorous growth, and also the Dragon Boat Festival (Dragon Boat Festival Festival Festival/たん).
Just as the Peach Blossom Festival is a festival for girls, the Dragon Boat Festival, as a festival for boys, is also very lively. According to the traditional custom, on this day, every household is decorated with heroic dolls (such as heroes often seen in ancient kabuki), and at the same time, the carp flag (carp flag/こぃのぼり) and seven-color colorful flags (blowing きしし/) are hung outside the house. Paper-made green carp (real) and red carp (flying carp) sway in the air like swimming in the sea. Legend has it that carp can bravely leap on the "dragon gate", so it is used to wish boys as vigorous and energetic as carp.
In Japan, on boys' day. The carp flag, consisting of seven-color colorful flags and red and black "real carp" and "flying carp", will fly in the blue sky.