Introduction to Halloween Halloween is actually a festival to praise autumn, just like May Festival is to praise spring. Druid, a priest in ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which lasted for a whole day from midnight on 1 October 3 1 to the next day1month1day. They thought that Saman, their great god of death, called all the ghosts of those who died that night, and these evil spirits would be punished by being born as animals. Of course, just thinking of such a ghostly party was enough to make those simple-minded fools tremble with fear at that time, so they lit a bonfire and closely watched these evil spirits. That's how the saying that witches and fooling around were everywhere on Halloween began, and some people in some isolated areas of Europe still believe this is true.
Halloween custom pumpkin lantern
The symbol of Halloween is pumpkin lantern (also called jack lantern, jack lantern), and there is also the story of pumpkin carving as a lantern. This story originated from ancient Ireland. The story is about a man named JACK, who is drunk and loves practical jokes. One day, Jack tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and then carved a cross on the stump, threatening the devil to make him afraid to come down. Then Jack made a pact with the devil to let him get down from the tree on the condition that the devil promised to cast a spell so that Jack would never commit a crime. After Jack's death, his soul can neither go to heaven nor go to hell, so his ghost has to rely on a small candle to guide him to wander between heaven and earth.
In the ancient Irish legend, this little candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish, which was called "JACK LANTERNS", while the ancient radish lamp evolved into a pumpkin-old-later. It is said that soon after Irish people arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were superior to radishes in terms of source and carving, so pumpkins became Halloween pets.
Trick or treat
An interesting content of Halloween is "Trick or treat", but this custom did not originate in Ireland, but began in the Christian church in Europe in the ninth century. At that time, 1 1 2nd of the month was called "ALL SOUL'S DAY" by Christians. On this day, believers trudged in the backcountry, begging from village to village for "bread of the soul" made of flour and raisins. It is said that people who donate cakes believe in the prayers of the church monks, hoping to get God's protection and let the dead relatives enter heaven as soon as possible. This tradition of begging from house to house has evolved into a game in which children carry pumpkin lanterns from house to house to beg for candy. When they meet, the children dressed as ghosts and elves invariably threaten to trick or treat, but the host naturally dares not neglect and repeatedly says, "Please eat! Please eat! " At the same time, put the candy into the big pockets that children carry with them. Trick or treat is a children's horror film with the theme of Halloween.
Halloween food toffee apples
As Halloween is approaching the harvest period of apples, toffee apples have become a festive food. The method is to insert the apple with a bamboo stick, then hold the bamboo stick and put the apple in the toffee syrup for rotation, and sometimes stick the nuts on it. Once upon a time, families would prepare toffee apples for their children, but when it was rumored that someone put pins and blades in the apples, the habit of giving toffee apples gradually disappeared. Although most cases are just pranks, and children are only slightly injured in real cases, many parents still think that putting blades in apples is very common.
Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin pie is a Halloween food, especially in America. Pumpkin pie is a traditional home-cooked snack from late autumn to early winter in the southern United States. It is usually eaten, especially around Halloween, and becomes a kind of food for the occasion. In addition, dried pumpkin seeds are often regarded as Halloween food.