What is the meaning of April Fools' Day

What is the meaning of April Fools' Day, as we all know, April Fools' Day is a holiday introduced to China from the West, the Western countries will not speak the truth on this day, with falsehoods to joke with their familiar friends in order to release the pressure, the atmosphere of the day are lively and cheerful, the following look at the April Fools' Day what is the meaning of the April Fools' Day

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1, April Fools' Day (April Fools Day or All Fools Day) is also known as All Fools Day, Humor Day. April Fools Day, time for April 1, from the 19th century in the West began to rise in popularity of folk festivals, has not been recognized as a legal holiday in any country.

On this day, people cheat each other in various ways and play tricks on each other, often at the end of the joke before revealing and declaring the object of the joke as "fools".

Jokes are rarely malicious in nature, but a few jokes that go too far can cause panic, which can lead to large-scale repercussions and become (media) rumors and urban legends, so jokes about catastrophes, for example, are usually avoided.

2, the origin of the festival: April 1 every year, is the traditional Western folk festival - April Fools Day (April Fools Day), also known as the Festival of Fools. There are many different opinions about its origin: one theory is that this custom originated from the Indian "interpretation of the Slang Festival".

The festival provides for couples to entertain each other by fooling and cheating each other on the day of the festival, which falls on March 31st each year. It is more commonly said to have originated in France.

In 1582, France was the first to adopt a new reform of the chronology - the Gerry calendar (that is, the universal solar calendar), to January 1 for the beginning of the year, changing the past to April 1 as the beginning of the New Year's calendar. During the implementation of the new calendar, some old-fashioned people objected to the reform and refused to update the old calendar.

3. They continued to give gifts to each other and organize New Year celebrations on April 1st. The 'reformers' ridiculed the practices of these old-fashioned people. The clever and funny people gave fake gifts to the hardliners on April 1, invited them to fake celebrations, and called these fools "April fools" or "hooked fish".

Later, they fooled each other on this day, and over time it became a popular custom in France. The festival spread to England in the 18th century and was later brought to the United States by early English settlers.

4. At first, any American could make up lurid stories without the slightest moral or legal responsibility, and the government and the judiciary would not pursue them. On the contrary, whoever makes up the most outlandish lies and tricks people into believing them will also be honored.

This practice has caused a lot of confusion in the society, and thus aroused people's dissatisfaction. Fooling and cheating during the festive season is no longer as outrageous as it used to be, but is aimed at being light-hearted and joyful.

5, April Fool's Day, the day of the joke can only be opened to 12 noon before, which is agreed upon strict rules. After noon still looking for fun is a bigger fool than the people he made fun of. He who jokes past the hour will immediately hit the nail on the head and make a fool of himself.

There's a little poem that describes it this way: April Fool's Day is past twelve o'clock, and you're a big fool for being late. The next year's April Fools' Day, you will be the biggest big fool.

April Fools' Day customs

1, fish feast: April 1, the fish feast is also unique. Invitations to the fish feast are usually small, colorful fish made of cardboard.

The table is decorated with green and white, in the middle of the fish tank and small fishing rod, each fishing rod tied a green ribbon, hanging gifts for guests or 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 from fish.

2, do fake dishes: in the April Fools' Day party, there is a custom of making fake dishes. Someone once described a typical April Fool's Day menu: first a "salad", lettuce leaves sprinkled with green pepper, but the leaves uncovered, only to find that the following is the original oyster cocktail;

The second dish is "baked potatoes", in fact, the following is a sweetened breadcrumbs and fresh mushrooms; since then on the dish there is a disguise of the crab meat as a The second course is a "baked potato," which is actually sweetbread crumbs and fresh mushrooms underneath. At the end of the meal, guests can take candy from a pill box.

3. Joking with each other: The most typical activity on April Fool's Day is to joke with each other and make fun of each other with falsehoods. Some people throw their wallets tied with thin threads on the street and pull the other end of the thread themselves in the dark.

As soon as someone picks up the purse, they surprise them by yanking it away violently. Others put a brick under a tattered hat in the middle of the street and waited to see who would come along and kick it. Kids will tell their parents that their school bag has a hole in it, or that they have a black spot on their face. When adults leaned over to look, they shouted "April fool!

While laughing, they ran away. Anyway, on April Fool's Day, zoos and aquariums get a lot of calls to Mr. Fish and Mr. Tiger, often causing staff to cut the phone lines to minimize the hassle.

April Fools' Day

1, give gifts

If someone has a birthday on April Fools' Day, give them a big box with "Happy Birthday" written on it, fill the box with shredded paper, and loosen the bottom. Fill the box with shredded paper and loosen the bottom of the box. When he picks up the box, the bottom falls off, and the pieces of paper fly all over the room, making the fool clean up for half an hour.

2, toothpaste sandwich cake

Unwrapped the sandwich cake, carefully open the two pieces of cookies, remove the original sandwich, take out the toothpaste squeezed out of the appropriate amount of to the cake, portion of the individual "diet" habits, and finally to glue, try to do as realistic as possible.

3, the modulation of strange cola

Buy a bottle of Coke, drink half of it, mixed with vinegar, soy sauce, salt, mustard and other condiments, carefully modulated a color normal strange cola. When you meet an acquaintance, you pretend to be drinking, and then generously hand over the "Coke", the other unsuspecting, while thanking you while gulping it down, followed by frowning, open-mouth spit.