Halloween is on1October 3 1 day, which is actually a festival to praise autumn, just as May Day is a festival to praise spring. Druid, a priest in ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which started at midnight on 1 October 3 1 day and lasted for a whole day the next day1/month1day. They think that on that night, their great god of death, Saman, called all the ghosts of those who died that year, and these evil spirits would be punished for being born as animals. Of course, as long as the thought of such a ghostly party was enough to make those simple-minded fools at that time tremble with fear and trust. So they lit a bonfire and watched these evil spirits closely.

That's how the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween began. Up to now, some people in some isolated areas of Europe still believe this is true. The ancient Romans also had a festival on 1 1 month 1 day, which was used to pay tribute to their goddess Pomona. They baked nuts and apples in front of Xiong Jin's bonfire. Our own Halloween seems to be a mixture of ancient Roman festivals and Druid festivals. The activities on Halloween turned out to be very simple, and most of them were held in the church. But all over Europe, people regard Halloween as a good opportunity to have fun, tell ghost stories and scare each other. So people no longer use this festival to praise Qiu Guang, but make it a festival for genies, witches and ghosts.

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The Celtic believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. However, every year, the sun god is attacked by an evil force named Samhain and imprisoned for six months. Samhain, also known as "LordofDead" and "PrinceofDarkness", came to Celtic land with cold and dark winter. The Celts were very afraid of the night of1October 3 1 Sunday, because they felt that there were a bunch of evil souls lurking anywhere that night. They make a fire at home to let those evil spirits leave their home (there is a sentence in the last untranslated paragraph that flames can scare away ghosts). They believe that Samhain called the dead out, and they also believe that Samhain will turn the dead into something else, like a cat. The Celts will put on a terrible disguise to drive away those evil souls. (This is the prototype of Halloween.) After Rome occupied the land of the Celts, Roman festivals were combined with the Samhain Festival of the Celts1October 3 1 day, which became the present Halloween.

About the origin of Halloween

According to legend, more than 2,000 years ago, the Catholic Church in Europe designated 1/month1day as the "Day of All Saints in the World", but since 500 BC, Celts living in Ireland, Scotland and other places have moved this day forward, that is,1October 3/kloc-0. Because the Celtics think that this day is the day when summer officially ends, that is, the beginning of the new year and the beginning of the harsh winter.

At that time, people believed that the soul of the deceased would return to the former residence on this day, looking for life in the living, so as to regenerate. The living are afraid of ghosts, so people put out the fire and candlelight on this day, so that ghosts can't find the living, and they dress up as monsters to scare these ghosts away. This is also the reason why most westerners celebrate Halloween with strange costumes.

What is the origin of Halloween?

First, the origin of Halloween

Many ethnic groups in the world have a festival to commemorate the return of the dead, such as Halloween in the west, Día de los Muertos in Mexico and Seleenwoche in Austria.

And China's "Mid-Yuan Festival" (Buddhism called "Obon Festival"), which was also introduced into Japan in asuka period with Buddhism in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and combined with local customs to form Japan's own "Obon Festival".

Halloween in English is actually the abbreviation of All Hallows' Eve, that is, "the eve of All Hallows' Day", which is a festival to commemorate the dead and saints in the calendar. Most people believe that Halloween originated from the harvest festival of the ancient Celts, that is, Samhain.

The ancient Celtic people are the earliest prehistoric people rising in the north of the Alps on the European continent. Sawin Festival is their New Year and the most important festival in a year. The weather has turned cold since the end of October, the harvest of crops is coming to an end, and the cold winter is about to begin in November. With the alternation of seasons, the life of the Celts has also changed.

Grazing people come back from the mountains, and no one is farming in the fields. People store food, start slaughtering livestock, or stay indoors and do some manual work to pass the time.

At the turning point of this season, when the old and the new turn, the Celtics believe that life has also entered the dark side (winter) from the light (summer), and the margin between life and death has become weak, and the undead and the devil can easily cross between the two worlds.

So on the evening of the last day of the old year (that is, 1 October 3 1 day, the sunset is the beginning of the day in the Celtic calendar), people light bonfires, dress up, and expel the devil with fire and dance until the first day of the new year (1 1 month1day). At the same time, food is prepared and the ancestors' spirits are invited home. trick-or-treat (trick or treat) comes from this.

Second, why do foreigners celebrate Halloween?

Around the 9th century AD, considering that many saints did not have their own festivals, 1 1 month 1 day was designated as Halloween. Because it was only one day away from Halloween, people later combined them into one. Later, this festival spread to North America and other regions. With the passage of time, the meaning of Halloween has gradually changed, becoming positive and happy, and the festive meaning has become the mainstream.

Third, the meaning of asking for candy on Halloween

1, 1 1 2nd of the month is called "ALLSOULSDAY". On this day, believers trudged in the backcountry, begging from village to village for "bread of the soul" made of flour and raisins.

2. 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.

3. When they meet, children dressed as ghosts and elves invariably threaten to make trouble if they don't please eat, 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.

4. On Halloween night, children and teenagers will dress up as ghosts and ask for candy along the street, so all kinds of candy can be regarded as a kind of Halloween food. At this time, the candy sold in shops is more popular with all kinds of candy in the shape of ghosts and candy packaged in orange, brown or black, which is common on Halloween.

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Why do you hang pumpkin lanterns on Halloween?

1 Jack-o-lantern, also known as jack-o-lantern, started in Ireland. Jack-o'-lanterns placed on the roadside waiting for garbage collection after Halloween, and jack-o'-lanterns placed on the roadside waiting for garbage collection after Halloween.

2. Legend has it that there was a man named Stingy Jack in Ireland. One day, he invited the devil to drink. Because he had no money to pay the bill after drinking, he persuaded the devil to turn into sixpence to pay for the drink. However, Jack did not use it to pay for it. Instead, he used a piece of silver paper to stop the devil from coming out.

3. Later, the devil promised Jack not to scare him for a whole year, and Jack let the devil out. The next year, the Halloween demon appeared again, and it promised not to harass Jack for a year, but before the year was over, Jack died.

4. After death, heaven will not accept him because he is very stingy; Hell doesn't keep him, because he teases the devil. Nowhere to go, he finally had to keep walking, carrying white radish, which contained charcoal fire from the devil to light up the road and find a place to rest.

5. Later, Irish people made lanterns out of potatoes or kohlrabi. In the1840s, they came to America with new immigrants. They found a better material than white radish, that is pumpkin. So the Jack-o-lanterns you see are usually made of pumpkins.