Halloween:
Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic New Year. At this time, it is also the time to worship the dead. While avoiding the interference of evil spirits, they also worship ancestors and kind gods with food and pray for peace through the severe winter. The night before (that is, Halloween), children will put on makeup clothes and masks and collect candy from house to house.
Pumpkin Festival:
There are many kinds of pumpkin festivals: Maonan pumpkin festival, North American pumpkin festival and Guangxi Dong pumpkin festival.
1. Maonan's "Pumpkin Festival"
The Double Ninth Festival is called "Double Ninth Festival in September" by Maonan people. The reason why this festival is called "Pumpkin Festival" is because there are old people at home who give them food to make up for their living, and there is also the Double Ninth Festival on the Pumpkin Festival, where pumpkins and millet are mixed and cooked.
The "pumpkin festival" of Maonan nationality is on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which is the Double Ninth Festival. The shape of each harvest is different, and orange pumpkins are all over the floor, one by one. Young people go door to door to choose the "pumpkin king". You can't just look at the appearance, but look at the melon seeds through the surface by experience. With the basic consent of everyone, a strong man split the "pumpkin king" with a machete, and the owner took out the pulp and left full seeds for the next year. Then cut the melon into pieces, put it in a millet porridge pot, simmer it with slow fire and cook it thoroughly. First, put a bowl in front of the incense hall to worship the "pumpkin king", and then everyone will share the meal.
2. pumpkin festival in north America
As a traditional festival in North America, 3 1 on June 65438 every year is called Pumpkin Festival.
This is Halloween!
3. Guangxi Dong Pumpkin Festival
Dong people in Chengyang, Erjiang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region hold Pumpkin Festival on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year. The main activity of the small melon festival is the children's pumpkin fight.