Halloween: In Western countries, there is Halloween on October 31st every year, which is translated into Chinese as Halloween Night.
About Halloween} People more or less have a certain perceptual understanding: they know that during Halloween, many public places and even home courtyards will be decorated with many decorations, such as various ghosts, pumpkins, etc. There are lanterns, black cats, witches’ brooms, etc. Children will wear Halloween costumes that are different every year and carry jack-o’-lantern baskets and go door-to-door asking for candy, saying it is “trick or treak.”
The origin of Halloween: The most common legend about the origin of Halloween is that it originated from the ancient Western European countries during the lifetime of Christ, mainly including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Druids. . The Druids’ New Year falls on November 1. On New Year’s Eve, the Druids ask young people to gather in groups, wearing various weird masks and carrying carved carrot lanterns (pumpkin lanterns are a later custom, the earliest in ancient Western Europe). (no pumpkins), they wandered among the villages, which was actually an autumn harvest celebration at that time; it was also said to be the "Ghost Festival". Legend has it that the souls of the people who died in that year would visit the world on the eve of Halloween. It is said that people should let them visit The ghost sees a successful harvest and presents the ghost with abundant hospitality. Lighting bonfires and lights is not only to scare away ghosts, but also to illuminate the route for ghosts to guide them back.
Today, Halloween has no religious superstition at all. It has become a children's program and a masquerade party for young people.