Step 1, prepare a pumpkin, a carving knife and a marker.
Step 2, draw an outline on the surface of the pumpkin.
Step 3, carefully open the hole at the top of the pumpkin, pay attention, and it is best to tilt the lid out. (It's not easy to take it out when you fall in)
Step 4, dig out pumpkin seeds with a spoon, and scrape the patterned side thin for easy cutting. Be especially careful not to cut your teeth.
Step 5, light candles on the finished product. Turning off the lights is better.
Step 6, the lovely Halloween pumpkin lantern is ready.
Tips:
Pumpkin will pinch the knife, shake the handle, and cut slowly little by little, so it is not easy to "wow" and cut your hand.
Halloween, on the annual 1 1 month 1 day, is a traditional festival in the west. And1October 3 1 day on Halloween is the most lively moment of this festival. In Chinese, Halloween is often misinterpreted as All Saints' Day. ?
To celebrate Halloween, children will dress up as all kinds of cute ghosts and knock on the door from house to house, asking for candy, or they will be naughty. At the same time, it is said that on this night, all kinds of ghosts will dress up as children and mingle with the masses to celebrate Halloween, while westerners dress up as ghosts in order to make ghosts more harmonious.
Epidemic area
Halloween is mainly popular in the English-speaking world, such as the British Isles and North America, followed by Australia and New Zealand. Nowadays, the younger generation in some Asian countries also tend to celebrate the "foreign festivals". On the eve of Halloween, some large foreign supermarkets will set up counters to sell Halloween toys, and small vendors will also sell some dolls or models related to Halloween to attract young people's attention.
Festival custom
Halloween is the most haunted time of the year, and all kinds of monsters, pirates, alien visitors and witches are out in succession. Before the Christian era, the Celts held a ceremony in late summer to thank God and the sun for their kindness. At that time, the soothsayers lit and practiced witchcraft to drive away the monsters that were said to be wandering around.
Later, the harvest festival celebrated by the Romans with nuts and apples merged with the Celtic1October 3 1 day. In the Middle Ages, people wore animal-shaped costumes and terrible masks to drive away ghosts in the dark on Halloween. Although Christianity later replaced Celtic and Roman religious activities, the early customs remained.
Children wear all kinds of costumes and masks with a joking mind to participate in Halloween dances. Witches, black cats, ghosts and bones are often hung on the walls around these dances, and pumpkin lanterns with grinning or disgusting faces are hung at the windows and doors.