Why is Jack-o 'lantern used in Halloween? Jack-o 'lantern originated in ancient Ireland. Legend has it that a man named Jack is a drunk and loves practical jokes. On Halloween, he trapped the devil in a tree, and he refused to let the devil come down until the devil promised never to let him live in hell. After Jack's death, because he didn't believe in God, he couldn't go to heaven, and the devil wouldn't let him go to hell. In order to help Jack find his way back to earth, the devil gave him a burning charcoal. Jack put the burning charcoal in a lantern he carved with a big carrot, the first "Jack's lantern", to help him find his way back to Ireland, but he never found it, so he wandered the world with a lantern forever.
In the ancient Irish legend, this little candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish and was called "JackLanterns", while the ancient radish lamp evolved to today, and it was made of pumpkin-o-Lanterns. It is said that soon after Irish people arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were better than radishes in terms of source and carving, so pumpkins became the darling of Halloween.
Legend has it that pumpkins are hollowed out and faces are carved to light candles to disperse ghosts; The other is that the ghost lit a candle, trying to trick people into following the ghost, so people carved a mocking face on the surface of the pumpkin to tease the ghost: Hum! Only a fool will be fooled by you. Legend has it that because Jack, an Irishman, was the first to use pumpkins, people also called Jack-O-Lantern as a grimace pumpkin lantern.
Pumpkins are orange, so orange has become a traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkin lanterns with pumpkins is also a Halloween tradition. Whenever Halloween comes, children can't wait to put on colorful makeup clothes, put on strange masks, and run around with a pumpkin lantern, asking adults for holiday gifts.
In addition, on Halloween night, if someone hangs a pumpkin lantern on their window, it means that those who wear Halloween costumes can knock on the door and ask for candy.
How to make a pumpkin lantern Material: 1 pumpkin, 1 knife, 1 spoon.
1, cut the bottom of the pumpkin into a small piece with a knife.
2, you can make the pumpkin flat on the table.
3. First draw a zigzag pattern on the top of the pumpkin with a knife.
4. Stick the knife deeply into the pumpkin along the drawn pattern.
5. Lift it up slowly with a knife.
6. So the cover of the pumpkin comes out.
7. Scrape out the seeds in the pumpkin with a spoon and scrape them clean.
8. Then choose a clean surface and use a knife to draw eyes, nose, mouth and teeth on the surface of the pumpkin.
9. Use the same method as in 4.
10, dig out these eyes, nose and mouth.
1 1, then light a candle and put it in the pumpkin.