“Halloween”
Halloween is an ancient festival, which can be traced back to the Celtic Samhain Festival. Celts celebrate Samhain Festival on1October 3 1 day every year, which is the most important day in their calendar when late summer and early winter alternate. Just like the combination of orange and black in Halloween today, orange represents harvest and autumn, and black is usually a symbol of death and darkness, reminding people that Halloween was once a festival that marked the boundary between life and death.
Orange and black
People believe that on this special day and night, the boundary between the living and the dead will become blurred, so some souls will wander in the world. These wandering souls and ghosts are a big trouble, which will destroy people's bookmakers and pose a threat to the living. In order to keep ghosts away from their houses, people will put some food outside their homes to appease them. But the good news is that due to these wandering souls, the ability of druids and Celtic priests to predict the future will be greatly enhanced on this spiritual night. In that era when science and technology were undeveloped and productivity was very low, it was a big test for people to spend the severe winter, so the priests' predictions were of great significance to people. At night, people will gather together, light sacred bonfires, offer sacrifices to crops and animals, put them into the fire to burn, put on animal fur costumes, perform divination ceremonies and predict their fate.
ghost
In addition, the fire and ashes of the bonfire on Halloween night can also protect them from ghosts and demons (it sounds a bit like China people setting off firecrackers). Some people think that the fire is a symbol of the sun and has the magic power to stop the long winter.