Halloween is the eve of All Saints' Day (All Saints' Day); it represents the time to worship the souls of the dead. While avoiding the interference of evil spirits, we also use food to worship ancestors and good spirits to pray for a safe passage through the harsh winter.
Halloween is a traditional Western festival on November 1st every year; October 31st, the eve of Halloween, is the most lively moment of this festival. In Chinese, Halloween is often called Corruptly translated as Halloween (All Saints' Day).
To celebrate the coming of Halloween, children will dress up as various cute ghosts and knock on the door from house to house, asking for candy, otherwise they will be trick-or-treating. At the same time, it is said that on this night, various ghosts will They will also dress up as children and blend in with the crowd to celebrate the coming of Halloween. Westerners dress up as various ghosts in order to make the ghosts more harmonious.
Origin of the name
Halloween, in English, is All Saints' Day, one of the Catholic and Orthodox festivals, and a traditional festival in Western countries. Halloween is often mistakenly called Halloween in Chinese-speaking areas. "Hallow" comes from Middle English halwen, which is very close to the etymology of holy. In some areas of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still called "All Hallow Mas". That day , the Mass ceremony to be held is to celebrate all the saints in heaven (Hallow).
Nowadays, for commercial interests or other purposes, the society organizes various activities full of monsters and ghosts on the night of October 31st, which completely deviates from the sacred meaning of Halloween.