In Western countries, there is Halloween on October 31st every year. The dictionary explains it as "The eve of All Saints' Day", and the Chinese translation is: Halloween night.
People have more or less perceptual knowledge about Halloween: they know that during Halloween, many public places and even home courtyards will be decorated with many decorations, such as various ghosts and monsters. , jack-o'-lanterns, black cats, witch's brooms, etc.; children will dress up in Halloween costumes that are different every year, carry jack-o'-lantern baskets and go door-to-door to beg for candy, saying it's "trick or treak." In addition, do you want to know more? Here we briefly introduce the origins and customs of Halloween.
1. The origin of Halloween:
As for the origin of Halloween, the most legendary version believes that it originated from the ancient Western European countries before the birth of Christ, mainly including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. . The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Druids. The Druids' New Year is on November 1st. 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 in ancient Western Europe). There were no pumpkins at first) and they wandered among the villages. This was actually an autumn harvest celebration at the time; it was also said to be the "Ghost Festival". Legend has it that the souls of people who died that year would visit the world on the eve of Halloween. It is said that people should let the visiting ghosts see the perfect harvest and present it to the ghosts. Give a hearty treat. All bonfires and lights are there to scare away ghosts, but also to light the way for ghosts to guide them back.
In Central Europe in the Middle Ages, there was a history of Christianity destroying pagans. However, the sacrificial celebrations before New Year's Eve have never really been eliminated, but appear in the form of witchcraft. This is why our current Halloween still has traces of witches' brooms, black cats, spells and so on.
2. The origin of the word Halloween:
Many ethnic groups have celebration parties on Halloween, which is also called "All Hallow E'en", "The Eve of All Hallows" ”, “Hallow e’en”, or “The eve of All Saints’ Day”. Eventually the convention evolved into "Halloween", which was translated into Chinese as Halloween night.
3. The legend of “Trick or treat”:
The custom of children dressing up and going door to door asking for candy is said to have originated in Ireland. Irish pagans in ancient Western Europe believed that ghosts would gather near their homes on Halloween and receive banquets. Therefore, after the "banquet" is over, the villagers dress up as ghosts and elves and wander outside the village to guide the ghosts away and avoid evil spirits and disasters. At the same time, the villagers also pay attention to placing fruits and other foods in the front and back yards of their houses to feed the ghosts enough so that they will not harm humans and animals or plunder other harvests. Later, this custom continued and became a joke for children to make fun of ungenerous families.
As for the pumpkin lantern, there are at least two opinions. One theory is that people hollowed out pumpkins, carved ghost faces and lit candles to drive away ghosts; the other theory is that ghosts lighted candles in an attempt to trick people into following the ghosts, so people dangled their faces on the pumpkins. Carve a mocking face to tease the ghost: Humph! Only a fool would fall for your trick. Legend has it that the first person to use pumpkins was Jack, an Irishman, so people also called Jack-O-Lanterns with grimaces.
4. Today's Halloween
Halloween today has completely lost its religious superstition. It has become a children's program and a masquerade party for young people.
The society has also been giving positive guidance to festival activities: adults are required to educate children not to do threatening pranks, and adults are also required to take their children out together (usually adults park their cars on the roadside, A child knocks on the door to ask for candy).
Adults should ask their children to only go to homes with festive decorations and lights at the door, otherwise they should not disturb them. In addition, those who ask for candy must wait at the gate at all times and are not allowed to enter the house. The candy returned must be inspected by an adult before eating. Families hosting children are also asked not to give home-made food or unpackaged food.
Festival decorations on public occasions and around the home are voluntary. Jack-o'-lanterns with ghost faces, black spiders with white webs, etc. are all festive decorations, and they are no longer scary and spooky. Some female students will buy a pair of pumpkin or ghost skull earrings to wear at this time. If any company's arrangements are too scary, they will be stopped by relevant parties, and the media will expose them and make the public blame them.
Halloween costumes are also versatile, not just big ghosts and little ghosts. There are many channels out there teaching people how to make Halloween costumes. For example, to make the simplest ghost costume, just put a white sheet on your head, and don't forget to button two holes for eyes; if you want to play a magician, wear black clothes, black pants, and a black top hat , and hid a stuffed bunny between the top hat and the top of the head as a spare; they also taught adults how to dress up their children as little angels, wearing white clothes and white pants, and how to tie a flashlight to their heads from behind; they also taught adults how to dress up their children as them Favorite cartoon image. Of course, businessmen in the clothing and props industries have more to do.
School is not closed on Halloween. Sometimes the school organizes parties, and sometimes students who are not willing to be lonely will host small parties themselves. It has become a popular custom every October to send greeting cards to friends and family members to wish them a happy Halloween. Nowadays, the development of the Internet has made it more convenient and economical to send Halloween cards. Some websites have even designed various Halloween cards with sound and animation effects, such as: www.cardmaster.com, etc., for everyone to use for free.
In short, Halloween has become a very common seasonal festival for Westerners. Many people see this as the end of autumn and the arrival of winter. As soon as Halloween is over, people begin to look forward to Thanksgiving, Christmas and even New Year.
A brief overview of Halloween event planning
Bar Ghost Festival is very popular
To truly organize an event, it is impossible to prepare everything in one go. If you want to seize a moment's opportunity, you must make the most of your previous efforts to create the moment's opportunity. Following this principle, I conceived a set of progressive activity arrangements. The plan is divided into the event promotion stage and the Halloween day event arrangement stage. The propaganda stage can be divided into external propaganda (foreigners) and internal propaganda (Chinese). Internal publicity should be divided into three steps. The first step, what is the real Halloween (Passionate Holy Night); the second step, the temptation of the wolf; the third step, the bloody arrow. The activity schedule for Halloween can also be divided into waiting in progress; white reverie; making friends between China and South Korea; uncovering the mystery; and carnival night!
First let’s talk about the publicity part:
1. For external publicity, we mainly target Korean students from Tianda University, Nanjing University and Normal University. The method of publicity is very simple, it is face-to-face communication to make them interested in our Halloween. The focus of marketing to them is Chinese-style Halloween and telling them that they can make Chinese friends through this event. There may be some difficulties in communication, but it should be overcome. Equipment is required at this stage, just a box of 100 to 200 business cards is enough. There are no other requirements for business cards, but the transportation route of Tanghui must be printed on the back and marked with text. If you find this troublesome, you can also print flyers in Korean and convey the news to Koreans by dispatching orders. But if so, the effect may not be as obvious as face-to-face persuasion, and the cost will be much higher. One thing to note when persuading them face-to-face is that when he says he wants to go, give him a seat number on his business card. This will create pressure on them that they have already made a reservation, which will increase the likelihood of going that day. It's not advisable to have too many Koreans because the seats are limited. But in retrospect, the more people there, the greater the sensational effect.
2． Internal publicity
A. The first step of the publicity concept is to promote Tang Hui to create a passionate Halloween on Halloween and use the slogan of celebrating Halloween with foreigners. Promotional form, order dispatch. Mainly in Binjiang Road, New Culture, Starbucks and Pizza Hut. Let people have a preliminary understanding of the Tang Association's preparation for a unique Halloween event. What kind of activities are not mentioned, and suspense is created.
B. The temptation of wolf, this stage is to attract attention in a mysterious way. Starting a week before Halloween, the sound of wolf howls will be heard in Tanghui, preferably so that it can clearly reach the ears of passers-by. They also printed a propaganda leaflet entitled Who is Howling? This once again created suspense for people, making everyone who got the leaflet want to ask what was howling in Tang Hui and what kind of Holy Spirit Festival Tang Hui was going to hold. night. The place of issuing orders remains the same, but the method has changed. Find one or two agent-issuing stores on Binjiang Road and New Culture. While selling clothes, you can also issue orders to customers who visit other stores, and you need audio tapes to match the artistic conception. As a reward for them, it can be a free PARTY drink delivery to the clerk. Even if it saves money, the effect must be very good.
C. Blood Arrow, this idea is more sensational, but it is definitely on the edge of the law. It is difficult to implement and has certain risks. But if it turns out to be true, I believe it will definitely attract a lot of people. The plan is very simple. Two or three nights before Halloween, use red paint to draw a giant arrow on the Weijin road section opposite Tanghui. When people go to work the next morning, you can clearly see the blood-red arrow pointing directly at Tanghui. meeting. The flyers began to be distributed in the afternoon of the next day. The content of the flyers was an exaggerated description from an outsider's tone. The sudden appearance of the arrow gave people a magical and mysterious feeling. At the same time, as in the last publicity, it was accompanied by a corresponding audio tape to inform people in the form of a story. Phenomenon.
All publicity work before the event comes to an end. Of course, because of the unpredictability of the future, things may change as things evolve during the event.
The day's activities can be divided into five stages: waiting before the event, making friends with China and South Korea... Waiting before an event refers to the concept of waiting before the event starts, taking advantage of people's curiosity. To delay the entry time, I think the opening time that night should be adjusted to after eight o'clock. The climax of the event will be when the clock strikes twelve o'clock on Halloween. If you wait too long, the curiosity of the guests may be It gradually subsided, replaced by boredom. Give each guest a simple mask before entering the bar.
After entering the bar, the first thing that catches the eye is the white curtain wrapped around the bar. The same wolf howling sound as a few days ago came from inside. The sound processing must be realistic, and from the white curtain I also vaguely saw the shadow of a wolf. Once again, people feel fantastic and their curiosity increases! The DJ announced that the guest with the highest spending before twelve o'clock today will ((hold)) take away a mysterious gift carefully prepared by the Tang Club!
When making friends between China and South Korea, Korean guests all have seating numbers assigned to them. When the waiter takes the seat, he or she will be taken directly to the predetermined seat. When Chinese guests come in, they can be taken to a table adjacent to Korean guests to facilitate communication. When the table is full and the guests ask for drinks, the DJ shouts slogans and allows the guests to change seats at will. The DJ wants to emphasize that everyone who comes to Tang Hui tonight are friends, brothers and sisters, and encourage everyone to change seats. Play soft music and let guests mingle among themselves. The light at this time is best not to be too dim. As time goes by, the DJ will tell the time and remind everyone that Tang will surprise everyone more and more!
Mystery Revealed (Climax) At twelve o'clock, the DJ announced that everyone should hold their breath, the mystery would be revealed immediately, stop the music, and the DJ's voice should be made a little more sinister! The lights "gradually" turn off! The first time I turned on the lights, the bar was still empty, which created some psychological ups and downs for people! The DJ explained that it was a pure mistake and he wanted to say it in a funny tone to cause a burst of laughter in the venue. The lights began to go out one by one again. When it became completely dark, several small rays of light gradually shot out from the back room. There seemed to be many white shadows floating around the darkness. The light moved towards the bar and disappeared into the bar.
The laser light suddenly turned on, shining in the direction of the bar, and then turned off immediately, but he could already see a lot of things dressed up as Sadako standing on the bar. The DJ plays some scary music. The off-stage lights in the bar were turned on to shine a close-up on the people standing on the stage. Slowly the surrounding lights also turned on. Everyone on the stage was covered with blood-stained white cloths. At this time, music started playing. People on the stage took off their white cloths, some wore more modern clothes, and some wore Tang suits. The DJ shouted slogans and performed a more personalized dance on the stage. After the dance, he walked off the stage and stood around the bar. The DJ announced the current top consumer, and a beautiful woman walked out of the back room. DJ announced that today’s mystery prize is Miss XX. The beauty walked on stage, smiled at the winning guests, and fumbled in her (large) handbag. Suddenly a puppy is held out, it is tonight’s mystery prize! Once again, the venue burst into laughter. After the laughter, the DJ shouted slogans, HAPPY Halloween! The dance begins.
DJ creating atmosphere is the key!
Note: During the entire event, take time to take photos of the guests, and provide your contact information so that you can send photos later. Let the guests experience Tang Hui's sincerity that others don't have, and ask them to remember this event deeply and lay the foundation for becoming Tang Hui's customers in the future!
Small games
1. Idiom linking, that is, say an idiom first, and then each group or person uses the last word to connect the idiom... Look at those who can't connect. Punishment is enough, it’s quite interesting.
2. Let’s play a BINGO game. A piece of paper. 100 questions 10×10. The first person to answer a row or column will win a prize. The question is a description of the characteristics of class members. Please describe the signature of the object to get the correct answer.
3. Ask your class to write a dialogue in their native dialect. The more classic the better.
For example: There was a dialogue in Westward Journey. . . . . .
4. Pull a lot of ropes in the middle of the venue, and then select some people so that they cannot touch the ropes and pass through them. Then blindfold these people, remove the ropes, and then watch the wonderful performances of these people. Yeah, but it can only be used once, and it won’t be interesting if everyone knows about it
5. Let’s dance. I just taught a foreign teacher the “Palace Circle Dance” (I named it myself) two days ago and it’s very suitable for everyone. Anyone who doesn’t know how to dance can learn how to dance together.
6. Write a note to send blessings (each person writes it anonymously on the note and submits it to the host, and then asks everyone to take turns to draw and read the blessing content out loud)
7. Prepare some pieces of paper in advance with various occupations or sports written on them. Then let everyone draw one individually without letting others know. Then they perform separately without speaking, and let others guess what their occupation is.
8. Divide into 2 groups. Also prepare some small pieces of paper and write some movie names on them, preferably action movies or distinctive ones. Then divide the groups into two groups and draw lots to perform and let each other guess.
MATRIX, SPIDER MAN, and SUPER MAN are all very interesting
9. Let’s play musical chairs. Divide into two groups, with 6-8 people in each group. There will be one less chair than the number of people, and then everyone will circle around the chair. When you hear it, you sit down and grab a seat. One person is eliminated in each round, and the 1/8 finals...finals are reached. The last person left wins and gets a prize. The loser has to perform a show or participate in the next game.
10. You can choose two rows of people, one group of three. Two of them will cover their eyes and feed each other food with chopsticks, and the remaining person who can see will direct.
Buzz~~
11. First prepare some questions and a newspaper.
Rules: A man and a woman stand on the same newspaper and start answering questions
If you answer the wrong question, the newspaper Cut in half and continue
Answer the question correctly and ask the next one
When answering questions, men and women should not physically touch things other than newspapers
There are a total of 20 questions. After asking questions, if men and women can still comply with the previous rule, the game will end and prizes will be distributed
12. Be considerate
Divide into 2 groups, with 3 to 5 people in each group, arranged in two lines Column
People cannot talk to each other, they can only express their meaning through actions
13. Triathlon
Complete eating burgers, drinking beer and blowing up in a row The balloon
At the end, the balloon has to be rotated 15 times with eyes closed
The fastest player will win a prize
14. The little ninety-nine game is quite fun!
For example, stand in a circle of people, start with one of them and say, 4 9, the next person will quickly answer 36, she will go on to say 6 8, the next person will answer 48, and so on...
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Whoever says the wrong thing will lose and be punished:)
15. Step on the balloon. Put 2-3 people in a group with balloons tied to each foot. Let them step on each other together and see which group has more balloons left on their feet after a certain period of time.
16. Truth or Dare.
Hoho, it feels like a good game.
17. A group of ten people
Separate between men and women
Two groups of people pass the playing cards by mouth
The first to pass the cards wins
18. If you have a computer and a projector
It would also be a good idea to dub classic movies and TV shows.
19. Newspaper fashion show! Musical chairs! God of Cookery Competition!
20. When x is a multiple of x, the number with x cannot be said. It must be expressed by squatting.
For example: x=3
Several people line up and say one by one:
1, 2, (squat), 4, 5, (Squat for a moment), 7...11, (Squat for a moment), (Squat for a moment), 14...
21. I guessed that the game was played in the past, "Nine-Nine Multiplication Tables"
22. Buy Oreos, then scrape off the cream in the middle and apply toothpaste!
If you let someone eat it, you can’t let him know in advance and see how he reacts, hahaha!
23. Give each person two roasted sweet potatoes, and 4 people compete together to see who can finish it first!!
24. Hand out two pieces of paper. Each person writes down the happiest and least happy thing today.
Then read it out. . .
No need to write your name.
It’s just as fun to read out!
25. Three and a half sentences!
~The essence of tradition, the effect is amazing
The fourth person and a half sentence of the 4-person collaboration (actually it is just the finishing touch)
The words should be compiled based on the situation of the unit
26. First write the words on paper, which can be divided into many categories, and then face it alone to describe what it means, but not with that word. The other had his back turned to Guess.
Hey, you will understand as soon as you explain it. It is the same as Lucky 52. ??I have not opened the one upstairs. Is it the same? Anyway, it is just a suggestion. I will help you.
27. Place 3 bowls vertically at both ends of a table. Fill the bowls with 1/3 of the flour. Place a table tennis ball in each of the two bowls near the table, and then place them on both sides. One person stands on each side, and whoever blows the ping pong ball into the third bowl first wins.
This game can adjust the atmosphere very well, and it can also be very annoying. . . .
28. The men will be the wounded and the women will be the nurses. They will be bandaged with rolls of paper (one roll for each person) from head to toe, making them look like mummies. Whoever bandages the best and tightest will win the prize! Frog Fight
Equipment and venue:
A flat venue can be used indoors or outdoors, a group of 12 to 16 people (an even number is preferred)
The mats are for the total number of people Half, 16 wool balls (equal to the total number of people)
Two boundary ropes
Rules:
1. At a distance of 6 to 8M, The boundary rope marks the starting point and end point
2. Ask partners to count in order 1, 2, 1, 2. Divide the whole group into two teams. One group will attack first and give each person a mat. One group takes a defensive position and gives each person 2 woolen balls (soft balls). The two parties retreat behind the starting and finishing lines.
3. The attacking team starts from behind the starting line and must move forward with both feet. Frog jump, the mat replaces the lotus leaf. If you stand on the mat, the opponent cannot attack with the ball. In addition, the mat can be used to block the ball.
4. The defender must stand outside the line to attack with the ball and attack inside the line. Invalid
5. The person who was hit must return to the starting point and start over
6. Time for 5 minutes, count how many people have successfully scored a touchdown, then exchange equipment, attack and defense Exchange
Sharing key points:
1. Does your team engage in guerrilla warfare or group warfare? Why?
2. What are the different results caused by different offensive and defensive strategies?
3. What role do you play in the mission? What factors determine role placement? What are the contributions of different roles to the team?
4. Are your needs noticed? Have personal needs been raised? What assistance did the team provide? Is this the same (or different) from your usual work and life? For example~
5. How did you see the performance of the team or individual during the process? Which ones are great? Are there any phenomena that the team usually ignores?
6. Will the performance of competitors have an impact on the team? What is it?
This game is suitable for the climax of the party at the end.
Requirements: The number of participants is preferably 30-50, divided into 4-5 groups
Props: tray, background disco music, a prize can be a beautiful candy (can be divided )
The host asked everyone to sit down in groups (there must be men and women)
Inform everyone of the rules of the game
Each group will first select a receiver The person stands on the stage holding a tray.
Other team members provide items and put them on the tray as requested by the host. The first team to collect the items wins.
The background music started,
The host began to read out the items, and prepared each item for the team members at a certain interval, slowly speeding up.
Collect everyday items such as glasses, watches, belts, socks, lipstick, money, etc. Be sure to put the more difficult items at the end such as pills, candies, and dimes
Smart moderators can also choose something on the fly.
We did it once, and the most cunning host choice ended up being a white hair. As a result, the boss’s head suffered...
Task: The captain directs the team members to put the red bucket into All the balls are transported into the blue bucket. Note that players' hands cannot touch the ball during the entire process; the bucket cannot be moved, but items on the field can be used.
Rules: (Take 15 people as an example)
Select one of the 15 people to be the captain and stand at the designated position;
Select 2 people to be the vice-captains and stand Position 10 meters away from the captain;
The remaining 12 people, each group of 3; stand 5 meters away from the deputy captain, facing the captain, standing in a horizontal row; pairs of legs tied together, covered Close your eyes.
Place a yellow bucket 1 meter behind each group of people, containing 30 table tennis balls;
Place two sets of tools 1 meter in front of each group of people.
Place two blue barrels between the vice-captain and the captain.
When all team members are ready, hand the task card to the captain. The event begins.
Props: 4 paper cups, 8 spoons, 8 pairs of chopsticks, 4 forks, 1 task card. 1 question card (can be used as a distraction for the vice-captain)
We are close friends, I will challenge you to guess
Props: game question (can be a performable idiom or word )
Participants: two people in a group, multiple groups can participate
Game rules: The two people in a group performing at the beginning of the game must face each other first (one person is the performance planner, and the other is the Guesser), then the host will write the idiom or word to be performed on a piece of paper, and let the performer do it for the guesser. When the performer finishes the performance, the guesser can guess the action of the performer. When an idiom or word is used, it is considered a pass. (Note: The actor can use words to explain, but cannot say the words in the action) (difficult, all-pervasive, golden rooster independent, dog jumping over the wall, looking around, making things out of nothing, smiling, confident, chicken flying and egg beating, humble) .
Treasure Hunt
Props: "treasure" (usually a note)
Participants: Group
Game rules: Prepare first Good "treasures" (that is, the note can write "perform a show, win prizes, etc."), and then distribute the treasures in various hidden places. Then, each treasure hunter starts to look for the "treasures", and the treasure hunter who finds the "treasure" must not do whatever he wants. Open the "treasure", and the host will give the prize to the owner of the "treasure" according to the content of the "treasure". For example, if the treasure says "Imitate the cat to meow three times, reward two apples" then "treasure". The owner must do what the "treasure" says, and then the host will give corresponding rewards
Blowing flour
This is a trick game, and it can trick two people at the same time. Personal.
Props: an appropriate amount of flour, a ping-pong wave, and a spoon
How to play: First find the two players (such as the loser or winner of the previous game) and tell them They win the game without penalty/prize) and stand facing each other on opposite sides of a table.