However, whether in China or the West, remembering the deceased relatives and commemorating the lost years are constant holiday themes. According to western legends, ghosts of deceased relatives will climb out of graves and reunite with their families on Halloween night. On Halloween night arrival, every family will prepare a sumptuous dinner and share delicious food with their deceased relatives. Therefore, Halloween has a typical symbol-pumpkin lantern.
On Halloween, thousands of families light pumpkin lanterns, and people wear masks to enjoy themselves. This is a special ceremony for westerners to share happiness, praise autumn and celebrate harvest with their deceased relatives. Therefore, we don't have to be surprised by the "playing tricks" on Halloween. We might as well put on strange clothes and hold a special carnival to add a little free air and a cheerful color to the tense life!
Chinese and western people have different understanding of the continuation of human life, and there are also differences in the ways of sacrifice. Ghosts and gods are evil things. Westerners use passionate ways to ward off evil spirits and avoid harm. We worship our ancestors at such festivals, and even burn paper money to reward lonely souls and wild ghosts. Of course, we sacrifice to our ancestors today, not for blessing, but to educate our next generation to respect the elderly, honor their parents and be filial first.