Question 2: What is the relationship between Halloween and pumpkins? The jack-o-lantern originated in ancient Ireland. Legend has it that there is a man named Jack who is an alcoholic and likes to play practical jokes. One day, Jack tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and then carved a cross on the stump, threatening the devil not to come down. Then Jack made an agreement with the devil to let him come down from the tree on the condition that the devil promised to cast a spell so that Jack would never commit a crime. After Jack died, his soul could neither go to heaven nor go to hell, so his ghost had to wander between heaven and earth with a small candle.
In the ancient Irish legend, this small candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish, which was called "Jack's lantern", while the ancient radish lantern evolved to today, and it was made of pumpkin lantern.
It is said that soon after the Irish arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were superior to radishes in source and carving, so pumpkins became Halloween pets.
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The night before Halloween is the most haunted time of the year, and all kinds of monsters, pirates, alien visitors and witches are out in succession. Before the Christian era, the Celts held a ceremony in late summer to thank God and the sun for their kindness. At that time, fortune tellers lit and practiced witchcraft to drive away monsters who were said to be wandering around. Later, the harvest festival celebrated by the Romans with nuts and apples merged with Celtic 10 and 3 1. In the Middle Ages, people put on costumes in the shape of animals and put on terrible masks to drive away ghosts in the dark. Although Christianity later replaced the religious activities of Celts and Romans, the early customs still existed. Children wear all kinds of costumes and masks to attend the Halloween dance with a playful attitude. Witches, black cats, ghosts and bones are often hung on the walls around these dances, and grinning or disgusting pumpkin lanterns are hung on the windows and doors.
On Halloween, children will carry pumpkin lanterns, wear all kinds of strange clothes and go door to door to ask for candy, and keep saying "trick or treat". If you refuse to give candy, the children will be very angry and punish you in various ways, such as taking out the garbage in your house until you are willing to give them candy.
Question 3: Why do you make jack-o-lanterns on Halloween? Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. Pumpkins are orange, so orange has become a traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkin lanterns with pumpkins is also a Halloween tradition, and its history can be traced back to Ireland. Legend has it that a man named Jack was so stingy that he couldn't go to heaven after his death, and he couldn't go to hell because he made fun of the devil, so he had to wander around with lanterns until the judgment day. Therefore, Jack and Jack-o-lantern became the symbols of cursed wandering souls. In order to scare away these wandering souls on Halloween, people carve terrible faces out of turnips, beets or potatoes to represent Jack holding lanterns. This is the origin of the ghost fire. After the Irish moved to the United States, they began to carve pumpkins, because pumpkins are more abundant than turnips in autumn in the United States. Now, if people hang jack-o-lanterns on the windows on Halloween night, it means that those who wear Halloween costumes can knock on the door and ask for candy.
In western countries, every year on1October 3 1 day, there is a Halloween, which is interpreted as "TheeveofAllSaints'Day" in the dictionary and translated into Chinese: Halloween night.
People have a certain perceptual knowledge about Halloween: I know that during Halloween, many public places and even the yard at home will be covered with many decorations, such as various ghosts, pumpkin lanterns, black cats, witches' brooms, etc. Every year, children wear different Halloween costumes and carry baskets of pumpkin lanterns from door to door begging for candy, saying it is "trickortreak". Besides, do you want to know more? Here we briefly introduce the origin and customs of Halloween.
First, the origin of Halloween:
Regarding the origin of Halloween, the most legendary version holds that it originated in ancient western European countries before the birth of Christ, mainly including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Drouth people. The New Year in Drouth is 1 1 month 1 day, New Year's Eve. People in Drouth let young people wander among villages in groups, wearing all kinds of weird masks and carrying carved radish lanterns (pumpkin lanterns are a late custom, and there were no pumpkins in ancient Western Europe). It was actually celebrating the autumn harvest; Some people say it is "Ghost Festival". It is said that the souls of those who died that year will visit the world on Halloween. It is said that people should let visiting ghosts see the harvest and show rich enthusiasm to them. All the bonfires and lights, in order to scare away ghosts, also illuminate the route for ghosts and guide them back.
In medieval Central Europe, there was a history of Christianity destroying pagans. However, the sacrificial ceremony before New Year's Eve never really disappeared, but appeared in the form of witchcraft. That's why we have traces of witches' brooms, black cats, spells and so on on Halloween.
Second, the generation of the word Halloween:
Many ethnic groups hold a celebration party on Halloween, which is also called "Halloween", "Halloween" or "Halloween". Finally, the agreement evolved into "Halloween" and the Chinese translation became Halloween night.
Third, the legend of "Trickortreat":
It is said that the custom of children dressing up and asking for candy from door to door today originated in Ireland. Irish pagans in ancient western Europe believed that on Halloween, ghosts would gather near their homes and receive banquets. So, after the "banquet", the villagers dressed up as ghosts and wandered outside the village to guide the ghosts away to avoid evil spirits and disasters. At the same time, the villagers also pay attention to some fruits and other foods in the front yard and backyard, and feed the ghosts to prevent them from hurting people and animals or plundering other crops. Later, this custom continued and became a joke for children to make fun of this ungrateful family.
As for the jack-o'-lantern, there are at least two versions. One is that people hollowed out pumpkins to carve faces and lit candles to disperse ghosts; The other is that the ghost lit a candle 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 Jack, an Irishman, was the first person to use pumpkins, so people also call Jack-o-lantern a grimace pumpkin lantern.
Fourth, it's Halloween.
Halloween has spread to this day, and there is no religious superstition at all ... >>
Question 4: Why do you eat pumpkins on Mid-Autumn Festival? The Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 is a season of blooming in spring and fruitful harvest in autumn. A year's efforts have yielded fruitful results. At that time, every household should put on delicious food and wine to celebrate the festival with the joy of harvest, thus forming a colorful Mid-Autumn Festival food custom in China.
Eating moon cakes "Eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival" is a long-standing traditional custom in China. Whenever the weather is fine and the moon is bright in Gui Xiang, every family will taste moon cakes and enjoy the moon, which is a special occasion for celebration and reunion.
As a kind of food that looks like a full moon and contains good stuffing, moon cakes appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo, a poet and taster, has a poem, "Little cakes are like chewing the moon, and there is crisp glutinous inside". As a kind of food, it is called "moon cake", which began in the Southern Song Dynasty. Steaming to lose weight. At that time, Hangzhou folks had the idea of "sending moon cakes to each other in the Mid-Autumn Festival and getting together". By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, mooncakes had become the Japanese and American styles of Mid-Autumn Festival.
Eating pumpkins is celebrated all over the south of the Yangtze River. The rich eat moon cakes, while the poor have the custom of eating pumpkins.
How did the custom of "eating pumpkins in August and a half" come about? Legend has it that a long time ago, there lived a poor family at the foot of Nanshan, with elderly parents and only one daughter named Huanghua, who was beautiful, intelligent, kind and hardworking. At that time, there were years of famine, and Huanghua's parents were old and sick, sick in bed and dying. On August 15, Huanghua found two oblate wild melons among the weeds in Nanshan. She picked it up and cooked it for her parents. Delicious and sweet, the appetite of the two old people increased greatly and recovered. Miss Huanghua planted melon seeds in the ground, and the next year, they really took root and sprouted, bearing many round melons. Because it was picked from Nanshan, it was called pumpkin. Since then, every household in the south of the Yangtze River has the custom of eating old pumpkins and cooking glutinous rice in August and a half every year on August 15th.
Regarding eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is recorded in the "Shunde County Records" during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty: "Looking at the sun in August, eating snails is still fragrant." People believe that snails can improve their eyesight in the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to analysis, snail meat is rich in nutrition, and vitamin A is an important substance of eye visual pigment. Eating snails can improve your eyesight, which makes sense. But why must we be particularly keen on food during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, when snails are empty, there are no snails in the abdomen, so the meat is particularly fat. This is the best time to eat snails. Nowadays, in Guangzhou, many families have the habit of frying snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Eating taro in Mid-Autumn Festival means to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and it means not to believe in evil spirits. Chaozhou Official Records written before the Qing Dynasty said: "Playing with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival and peeling taro to eat is called peeling ghosts." Stripping ghosts and eating ghosts is a great spirit of Zhong Kui's exorcism, which is respectable.
Drinking Osmanthus fragrans Wine Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, people will look up at Osmanthus fragrans, smell Osmanthus fragrans and drink a glass of Osmanthus fragrans wine in the middle of the month to celebrate the sweetness of the family and get together, which becomes a beautiful enjoyment of the festival.
Osmanthus fragrans not only can be seen, but also can be eaten. In Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", there are some poems, such as "supporting the horse and fighting, drinking cinnamon pulp" and "drinking cinnamon pulp". It can be seen that China has been drinking osmanthus wine for quite a long time.
Question 5: Why do you want pumpkin lanterns for Halloween? In addition to playing tricks in the street, pumpkin lanterns are indispensable for Halloween, but why are watermelons, wax gourd or radishes pumpkins? According to the story, there was a man named Jack in Ireland. One day, he was drinking in a bar with an evil spirit. After eating, they have no money to pay the bill. Jack imprisoned the evil spirits. After the evil spirits begged, Jack made him promise not to harass him for a whole year before he "let the ghosts go".
Unexpectedly, Jack died unfortunately and could not go to heaven, so he had to go to hell to ask evil spirits to take him in. The evil spirit thought that Jack himself said there would be no more crosses, so he refused to accept Jack's request and only gave him a burning charcoal to put in the radish as a lantern. Later, children in Scotland "followed suit", hollowed out radishes and put candles on them to light them.
After this custom spread to America, people found that chubby pumpkins were more suitable for making hollow lanterns. Therefore, it has naturally become the world of pumpkins, and pumpkin lanterns have become one of the most suitable props for Halloween.
Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. Pumpkins are orange, so orange has become a traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkin lanterns with pumpkins is also a Halloween tradition, and its history can be traced back to Ireland. Legend has it that a man named Jack was so stingy that he couldn't go to heaven after his death, and he couldn't go to hell because he made fun of the devil, so he had to wander around with lanterns until the judgment day. Therefore, Jack and Jack-o-lantern became the symbols of cursed wandering souls. In order to scare away these wandering souls on Halloween, people carve terrible faces out of turnips, beets or potatoes to represent Jack holding lanterns. This is the origin of the ghost fire. After the Irish moved to the United States, they began to carve pumpkins, because pumpkins are more abundant than turnips in autumn in the United States. Now, if people hang jack-o-lanterns on the windows on Halloween night, it means that those who wear Halloween costumes can knock on the door and ask for candy.
Question 6: Why do you bring pumpkins for Halloween? It originated in ancient Ireland. The story is about a man named Jack. He is drunk and likes playing practical jokes. One day, Jack tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and then carved a cross on the stump, threatening the devil not to come down. Then Jack made an agreement with the devil to let him come down from the tree on the condition that the devil promised to cast a spell so that Jack would never commit a crime. After Jack died, his soul could neither go to heaven nor go to hell, so his ghost had to wander between heaven and earth with a small candle. This small candle is placed in a hollowed-out radish and is called "Jack-o 'lantern". Today, the old radish lamp is made of pumpkin. It is said that soon after the Irish arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were superior to radishes in source and carving, so pumpkins became Halloween pets.
Question 7: What is Halloween? What is a pumpkin? What do you do? Why are there different colors? Introduction to Halloween Halloween is a traditional "ghost festival" in the west-Halloween on June 3 1 day every year. 65438+1October 3 1 is Halloween. It is usually called Halloween. But the atmosphere of this day is far from "creepy" as its name suggests. Whenever Halloween comes, children can't wait to put on colorful costumes, put on strange masks and carry a "pumpkin lantern" to ask adults for holiday gifts everywhere. These are the most well-known symbols of Halloween ―― weird "jack-o'-lanterns" and pranks of "performing magic tricks or giving candy". The appearance of "pumpkin lantern" is very cute and the method is extremely simple. Hollow out the pumpkin, then carve smiling eyes and a big mouth on the outside, then put a candle in the pumpkin and light it, so that people can see this innocent smiling face from far away. This is the children's favorite toy. However, the highlight of Halloween is still at the dinner table. You should not only prepare delicious food to entertain those "children" who make trouble, but also decorate your dining table on this special festival. Don't let your guests underestimate you! On the most "haunted" night of the year, all kinds of monsters, pirates, alien visitors and witches are out in succession. Before the Christian era, the Celts held ceremonies in summer to thank God and the sun for their kindness. At that time, fortune tellers lit and practiced witchcraft to drive away monsters who were said to be wandering around. Later, the harvest festival celebrated by the Romans with nuts and apples merged with Celtic 10 and 3 1. In the Middle Ages, people put on costumes in the shape of animals and put on terrible masks to drive away ghosts in the dark. Although Christianity later replaced the religious activities of Celts and Romans, the early customs still existed. Now, children wear all kinds of costumes and masks to attend Halloween dances. Witches, black cats, ghosts and paper-pasted bones are often hung on the walls around these dances, while grinning or ugly pumpkin lanterns are hung on the windows and doorways. Children often try to bite the hanging apples. There are many versions of legends about the origin of Halloween. It is generally believed that it originated from ancient western European countries before the birth of Christ, mainly including Irish, Scots and Welsh. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Drouth people. The New Year in Drouth is 1 1 month 1 day, New Year's Eve. People in Drouth let young people wander among villages in groups, wearing all kinds of weird masks and carrying carved radish lanterns (pumpkin lanterns are a late custom, and there were no pumpkins in ancient Western Europe). It was actually celebrating the autumn harvest; Some people say it is "Ghost Festival". It is said that the souls of those who died that year will visit the world on Halloween. It is said that people should let visiting ghosts see the harvest and show rich enthusiasm to them. All the bonfires and lights, in order to scare away ghosts, also illuminate the route for ghosts and guide them back. In medieval Central Europe, there was a history of Christianity destroying pagans. However, the sacrificial ceremony before New Year's Eve never really disappeared, but appeared in the form of witchcraft. That's why we have traces of witches' brooms, black cats, spells and so on on Halloween. There are two legends about the origin of Halloween: the first is that more than two thousand years ago, the Catholic Church in Europe designated 1 1 October as "Halloween". "Saint" means saint. Legend has it that since 500 BC, Celts living in Ireland, Scotland and other places have moved this festival forward by one day, that is, 65438+1October 3 1. They think that this day is the day when summer officially ends, that is, the beginning of the new year and the beginning of the severe winter. At that time, people believed that on this day, the dead souls of the deceased would return to their former homes to look for all beings, so as to be reborn, which was the only hope of being reborn after death. Living people are afraid of dead souls to take life, so people put out fire and candlelight on this day, so that dead souls can't find living people and dress up as monsters to scare away dead souls. After that, they will rekindle the candlelight and start a new year's life. Legend has it that Celtic tribes still had the custom of killing the living to commemorate the dead on June 3 10. By the 1 century, the Romans who occupied the territory of Celtic tribes gradually accepted the custom of Halloween, but the barbaric practice of burning the living to sacrifice the dead was abolished. Roman festivals celebrating harvest were combined with Celtic rituals, wearing terrible masks and dressed as animals or ghosts to drive away demons wandering around them. This is > >
Question 8: Why do pumpkins always decorate Halloween? In addition to playing tricks in the street, there are also large and small pumpkin lanterns on Halloween, but why is it watermelon, wax gourd or radish, but pumpkin? According to the story, there was a man named Jack in Ireland. One day, he was drinking in a bar with an evil spirit. After eating, they have no money to pay the bill. Jack imprisoned the evil spirits. After the evil spirits begged, Jack made him promise not to harass him for a whole year before he "let the ghosts go".
Unexpectedly, Jack died unfortunately and could not go to heaven, so he had to go to hell to ask evil spirits to take him in. The evil spirit thought that Jack himself said that he didn't want anything to do with him, so he refused Jack's request and only gave him a burning charcoal to put in the radish as a lantern. Later, children in Scotland "followed suit", hollowed out radishes and put candles on them to light them.
After this custom spread to America, people found that chubby pumpkins were more suitable for making hollow lanterns. Therefore, it has naturally become the world of pumpkins, and pumpkin lanterns have become one of the most suitable props for Halloween.
Question 9: What is Halloween in the West? Why are pumpkins everywhere? What is the special meaning of pumpkin? The symbol of Halloween is pumpkin lantern, so pumpkin pie is also a holiday food for Halloween, especially in America. It turns out that the pumpkin lantern is not a pumpkin lantern, but a radish lantern. It is said that an Irishman named Jack was not allowed to enter heaven after his death, but was sent to hell. But in hell, he always played tricks on Satan, so he was kicked out of hell and punished to walk in the dark of the world with lanterns forever. Another story is that he is a notorious drunkard and liar. He once tricked Satan into climbing a tree, and then carved a cross on the trunk to trap Satan at the top of the tree. Later, Jack asked him to die in exchange for not going to hell, and Satan agreed to let him go. Jack can't go to heaven after he dies; But they can't agree with Satan to go to hell, so hell won't accept him. The devil only gave Jack a weak firewood to light the road. Another version is that Jack, who likes playing tricks on people, went to a bar to drink with Satan one day. Because they had no money to pay the bill after drinking, he turned Satan into a sixpence coin to pay the bill, but Jack did not pay, but used a spell to restrain Satan. Satan begged Jack to let him go. Jack said that as long as Satan didn't scare him for a whole year, he would let him go. Satan agreed, and the next Halloween, Satan promised not to harass Jack next year. But Jack died before the end of this year. God felt that he was not qualified to applaud and refused to accept him, so he went to hell, but Satan had promised not to harass him. Jack, desperate, insisted on not going. The road was too dark. So Satan threw him a burning charcoal, and he put the firewood in a hollowed-out radish to make the dying fire burn longer. This is jack's lantern. No matter which version, after the Irish brought this custom to the United States, they found that American-made pumpkins were more delicious than turnips, so Jack's lanterns were made of pumpkins instead.
Pumpkin pie is a traditional home-cooked dish in the southern United States from late autumn to early winter. People usually eat it, especially around Halloween, and it becomes a holiday food. In addition, dried pumpkin seeds are often regarded as Halloween food.
Question 10: Why did my tribal conflict only plant three scary pumpkins on Halloween? This is random, so far only two have grown.