The Origin of Halloween Pumpkin Lantern The Legend of Halloween Pumpkin Lantern
Ghost fire: the symbol of Halloween
Every year10,31is Halloween. That night, children will put on makeup clothes and masks and go door to door to collect pomegranates. The symbol of Halloween is pumpkin lantern, and there is a story about pumpkin carved into lanterns. This comes from 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.
In the ancient Irish legend, this small candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish. Today, the ancient radish lantern has evolved into a pumpkin lantern made of pumpkins. 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.
Legend of Halloween pumpkin lantern 1
Jack lamp, also known as Jack lamp, originated in Ireland. Legend has it that a man named stingy Jack in Ireland invited the devil to drink one day. Because he had no money to pay the bill after drinking, he persuaded the devil to change it into sixpence to pay for the drink, but Jack didn't use it to pay for the drink. Instead, he used a piece of silver paper to stop the devil from coming out. Later, the devil promised Jack not to scare him for a whole year, and Jack let the devil out. The next year, the Halloween demon appeared again. It promised not to harass Jack for a year, but before the year was over, Jack died. Heaven will not accept him after death, because he is stingy; Hell won't keep him because he plays tricks on the devil.
Desperate, he finally had to continue walking, carrying white radish, which contained charcoal fire sent by the devil to light up the road and find a place to rest. Later, Irish people made lanterns with potatoes or kohlrabi. /kloc-in the 1980 s, they came to the United States with new immigrants. They found a better material than white radish, that is pumpkin. So the pumpkin lanterns we see now are usually made of pumpkins.
Legend of Halloween pumpkin lantern 2
Irish folklore. It is said that an alcoholic named stingy Jack once designed to trick Satan into a tree and carved a cross on the trunk to make Satan afraid to come down. As a result, the devil reached an agreement with him and promised not to harass him again, so he could get away. After Jack died, heaven and hell refused him entry. The devil gave him a small piece of ashes and told him to find a suitable place to rest. He put this small piece of ash in a white broom with many holes so that it could burn for a long time. Later, the Scots imitated him by hollowing out turnips and putting candles on them. Irish people use potatoes or kohlrabi; Beets are used in Britain. Later, I immigrated to the United States and found a better material-pumpkin. Therefore, nowadays jack lanterns are mostly made of pumpkins.
Edible value of pumpkin lantern
It's a pity to throw away the jack-o-lantern after use. It can be used as food. Healthy and delicious pumpkin not only has high edible value, but also has a dietotherapy function that can not be ignored. According to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", pumpkin is warm, sweet and non-toxic. Into the spleen and stomach, it can moisten the lungs and replenish qi, eliminate phlegm and discharge pus, expel worms and detoxify, treat cough and asthma, treat lung abscess and constipation, and has diuretic and beauty effects. Experiments by medical experts and scholars at home and abroad show that eating pumpkin can also treat prostate hypertrophy (pumpkin seeds can treat prostate hypertrophy), prevent prostate cancer, prevent arteriosclerosis and gastric ulcer, and dissolve stones.