The emergence of the word "Halloween":
Many ethnic groups have celebration parties on Halloween, which are also called "All Hallow E'en", "The Eve of All Hallows", "Hallows e 'en" or "The eve of All Saintas'Day". In the end, the convention evolved into "Halloween", and the Chinese translation became Halloween night.
An interesting content of Halloween is "Trick or treat", but this custom did not originate in Ireland, but began in the Christian church in Europe in the ninth century. At that time, November 2nd was called "ALL SOULS DAY" by Christians. On this day, believers trudged in the backcountry, begging from village to village for "bread of the soul" made of flour and raisins. It is said that people who donate cakes believe in the prayers of the church monks, hoping to get God's protection and let the dead relatives enter heaven as soon as possible. This tradition of begging from house to house has evolved into a game in which children carry pumpkin lanterns from house to house to beg for candy. When they meet, the children dressed as ghosts and elves invariably threaten to make trouble if they don't please eat, but the host naturally dares not neglect and repeatedly says, "Please eat! Please eat! " At the same time, put the candy into the big pockets that children carry with them.
There is also a story about pumpkin carving as a lantern. This is from ancient Ireland. The story is about a man named JACK, who is drunk and loves practical jokes. One day, JACK tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and then carved a cross on the stump, threatening the devil to make him afraid to come down. Then JACK made a pact with the devil to let him get 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's death, his soul can neither go to heaven nor go to hell, so his ghost had to wander between heaven and earth by a small candle.
Demons and ghosts dance
In the ancient Irish legend, this little candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish and was called "JACK LANTERNS", while the ancient radish lamp evolved to today, and it was made of pumpkin-o-Lanterns. It is said that soon after Irish people arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were superior to radishes in terms of source and carving, so pumpkins became Halloween pets.
The most popular game on Halloween is "biting apples". In the game, people let the apples float in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apples with their mouths without using their hands. Whoever bites first will be the winner.
Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is an international holiday celebrated on October 3 1. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted attractions, carving Jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories and watching horror movies. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several countries of the Western world, most commonly in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia. In Sweden the All Saints' official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of November.
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