What holiday is Halloween in China?

Halloween is a traditional western festival, which is held every year1October 1 1 day. 65438+1October 3 1 is called Halloween. In China, "Halloween" directly refers to "Halloween", while "All Souls' Day" or "Halloween" refers to Halloween on 10/day. Halloween is a ghost festival in the west. To foreign countries, Halloween is like the Mid-Autumn Festival in China. On this day, they will dress up as ghosts and hold carnival parties everywhere. The word "Halloween" comes from Catholicism. Every year 1 65438+1October1is a Catholic festival to celebrate all saints, AllHallowsDay or AllSaint'sDay. On Halloween, the eve of1October 3 1 day is the annual harvest festival of the Celts, which symbolizes the end of a year and the beginning of a new year.

At that time, the Celts more than 2000 years ago (that is, the Scots, Irish and so on now). ) Most afraid of1October 3 1 Sunday night. They believe that life in the world is dominated by gods, and Samhain, the god of death, will bring the dead back to the world on the night of June 65438+1October 3 1 every year.

Therefore, on this day every year, the Celts pay their respects to the sun god, because the sun god makes their grain harvest to cope with the coming winter! However, this night is also the most powerful day for evil spirits. According to legend, on this day every year, all the laws of time and space will fail, making the yin and yang worlds merge into one. Therefore, this is the only chance for the wandering soul to find a scapegoat.

On the nights of 10, 3 1, the living Celts put out the fire in their homes to avoid the search of the soul, creating a cold and gloomy environment, and deliberately dressed themselves as ghosts with costumes made of animal heads or furs, making terrible noises in their mouths in an attempt to scare away the soul, making the soul confused about who is alive and unable to find the body body double; After this night, the next day is Halloween, and everything will be calm again.