Gregorian calendar query: What holidays are 10 and 3 1?

In recent years, with the frequent cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, many western fashion trends have become popular in China, and some traditional festivals originating in the West, such as Christmas and Thanksgiving, have also been welcomed by the people of China. Then let's look at the calendar. What holidays are 10 and 3 1?

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Q: What festival is 65438+1October 3 1?

A: 65438+1October 3 1 day is Halloween in the west.

Halloween, also known as Halloween, is a traditional festival in the west. There are many stories about the origin of Halloween. The record in the textbook is the New Year's Festival of the ancient Celts. At this time, it is also time to worship the dead. While avoiding the interference of evil spirits, we also worship our ancestors and kind gods with food and pray for a safe winter. In the evening, children will put on makeup clothes and masks and collect candy from house to house.

Legend has it that in 500 BC, Celts living in Ireland, Scotland and other places thought that 65438+1October 3 1 was the day when summer officially ended, 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 for people to be reborn after death.

The living are afraid that the souls of the dead will take life, so people put out the fire and candlelight on this day, so that the souls of the dead can't find the living. They dress up as monsters to scare away the souls of the dead. After that, they will rekindle the fire and candlelight and start a new year's life.

Druids, priests of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, regarded 65438+1 October 3 1 as a grand festival to praise autumn, from midnight of 65438+1October 3 1 to the next day. They think that on that night, their great god of death, Saman, summoned all the ghosts of those who died that year, and these evil spirits would be punished for being animals.

Of course, just the thought of this ghostly party was enough to frighten the simple-minded fools at that time. So they lit a bonfire and watched these evil spirits closely. This is the origin of the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween. So far, in some isolated places in Europe, some people still believe this is true.

Summary: In the past, Halloween activities were very simple, and most of them were held in churches. But all over Europe, people regard Halloween as a good opportunity to have fun, tell ghost stories and scare each other. Therefore, people no longer use this festival to praise autumn, but make it a festival for monsters, witches and ghosts. In China, "Halloween" directly refers to "Halloween", while "All Souls' Day" or "Halloween" refers to Halloween on 1 1.