April Fool's Day originated in which country?

April Fool's Day originated in France.

April Fool's Day is a popular folk festival in the west since19th century. It is not recognized as a legal holiday by any country, and the date is April 1 day of the Gregorian calendar every year. On this day, people cheat and play tricks on each other in various ways, and often at the end of the joke, they will expose and announce that the object of the joke is a "fool".

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April 1 day is a traditional western folk festival-April Fool's Day, also known as April Fool's Day. There are different opinions about its origin: one says that this custom originated from the "Interpretation Festival" in India. This section stipulates that every year on March 3 1 day, men, women and children can play jokes on each other and fool each other for entertainment.

More generally, it originated in France. 1564, France first adopted a newly reformed calendar-Gregorian calendar (that is, universal solar calendar), which started with 1 month 1 day, and changed the previous calendar that started with April 1 day. During the implementation of the new calendar, some conformists opposed this reform, still used the old calendar and refused to update it.

They still give gifts to each other and organize activities to celebrate the New Year on April 1 day. Advocates of reform laugh at these old-fashioned practices. Smart and interesting people send fake gifts to die-hards on April 1 and invite them to participate in fake celebrations, and call these fooled people "April fools" or "fish in bait" Later, they fooled each other on this day, and over time, it became a popular custom in France.