The story of the origin of Halloween

Origin: Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall.

1. It is said that when the Great Wall was being built, Qin Shihuang was always slow to build it, and issued one order after another like a death warrant, forcing migrant workers to work day and night without a black belt, even without time to catch their breath. No matter what the weather, no matter what the season, it is not allowed to stop work. A sea of people, exhausted and sick! Nobody cares at home, and the land is uninhabited. A fertile land became a wilderness. It's really hard for ordinary people to live and complain a lot!

Nevertheless, Qin Shihuang was too slow. He suspected that the supervisor was unfaithful, so he sent his closest relatives to the construction site to deliver the imperial edict to the supervisor. The Great Wall can be long. It starts from Shanhaiguan in the east and ends at Jiayuguan in the west and is divided into several sections. After Qin Shihuang divided the family into sections, no one left to send to Shanhaiguan, so he sent his three daughters.

This third daughter is pockmarked all over her face, which is particularly ugly. People call him "Ma Huanggu" behind his back. Although Ma Huanggu is ugly, she has a very good heart. She has a kind heart that sympathizes with the poor. She sincerely opposed her father's construction of the Great Wall, but she dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so she had to hold it in her heart.

After receiving the imperial edict, this Ma Huanggu came to Shanhaiguan site in the eastern section of the Great Wall under the escort of many ladies-in-waiting and attendants, and immediately read the imperial edict and posted notices. The sentence in the notice, "We take good care of spring planting and autumn harvest when it is dry day and night", can save lives! The migrant workers danced and cheered: "The emperor is merciful! The emperor is merciful! " From this day on, migrant workers can work during the day, rest during the day, rest when they are tired, and go home to farm in spring and autumn. It turned out that those supervisors and workers never dared to treat migrant workers as usual.

Two years later, Qin Shihuang found that the first section of Shanhaiguan was progressing slowly. What happened? Is it because girls are soft-hearted and women can't hold back?

So, Qin Shihuang personally went out and visited the site at the easternmost end of the Great Wall. Looking around, I found something was wrong. It turned out that Ma Huanggu tampered with the imperial edict and changed "no work during the day and no rest at night, regardless of spring planting and autumn harvest" to "allow work during the day and rest at night, taking into account spring planting and autumn harvest". This can make Qin Shihuang's eyes straight. When I called the girl to ask, Ma Huanggu admitted it, and told the story of Qin Shihuang's cruelty upside down. Qin Shihuang's eyes were wide open, and he was out of breath. He said to his entourage, "Kill! Kill! Kill her for me! "

6. The reason why Ma Huanggu was killed reached the ears of the people, and everyone realized that these two years were not the grace of the emperor. It turned out that Ma Huanggu changed it with her head. People's hearts have infinite reverence and nostalgia for Ma Huanggu, so they remember the day when she came to the construction site on July 1 1 and the day when she was killed on July 15.

On these two days every year, people flock to pay homage to Ma Huanggu's grave, and Ma Huanggu's memorial tablet stands in the local area far from the grave. In the long run, these two days have become Magu Festival. Later, people in the eastern section of the Great Wall used this festival to pay homage to those who died in their own homes, which became Ghost Festival.