The origin and characteristics of Halloween

Halloween is a traditional festival in the west, which lasts for the night of June 65438+1October 3 1 every year. It is also called "ghost night" and "ghost festival". Since the second day of Ghost Festival is Halloween (or Saint's Day) in the western world, Ghost Night is called Halloween.

Halloween is a good time for children to have fun. As night falls, children put on colorful makeup clothes and various monster masks. Many children will also carry a pumpkin lantern. Jack lanterns are made by hollowing out pumpkins, inserting a small candle inside, and carving smiling eyes and a big mouth on the outside. After the candle is lit, people can easily see this innocent smiling face carved on the melon from far away. In the moonlight, the children came to the neighbor's house and threatened to shout "trick or treat". Trick or treat means "trick or treat". If there is no entertainment, naughty children will soap the handles on people's doors or color others and cats. These little pranks often make adults laugh and cry. Most families will prepare candy in advance to entertain these naive little guests. Many adults dress themselves up as children or animals or various shapes, gather in the square, or swim in the street in groups, singing and dancing, and joking with each other.

The custom of trick-or-treating originated in Ireland. Hundreds of years ago, Irish farmers would go door-to-door to collect food before Halloween to prepare for the festival. Sincerely bless those who give generously; For stingy people, they threaten and curse.

Halloween used to be the most important festival in Ireland and Scotland. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, Irish immigrants brought the custom of Halloween to the United States, and later to Colombia and other Latin American countries. Today, Halloween is more lively in America than in Britain. By then, many schools and families will organize colorful parties and entertainment activities for children. Children decorate their own venues and environments, and then dress up as witches and pirates, performing various programs or playing games under the orange light. One of the most popular games is "bite the apple". In the game, people let the apples float in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apples without their hands and mouths. Whoever bites first wins.