The Development and Evolution of Jack Lamp

The traditional jack-o-lantern is to put small burning objects or candles in hollowed turnips, potatoes or kohlrabi. As early as hundreds of years ago in Ireland and Scotland, it has become a very popular decoration for Halloween.

Irish immigrants in the United States carry this tradition, but they use pumpkins instead of turnips and radishes. Pumpkins are more common in the local area. As a result, they found pumpkins easier to carve, so people began to carve scary faces and other beautiful patterns on pumpkin lanterns.

Instruments for carving pumpkins range from simple knives to professional instruments. They are usually carved in the shape of a human face and sometimes regarded as works of art. In the past, candles were used to light pumpkins, and radiators were used to prevent bulbs from overheating and burning pumpkins. In North America and Britain, jack-o-lanterns are essential decorations for Halloween.

65438+1October 30th is a traditional festival in the west. Whenever Halloween comes, children will wear colorful costumes and masks and carry a "jack-o'-lantern" from door to door to ask adults for holiday gifts. The most well-known symbol of Halloween is the "pumpkin lantern"-hollowing out the pumpkin, carving smiling eyes and a big mouth on the outside, and then putting candles in the pumpkin to light it, which is what we often say on Halloween.