What is the original function of Halloween pumpkin lantern?

Scare away ghosts, and at the same time light up the route for ghosts and guide them to return.

According to the western legend, the souls of the dead will visit the world on Halloween, and the radish lamp is carried to scare away the ghosts, and at the same time, it will light up the route for the ghosts and guide them to return.

Shortly after Irish people arrived in the United States, they found that pumpkin was superior to kohlrabi in source and carving, and its shape was more beautiful than kohlrabi's, and it was close to the shape of face, so pumpkin lantern gradually replaced kohlrabi as the new favorite of Halloween.

pumpkin is one of the festival foods on Halloween. As the hometown of pumpkin, pumpkin pie is a traditional home-cooked snack from late autumn to early winter in the southern United States. It is usually eaten, especially around Halloween, and becomes a kind of food for the occasion.