Why do you want pumpkins for Halloween?

The origin of Halloween pumpkin lantern. Legend has it that there is a man named Jack who is an alcoholic and likes to play practical jokes. One day Jack tricked the devil into a tree, and then carved a cross on the stump, threatening the devil not to come down.

Then Jack made a pact with the devil to make the devil promise to cast a spell so that Jack would never commit a crime and let him come down from the tree. After Jack died, his soul could neither go to heaven nor go to hell, so his ghost had to wander between heaven and earth with a small candle.

In the ancient Irish legend, this small candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish. Today, the ancient radish lantern has evolved into a pumpkin lantern made of pumpkins. It is said that soon after the Irish arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were superior to radishes in source and carving, so pumpkins became Halloween pets.

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Festival custom

Halloween is the most haunted time of the year, and all kinds of monsters, pirates, alien visitors and witches are out in succession. Before the Christian era, the Celts held a ceremony in late summer to thank God and the sun for their kindness.

In the Middle Ages, people put on costumes in the shape of animals and put on terrible masks to drive away ghosts in the dark. Although Christianity later replaced the religious activities of Celts and Romans, the early customs still existed.

Children wear all kinds of costumes and masks to attend the Halloween dance with a playful attitude. Witches, black cats, ghosts and bones are often hung on the walls around these dances, and grinning or disgusting pumpkin lanterns are hung on the windows and doors.