A brief introduction to the origin of Thanksgiving.

1620, the famous "may flower" arrived in America with the 102 Puritans who could not bear the religious persecution in Britain. In the winter at the turn of 1620 and 162 1, they met the necessities of life sent by refugees and sent people to teach them to hunt, fish and grow corn and sweet potatoes.

With the help of Indians, the immigrants finally got a bumper harvest. On the day of celebrating the harvest, according to religious traditions and customs, immigrants set a day to thank God and decided to invite them to celebrate the festival together to thank the Indians for their sincere help. 1621165438+1On a Thursday in late October, the Puritans brought by Massasod and 90 Indians got together to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in American history.

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Many Americans say Thanksgiving Day is the most important holiday for them. There are many versions of the origin of Thanksgiving. The most common saying is that pilgrims who came to the United States for the first time thanked the local Indians for their help. It was not until the19th century that Thanksgiving officially became a national annual fixed holiday.

For the origin of Thanksgiving, the most common saying is that the pilgrims who landed in Massachusetts in162/kloc-0 held an autumn harvest feast with the local Indians, thanking the Indians for their help, because without these Indians, they could not survive in the first year, and this festival evolved into today's Thanksgiving Day.