What does Easter mean?

Easter means: during the festival; Festival (in memory of Jesus, on a Sunday in March or April).

Festival is an important festival in the west, which falls on a Sunday after the full moon at the vernal equinox every year. This is a festival to commemorate the third day of Jesus' crucifixion. Catholicism is also called Jesus' Day and Sunday, and it is also called Jesus' tribute.

I. Festival development

1, which was used by the early church to replace the Jewish Passover. Opening some churches to commemorate the Jewish calendar 14; In 325, the Nicaean Conference stipulated that the next Sunday after the full moon at the vernal equinox was a festival. 1582 Western Europe changed to Gregorian calendar.

2. Some churches in the East still follow julian calendar, so their festivals are usually one, two or even five weeks later than Catholicism and Protestantism. During the festival, people give Easter eggs to each other, symbolizing life and prosperity.

Because the vernal equinox is not fixed every year, the specific date of the annual festival is also uncertain. But the festival period is roughly between March 22 and April 25.

Second, the festival symbol

1, Egg Festival, during the festival, people cooked eggs according to traditional customs and painted them red, representing the blood and tears of swans and the happiness after the birth of life.

Adults and children get together in groups to play egg games. They roll the eggs on the ground or on the slope, and the winner is king, and the winner can get all the players' eggs.

This activity is very popular, and the United States will also organize this kind of game during the festival. It is believed that eggs rolling back and forth on the ground can make the devil tremble and suffer.

This custom has a long history. The egg is regarded as a symbol of the festival, because it indicates the arrival of life and people believe that new life will be born from it.

Another symbol of the festival is the rabbit, because it has strong reproductive ability, and people regard it as the creator of life. During the festival, adults will vividly tell children that Easter eggs will hatch into rabbits.

6. Many families will also put some eggs on the lawn to let their children play the game of finding eggs. Easter eggs and rabbits have also become popular commodities during festivals. In addition, lily is the mainstream flower during the festival.