What is Saint Patrick's Day?

St Patrick's Day, also known as St Patrick's Day.

March 17 every year is St. Patrick's Day, which commemorates St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. This festival originated in Ireland and has now become Ireland's national day.

With Irish people all over the world, St Patrick's Day has gradually become a holiday in some countries. The United States has celebrated this festival for more than 200 years, and many Irish descendants dressed up for the parade that day. In addition, many people around the world celebrate this festival.

These activities are as follows:

According to different places, the celebrations are slightly different.

1. Dublin:

St Patrick's Day Carnival Parade. Most people wear yellow and green clothes according to traditional customs, and their faces are painted with green oil.

Setting off fireworks is also an integral part of celebrating St. Patrick's Day. When night falls, beautiful fireworks draw gorgeous and charming colors in the sky, and people cheer and exchange send warm's blessings.

2. new york

A grand parade was held on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, new york, USA to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

3. Tokyo

Hold a parade. Ordinary people watching the scene of bustle invariably put on green clothes, and even the puppy was decorated on his forehead with clover by his owner.

4. Chicago

2014 March 15, Chicago, USA, the Chicago River flowing through the downtown area was "dyed" green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

Since 1962, hundreds of thousands of Chicago citizens and tourists gather on both sides of the river every year to watch the activities of "greening" the river.

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Symbol of St. Patrick's Day:

There are usually three heart-shaped leaves connected together-clover and the legendary old dwarf in green.

1. St. Patrick explained the important teachings of the religious trinity-the father, the infant and the holy spirit-to the Irish people at that time with three heart-shaped leaves of sorrel (clover).

Therefore, oxalis (clover) has become a symbol of Ireland, and now finding four-leaf oxalis (clover) is a symbol of luck.

2. The old dwarf in green is a legendary figure in Ireland. They are shoemakers who make shoes for fairies. They are about two feet tall and are quick-moving elves. They like to play practical jokes on people, such as tying the shoelaces of two shoes together and making people fall down as soon as they stand up.

Legend has it that they hid several pots of gold in the tree hole. People who want to find gold will follow the hammering sound of the shoemaker's elf to find them at night and ask them to tell the location of the hidden gold.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-St. Patrick's day