What is the meaning of Halloween

Halloween is a traditional Western holiday; and the eve of Halloween, October 31st, is the most festive time of the holiday. In Chinese, Halloween is often falsely translated as All Saints' Day.

Originally, Halloween was actually a holiday that celebrated fall, just as May Day celebrates spring. The ancient priests of Gaul, Britain and Ireland, the Druids, had a great festival in praise of autumn that lasted all day from midnight on October 31st to the following day, November 1st. They believed that on that night their great god of death, Saman, summoned all the ghosts of those who had died that year, and that these evil spirits were to be punished by being consigned to the life of beasts.

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Halloween is predominantly popular in the English-speaking world, such as the British Isles and North America, and to a lesser extent in Australia and New Zealand. Nowadays, the younger generation in some Asian countries is also inclined to celebrate the "foreign holiday". On the eve of Halloween, some large foreign-funded supermarkets will set up special counters to sell Halloween toys, and vendors will also sell some Halloween-related dolls or models to attract young people's attention.

Since the 17th century, the tradition of celebrating Halloween has faded in southern England, replaced by the Gunpowder Plot commemorated on November 5th. However, Halloween is still celebrated in Scotland, Ireland and Northern England. It wasn't until the early 21st century that Halloween was celebrated again in southern England, only in a completely Americanized way.

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Halloween - Baidu Encyclopedia