Introduction to Thanksgiving English: It started with the bumper harvest of 162 1.

Thanksgiving Day is a very important traditional American holiday. On the fourth Thursday of June165438+1October every year, people get together with their family and friends and have a traditional turkey dinner around 3 pm. At first, this festival was mainly to celebrate a year's harvest, which was somewhat similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.

This American tradition began with 162 1 before the establishment of the United States of America. This is a hard-won harvest celebration in the first year after the first immigrants arrived in the New World.

This traditional American holiday began at 162 1, before the founding of the United States. A grand banquet held by the first immigrants in the New World to celebrate the hard work in the first year after arriving in the New World.

1620 On September 6th, may flower set sail from Plymouth, Devon, England, and took all the English Puritans to the New World. There are about 100 Puritans in England. They left England to escape religious persecution.

1On September 6th, 620, a group of English Puritans, who could not bear domestic religious persecution, set off from Plymouth, Devon, England on the may flower and sailed for the New World of America. There are about 100 Puritans.

The Puritans sailed for sixty-six days and arrived in the New World in November of the same year. They first settled in a cornfield abandoned by indigenous Indians and named it Plymouth Plantation.

The Puritans sailed at sea for 66 days, and finally 165438+ that year1October reached the New World of America. They first settled in a cornfield abandoned by local Indians and named it Plymouth Plantation.

They worked hard on this land and were plagued by a devastating plague. In the long winter of 1620, half of the pilgrims died. In the spring of 162 1, an Indian warrior named Squanto and her Wampanoag tribe came to help them. The tribe taught pilgrims how to farm the land and grow corn, beans, pumpkins and other crops.

In the cold and long winter of 1620, they worked hard on this land and suffered a disastrous plague, half of them died. 162 1 In the spring of, an Indian hero named Squanto led his Wapanong tribe to help them. People in the tribe taught these Puritans how to cultivate the land and how to grow corn, soybeans, pumpkins and other crops.

In late September, the Puritans were satisfied with their great harvest. To celebrate their first harvest, the Puritans wanted to thank God and the local Indians. They invited Squanto and the whole Wampanoag tribe to join in the feast celebration.

162 1 At the end of September, their hard work finally yielded a bumper harvest, and the Puritans rejoiced. In order to celebrate the first hard-won harvest, they wanted to thank God and the local Indians, so they invited Squanto and his Wapanong tribe to their celebration dinner.

It is said that the first Thanksgiving dinner lasted from three days to a week. For pilgrims, this is indeed a moment of happiness, friendship and joy. They signed a friendly treaty with Native American Indians to build houses in the wilderness and plant enough crops for the coming long winter. Puritans have become the first generation of settlers in this promising new land.

This first harvest celebration is said to have been extended from three days to one week. For the Puritans, this is indeed a time to enjoy happiness, joy and friendship. They prepared a celebration dinner with kind local Indians, built houses in the wilderness and stored enough food for the coming long winter. Thus, in this new continent full of hope, longing and yearning, Puritans became the first generation of immigrants and settlers.

Since then, Thanksgiving Day has become a festival to celebrate the harvest in the New World. In the next 50 years, the date will vary from1October to1month every year.

Since then, Thanksgiving Day has become a fixed festival to celebrate the harvest in the New World 10 for more than 50 years, and celebrations have been held on10 or10 every year.

The first national Thanksgiving Day was announced by the Continental Congress in 1777. 17891On October 3, President George Washington announced that the American people should celebrate the "Public Thanksgiving and Prayer Day" on Thursday, 10/26. 194 1 year, a joint congressional resolution designated the fourth Thursday of each month as Thanksgiving Day.

1777, the Continental Congress first declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday. 17891October 3, US President George Washington called on the American people to regard1October 26th, 165438+ Thursday of that year as "an open day of gratitude and prayer". 194 1 year, a joint resolution of the National Assembly made Thanksgiving a national holiday, and the time was set on the fourth Thursday of 1 1 year.