Information about Halloween (English, including translation)

Halloween is celebrated on October 31 every year. It is the eve of Halloween on November 1, usually called Halloween, which is the most "haunted" night of the year, so it is also called "ghost festival". From the ancient Celtic peoples (Celtic) New Year's festivities, this is also the time to sacrifice the souls of the dead, in order to avoid the interference of evil spirits at the same time, but also to food worship ancestral spirits and good spirits to pray for peace through the harsh winter, is a traditional Western holiday. During Halloween, many public **** places and even homes will be decorated with a lot of decorations, such as various ghosts and monsters, pumpkin lamps, black cats and witches' brooms; children will wear different Halloween costumes every year and go door-to-door to ask for candies with the basket of pumpkin lamps, which is said to be a "trick or treat! "

Halloween is a time of great joy.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated in the Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox churches. In the Catholic and Anglican churches, All Saints' Day falls on Nov. 1 of each year. In the Orthodox Church, All Saints' Day is the first Sunday after Pentecost, thus marking the end of the Easter season.

In the early 1st century AD, the Catholic Church in Europe designated November 1 as "ALL HALLOWS DAY". "HALLOW" means saints. Legend has it that the Celts, who inhabited Ireland, Scotland and other parts of the world, moved the holiday forward by one day, to October 31st, since 500 BC.

In some areas of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still known as All Hallow Mas, meaning the Mass (Mass) to be celebrated on the day in honor of all the saints (Hallow). Also due to cultural differences, people in other regions will from time to time mistakenly refer to All Hallows' Eve as Halloween.

Unlike Christmas Day and Christmas Eve, there is no difference between Halloween and All Hallows' Eve. People tend to think of the Western "All Hallows' Eve" as Halloween, because after 12 o'clock that night, it's the start of a new day.

Halloween - the name

Many peoples have celebrations on the night before Halloween, which is also called "All Hallow E'en" and "The Eve of All Hallows", "Hallow e'en", or "The eve of All Saintas' Day". Eventually, the convention evolved into "Halloween", which translates to Halloween Night. [1][2]

Halloween - Source Halloween Pumpkin Lanterns

The most widely rumored version of the origin of Halloween is that it originated in the countries of Ancient Western Europe before the birth of Christ, mainly Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Druids. Druidic New Year's Day on November 1, New Year's Eve, the Druids let the young people set the team, wearing a variety of strange masks, carrying carved turnip lamps (pumpkin lamps are a later custom, the earliest ancient Western Europe did not have pumpkins), they wandered through the villages. This was actually a celebration of the fall harvest at that time; it was also said to be the "Ghost Festival", and legend has it that the souls of those who died that year would visit the world on the eve of Halloween, and it was said that people should let the ghosts of those who visited them see a successful harvest and present them with sumptuous hospitality. All bonfires and lights are used to scare the ghosts away, but also to light their way and guide them back.

In medieval central Europe, there was a history of Christianity destroying the pagans. But the ritual celebrations before New Year's Eve were never really eliminated, though in the form of witchcraft. That's why people still have traces of witches' brooms, black cats, and spells on Halloween. [1]

Halloween - Celebrations Halloween

Celebrations begin on the evening of October 31 and are called Halloween. It is mainly popular in some countries where customary English is spoken. On the eve of Halloween, it is customary for people to dress up as ghosts and goblins, wearing masks and strange clothes, and for families to carve pumpkins and make them into lamps. Children dress up and carry the pumpkin lamps from house to house asking for candy. People do not worship ancestors or ghosts on this day. It is said that the purpose of dressing up as ghosts and making pumpkin lamps is to scare away evil spirits. There are four different stories about the origin of this day, but all of them are related to ghosts. To this day, it has lost almost all religious or superstitious elements, and people dress up as more than just ghosts and goblins; anyone can play around with it, and many regions organize and hold large-scale costume parades every year, which are very lively and bustling. [3]

Halloween - Development Halloween children trick-or-treating

Halloween has been passed down to today has been completely free of religious superstitious colors, it became a children's program, but also young people masquerade show. Festive decorations are voluntary on public **** occasions as well as around the home. Ghost face pumpkin lights, white web black spider, etc., are holiday decorations, no longer lurid ghostly colors. Some schoolgirls even buy a pair of pumpkin or ghost skull earrings to wear at this time of year.

Schools are closed on Halloween. Sometimes the school organizes a party, and sometimes students host their own small parties; and sending cards to friends and family to wish them a happy Halloween has become a popular custom every October. Halloween has become a common seasonal holiday in the West. Many people see it as the end of fall and the arrival of winter. Once Halloween is over, people begin to look forward to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and even New Year's Day. [1]

Halloween - Holiday Themes

The theme of Halloween is ghosts, scares, and things related to death, magic, and monsters.

Halloween - Symbols

Things commonly associated with Halloween are ghosts, ghouls, witches, bats, black cats, owls, elves, zombies, skeletons, and demons, as well as fictional characters such as vampires and Frankenstein. Black and orange are the traditional colors of Halloween. Modern Halloween products also make heavy use of purple, green and red. Autumn elements such as pumpkins and scarecrows have also become symbols of Halloween.

Symbols

The jack-o'-lantern is the most widely recognized symbol of Halloween. In Britain and Ireland, locals originally lit candles in hollowed-out turnips to create jack-o'-lanterns, but immigrants to the U.S. soon adopted pumpkins instead, which were larger and easier to carve designs on. Many families carved scary faces on pumpkins and placed them on their front doorsteps, traditionally to scare away demons or monsters.

Holiday Ghosts and Goblins

Pumpkin Lights

Pumpkins represent Halloween, so put a pumpkin on your head and remember to leave a few holes.

Ghosts

The legend of ghosts is spread all over the world, and naturally, ghosts and ghouls can't help but make an appearance on the holiday.

Zombies

White or colorful, zombies can be anything you want them to be.

Vampires

Elegant, noble, and ruthless, the Bloods have always been a fixture in mysterious midnight tales.

Witches

Black cats, broomsticks, magic hats ...... magic, but beware of the wrinkles on your face.

Frankenstein

The classic Frankenstein from sci-fi history is now regularly featured in Halloween.

Elves

Everyone has their own elves in their mind, and what people imagine an elf to look like.

Centaurs

The origin of centaurs is variously described in Greek mythology, and so centaurs are good and evil.

Werewolves

Sometimes mortal enemies of vampires, sometimes spreading terror and plague.

Devil

I am able to grant your wishes, mortal, but you will have to pledge your soul to me.

Goblins

Various legends and stories tell of these little things that are sometimes evil and sometimes comical.

The Immortal Flamebird

Bathed in sunlight and nirvana in flames, it symbolizes immortality and rebirth.

The Minotaur

The legend of the Minotaur in Crete made this monster known to the world.

Medusa

The legendary serpent-haired siren who could petrify people was once as beautiful as Athena.

The Titans

Ancient race of gods who once ruled the world in Greek mythology, represented by the giants.

The Gargoyle

Sits on the roof of a gothic building all day, gazing at the sky or thinking.

Lizardmen

Covered in thick green scale armor, each hand has only three fingers.

Mummies

Mummies with good make-up, and seriously sick people with bad COS.

Behemoth

The giant beast recorded in the Old Testament, which some believe is Satan incarnate.

Bigfoot

This giant monster has never been proven, but legends have been passed down for a long time.

Bahamut

The legend of Bahamut represents the Arabian view of the universe.

Witch-demons

Used magic to gain eternal life, and used eternal life to study magic.

Dwarves

Ores, wine, beards, understanding dwarves starts with these.

Trolls

Wherever there is troll lore, their magical regenerative powers are missing.

The Headless Horseman

The ghostly figure of Irish folklore, an indispensable Halloween character.

Skeletons

Skeletons are also scary things.

Ghouls

Legendary demons, specializing in eating corpses, if anyone lying next to a corpse is finished.

Superheroes

It's also very popular nowadays to wear Hollywood-style costumes of Superman, Batman, Spiderman and so on.

Cartoon Characters

Cartoon characters such as Super Mario are also classic Halloween costumes these days.

Halloween - customs

Trick-or-treat

Trick-or-treat is the main event on Halloween. Children dress up in scary costumes and go door-to-door, ringing their neighbors' doorbells and yelling "Trick or Treat!" and the host family (who may also be dressed in a scary costume) sends out candy, chocolates, or small gifts. Some families even use sound effects and smoke machines to create a scary atmosphere. Most families are so happy to entertain these innocent children that they carry home bags of candy from one night to the next.

In Scotland, the child to candy will say: "The sky is blue, the grass is green, may we have our Halloween." (The sky is blue, the ground is green, come together to celebrate Halloween Eve), and then sing and dance and other performances to win candy.

Jack-o'-lanterns

Jack-o'-lanterns are the most widely recognized symbol of Halloween. In Britain and Ireland, locals originally lit candles in hollowed-out turnips to create jack-o'-lanterns, but immigrants to the U.S. soon adopted pumpkins instead because they were larger and easier to carve designs on. Many families carved scary faces on their pumpkins and placed them on their front doorsteps, traditionally to scare away demons or monsters.

Ghosts and goblins dance

Bobbing for Apples

The most popular game on Halloween Eve is Bobbing for Apples. In this game, an apple is floated in a tub filled with water, and then participants are asked to bite the apple with their mouths without using their hands, and the first one to do so is the winner.

The game of divination

In Ireland, there is a traditional game of divination, participants blindfolded, from the table with a few small plates to choose one of them, such as touching the plate containing soil, on behalf of the coming year will have to participate in the relevant people over the body, such as water on behalf of the travel, coins on behalf of the wealth, on behalf of the beans will be poor, and so on. In 19th century Ireland, young girls would put slugs on a dish sprinkled with flour, and the slugs would crawl in the shape of the girl's future husband.

In North America, legend has it that if an unmarried woman sits in a darkened room on All Hallows Eve, she can see her future husband's face in a mirror. If they were to die before the wedding, a skull would appear in the mirror. The custom has been popular since the late 1800s and greeting cards are sold. Telling ghost stories and watching scary movies are common activities at Halloween parties. Halloween-themed television specials are usually shown on or before the Halloween holiday, mostly to children.

Halloween - Food

Toffee apples are eaten on All Hallows' Eve as it is close to the apple harvest. Other specialties include corn candy, hot apple cider, and baked pumpkin seeds.

Traditional Halloween foods are apple juice, popcorn, pumpkin pie and witch-like spiced gingerbread.

Chinese Name: Halloween ? Foreign name: Halloween Alias: Ghost Festival, Halloween. Halloween. Calendar date: October 31 Origin: -500 years ? Religion: Catholic, Holy Catholic and Orthodox holidays. Other info: Customs: Dress up as ghosts and ghouls, make pumpkin lamps.

Chinese Name: Halloween ? Foreign name: Halloween Alias: Ghost Festival, Halloween.

Chinese Name: Halloween Alias: Ghost Festival, Halloween. Date: October 31 Origin: -500 years. Religion: Catholic, Holy Catholic and Orthodox holidays. Other information: Customs: dress up as ghosts and ghouls, make pumpkin lamps.