During Halloween, people dress up as ghosts and get together. What is the origin of this festival?

The origin of Halloween is the tradition of ancient European Christian churches. They think that the dead will come back on Halloween and look for souls in the living, so the living are afraid of the souls of the dead, so they pretend to be ghosts on this day to scare away the souls. Halloween falls on 1 65438+1October1every year, which is a traditional festival in the west. Halloween on 65438+1October 3 1 every year is the busiest time of this festival.

1. Christian churches in Europe believe that the dead will come back on this day. More than two thousand years ago, Christian churches in Europe designated 1 65438+1October1as World Saints Day. Legend has it that in 500 BC, the Celtics living in Herun moved this festival forward by one day, namely 10 and 3 1. They think that this day is the day when summer officially ends and a new year is coming. At that time, people believed that on this day, the dead soul of the deceased would return to its original place, find life among the living, and be reborn. Therefore, the living will be afraid of the souls of the dead to rob their lives. On this day, they will put out the fire and candlelight, so that the souls of the dead can't find the living, and they will dress up as monsters to scare away their souls.

Second, the gathering of ghosts in ancient Gaul, British and Irish priests had a grand festival to praise autumn, which was Halloween. They think that on that night, the shaman, the great god of death, will recall the souls of all the dead people, and these evil spirits will be punished. So the residents at that time were afraid at the thought of these ghost parties, so they lit bonfires and pretended to be ghosts, thus scaring away these souls.

Third, Halloween activities Halloween activities were originally very simple, mainly in churches, but in Europe, people regard Halloween as a good opportunity to play, tell ghost stories and scare each other, so people turn it into a festival for witches, ghosts and witches. To celebrate Halloween, children will dress up as cute ghosts and knock on doors for candy, otherwise they will be naughty.

Dear readers, do you understand now?