What is the custom of Halloween?

in western countries, on October 31st every year, there is a "Halloween", which is interpreted as "The eve of All Saints'Day" in the dictionary and translated as "Halloween night" in Chinese. Halloween is a traditional festival in western countries. This night is the most "haunted" night of the year, so it is also called "Ghost Festival".

more than two thousand years ago, the Catholic church in Europe designated November 1st as "ALL HALLOWS DAY". "HALLOW" means saint. Legend has it that since 5 BC, CELTS living in Ireland, Scotland and other places moved this festival forward by one day, that is, October 31. They think that this day is the day when summer officially ends, that is, the beginning of the new year and the beginning of the harsh winter. At that time, people believed that on this day, the dead soul of the deceased would return to the former residence to look for living beings, so as to be reborn, and this was the only hope for people to be reborn after death. The living are afraid of the dead soul to seize life, so people put out the fire and candlelight on this day, so that the dead soul can't find the living, and dress up as monsters to scare away the souls of the dead. After that, they will rekindle the candlelight and start a new year's life. Legend has it that Celtic tribes still had the custom of killing the living on October 31 to pay homage to the dead.

In the 1st century AD, the Romans who occupied the territory of Celtic tribes gradually accepted the custom of Halloween, but since then the barbaric practice of burning the living to sacrifice the dead has been abolished. Roman festivals celebrating harvest were combined with Celtic rituals, wearing terrible masks and dressing up as animals or ghosts in order to drive away demons wandering around them. This is why most people around the world celebrate Halloween with strange costumes today. As time goes by, the meaning of Halloween has gradually changed, and it has become active and happy, and the festive meaning has become the mainstream. The idea that the dead sought body double's reincarnation was gradually abandoned and forgotten. Today, most images and pictures symbolizing Halloween, such as witches and black cats, have friendly, lovely and funny faces. Florida, USA: underwater Halloween

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"Halloween "

Many ethnic groups have celebration parties on Halloween, which are also called" All Hallow E'en ","The Eve of All Hallows ","Hallows e 'en "or" The eve of All Saintas'Day ". In the end, the convention evolved into "Halloween", and the Chinese translation became Halloween night.

the custom of Halloween-Trick or treat

an interesting content of Halloween is "trick or treat", but this custom did not originate in Ireland, but began in the Christian church in Europe in the ninth century. At that time, November 2nd was called "ALL SOULS DAY" by Christians. On this day, believers trudged in the backcountry, begging from village to village for "bread of the soul" made of flour and raisins. It is said that people who donate cakes believe in the prayers of the church monks, hoping to get God's protection and let the dead relatives enter heaven as soon as possible. This tradition of begging from house to house has evolved into a game in which children carry pumpkin lanterns from house to house to beg for candy. When they meet, the children dressed as ghosts and elves invariably threaten to make trouble if they don't please eat, but the host naturally dares not neglect and repeatedly says, "Please eat! Please eat! " At the same time, put the candy into the big pockets that children carry with them.

There is also a story about pumpkin carving as a lantern. This is from ancient Ireland. The story is about a man named JACK, who is drunk and loves practical jokes. One day, JACK tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and then carved a cross on the stump, threatening the devil to make him afraid to come down. Then JACK made a pact with the devil to let him get down from the tree on the condition that the devil promised to cast a spell so that JACK would never commit a crime. After JACK's death, his soul can neither go to heaven nor go to hell, so his ghost had to wander between heaven and earth by a small candle.

Ghosts and monsters dance

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child holding a balloon participated in Halloween activities in Bucharest, the capital.

In the ancient Irish legend, this little candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish, and it was called "JACK LANTERNS". However, the ancient radish lamp has evolved to this day, and it is made of pumpkin Jack-o-Lanterns. It is said that soon after Irish people arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were superior to radishes in terms of source and carving, so pumpkins became Halloween pets. Halloween in Brussels

Children's favorite festival

Halloween is a good time for children to indulge in fun. In the eyes of children, it is a festival full of mystery. As night falls, the children can't wait to put on colorful makeup clothes, put on strange masks, put on a "jack lamp" and run out to play. The "Jack-o 'lantern" looks very cute. The way to do it is to hollow out the pumpkin, carve smiling eyes and a big mouth on the outside, then put a candle in the pumpkin and light it, so that people can see this naive smiling face in a far distance.

After cleaning up, groups of children dressed as monsters ran to the neighbor's house with "Jack-o-lanterns" in their hands, threatening to shout "trick or treat" and "money or food". If adults don't treat them with candy or change, those naughty children will do what they say: OK, if you don't treat them, I'll play a trick on you. Sometimes they soap other people's doorknobs and sometimes color other people's cats. These little pranks often make adults laugh and cry. Of course, most families are very happy to entertain these naive little guests. Therefore, on Halloween, children always have full stomachs and pockets.

the most popular game on Halloween is "biting apples". In the game, people let the apples float in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apples with their mouths without using their hands. Whoever bites first will be the winner.