What is the most common tradition in the west?

Brief introduction of western traditional festivals

Easter

Easter is a Spring Festival. In Christian countries, Easter is a religious festival to commemorate the resurrection of Christ Jesus. However, many Easter customs and legends are non-religious and have nothing to do with Christianity. Some traditions closely related to this festival, such as the Easter Bunny, are symbols of reproduction and growth. And Easter eggs. They were originally painted with bright colors to represent the spring sunshine. These eggs can also be used to play the game of fuck off, or as small gifts.

Thanksgiving Day (Thanksgiving Day)

The first Thanksgiving celebrated by Americans was in 162 1 year to commemorate the harvest of Plymouth colony after a barren winter. That year, Governor William Bradford of Texas declared this day Thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated it as a traditional English harvest festival. On that day, they also invited the local Wampanoag Indians. Thanksgiving lasted the whole autumn harvest season, but the other thirteen colonies didn't celebrate it until 1777 10. George Washington declared it a holiday on 1789, and he was also the first president to declare Thanksgiving.

Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day)

The history of Valentine's Day is full of mystery, but we know that February is a romantic month for a long time. Valentine's Day has both Christian traces and Roman traditions. Valentine's Day is also called Saint Valentine's Day. There are many legends about Valentine's Day. One of them is that in the 3rd century, Roman Emperor Claudius II declared marriage illegal because he thought that single men were better at fighting than men with wives and families. This also cut off the source of troops. Reverend Valentine realized the fallacy of this law, openly opposed it, and secretly married young people. Claudius II found out and executed Valentine.

Father's Day

At the beginning of the 20th century, Nassau Louis Dodd Jr. wanted to pay tribute to his father William Dodd Jr., so Father's Day came into being. Her father has been widowed since his wife died in childbirth. Mr. Small raised six children alone on a farm in East Washington. When Ms. Dodd grew up, she felt that she should pay tribute to her father. So, 1909, she proposed to pay tribute to her father on a certain day in June (her father's birthday is in June). On June 9, 2000, Washington celebrated the first Father's Day. President johncalvin coolidge expressed his support and succeeded.

Mother's Day (Mother's Day)

The earliest celebration of Mother's Day can be traced back to the spring celebration in ancient Greece, to commemorate the mother of the gods, Youxi. In the17th century, Britain celebrated a festival called "Mother's Sunday" on the fourth Sunday of Lent. In the United States, Mother's Day was first proposed by Julia Ward Hao in 1872 as a festival related to peace. To 65438+.

Although Mother's Day is celebrated at different times around the world, many countries, such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia and Belgium, celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May.

April fool's day (April fool's day)

In France before 1582, people began to celebrate the New Year on March 25th, and reached its climax on April 1 day. Later, the calendar was reformed and the New Year was moved to June 1. However, in that era when information was very backward, the speed of news spread was very slow. Moreover, some stubborn people refused the new calendar and still celebrated the New Year on April 1 day.