China has Ghost Festival, and foreigners also have Halloween. In recent years, the atmosphere of Halloween has become more and more intense, and ghost festivals abroad have also created a festive atmosphere in China and Hongkong. Through the following teaching materials, students can further understand the legends and customs of Halloween: picture reference: ed city/article/special/04 10/3-001/images/t12500 years ago, Celts living in Ireland took/kloc- Therefore, they lit torches and burned animals as gifts to death, and priests in the clan also presided over the ceremony. In order to drive away ghosts in the dark, the Celts will dress up as ghosts with animal heads or fur and make terrible noises in their mouths. This is the origin of Halloween masquerade in Europe and America. After that night, the ghost returned to the underworld and everything was calm. Later, the Celtic festival of sacrifice merged with the harvest festival celebrated by the Romans with nuts and apples. Although the religious activities of Celtic and Rome were later replaced by Christianity, the early customs still existed. By the middle of19th century, Halloween was introduced to the United States by Irish immigrants, and it has been spread ever since. Photo reference: ed city/article/special/041013-001/images/t2 In the United States, most families decorate their homes specially for festivals, and some will put grimace pumpkins, scarecrows as tall as real people or tombstones filled with humorous words in their front yards, and hang small pumpkins on their windows. Some people hang fake cobwebs or bats on the front door, and put their outstretched green strange hands in the mailbox ..... All kinds of arrangements bring the ghost atmosphere of Halloween to every corner. On Halloween night, both adults and children are joking, wearing strange costumes and masks to go to parties or parade in the street. Some people dress up as ghosts, while others dress up as witches, zombies, vampires, mummies, Frankenstein, werewolves, pirates, aliens or pumpkin elves. Halloween decorations are mostly black and orange. Black represents black cats, spiders and witches, and orange represents pumpkin lanterns made of pumpkins. These are common Halloween symbols. Every year, manufacturers put popular figures, including masks and costumes, on the market in order to let more people participate in the upsurge of this traditional festival. For example, the image of the little wizard in the movie Harry Potter has become an essential role for many children. Generally, supermarkets or cake shops will also provide cookies and cakes on Halloween. Boxes of orange pumpkin-shaped cookies are one of the most commonly selected snacks at Halloween parties. "Trick or treat! Trick or treat is a favorite thing for foreign children on Halloween. They love scary masks and carry pumpkin lanterns from door to door to ask for candy. Adults will also prepare a pile of candy and change for groups of children to knock on the door. If someone doesn't give them candy, those naughty children will stick around or say something ominous, so people who don't go out will prepare candy and let the children leave happily. In addition, children also like to play the game of biting apples at parties. Participants must try to bite the apples floating on the water with their mouths.

Trick or treat. The children dressed up as scary people rang the doorbell of their neighbors door to door and shouted, "Trick or treat!" " "(meaning trick-or-treating), the host's family (who may also wear scary clothes) will give out some sweets, chocolates or small gifts. Some families even use sound effects and cigarette makers to create a horrible atmosphere. Candies that children get in one night are often taken home in bags. More than two thousand years ago, Celts (now Scots, Irish, etc. ) Most afraid of1October 3 1 Sunday night. The eve of1October 3 1 every year symbolizes the end of a year and the beginning of a new year. This day is a day for the Celts to pay tribute to the sun god, because the sun god let their grain harvest to cope with the coming winter! But this night is also the most powerful day for evil spirits, so priests and priests will also preside over ceremonies to appease the god in charge of death! In fact, ancient Europeans believed that bad luck was brought by evil spirits, who would be scared away by ugly masks! They are afraid of the evil spirits who are still wandering outside. If someone has to go out at night, they will wear masks and hope that evil spirits will not recognize them! In the fourth century, because of the prosperity of Christianity, this day was forced to be changed to the day when God died! And tell people that the great god will drive away evil spirits for them! Later, it evolved into a child wearing ghost clothes and going out to scare neighbors; About forty years ago, people began to treat children with candy! Trick or treat! This is the whole story of Halloween.

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Halloween is a ghost festival in the west. For foreign countries, Halloween is like our Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, they will dress up as ghosts and hold carnival parties everywhere. The word "Halloween" comes from Catholicism. Every year 1 65438+1October1is a Catholic festival to celebrate all saints or all saints' days. On Halloween, the eve of1October 3 1 day is the annual harvest festival of the Celts, which symbolizes the end of a year and the beginning of a new year. At that time, the Celts more than 2000 years ago (that is, the Scots, Irish and so on now). ) Most afraid of1October 3 1 Sunday night. They believe that life in the world is dominated by gods, and Samhain, the god of death, will bring the dead back to the world on the night of June 65438+1October 3 1 every year. Therefore, on this day every year, the Celts pay their respects to the sun god, because the sun god makes their grain harvest to cope with the coming winter! However, this night is also the most powerful day for evil spirits. According to legend, on this day every year, all the laws of time and space will fail, making the yin and yang worlds merge into one. Therefore, this is the only chance for the wandering soul to find a scapegoat. On the nights of 10, 3 1, the living Celts put out the fire in their homes to avoid the search of the soul, creating a cold and gloomy environment, and deliberately dressed themselves as ghosts with costumes made of animal heads or furs, making terrible noises in their mouths in an attempt to scare away the soul, making the soul confused about who is alive and unable to find the body body double; After this night, the next day is Halloween, and everything will be calm.