Every year, 65438+1October 3 1 is a traditional "ghost festival" in the west-Halloween. However, the atmosphere of this day is far less "creepy" than its name. Whenever Halloween comes, children can't wait to put on colorful costumes, put on strange masks and carry a "pumpkin lantern" to ask adults for holiday gifts everywhere. These are the most well-known symbols of Halloween ―― weird "jack-o'-lanterns" and trick-or-treating.
The origin of Halloween
There are many versions of legends about the origin of Halloween. The most common ones originated from ancient western European countries before the birth of Christ, mainly including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Drouth people. The New Year in Drouth is 1 1 month 1 day, New Year's Eve. People in Drouth let young people wander among villages in groups, wearing all kinds of weird masks and carrying carved radish lanterns (pumpkin lanterns are a late custom, and there were no pumpkins in ancient Western Europe). It was actually celebrating the autumn harvest; Some people say it is "Ghost Festival". It is said that the souls of those who died that year will visit the world on Halloween. It is said that people should let visiting ghosts see the harvest and show rich enthusiasm to them. All the bonfires and lights, in order to scare away ghosts, also illuminate the route for ghosts and guide them back.
In medieval Central Europe, there was a history of Christianity destroying pagans. However, the sacrificial ceremony before New Year's Eve never really disappeared, but appeared in the form of witchcraft. That's why we have traces of witches' brooms, black cats, spells and so on on Halloween.
The emergence of the word "Halloween"
Many ethnic groups hold celebration parties on Halloween, so this day is also called Halloween, Halloween, Halloween or Halloween. Finally, the agreement evolved into "Halloween" and the Chinese translation became Halloween night.
Tales of Halloween
Halloween means "holy night". Nowadays, Halloween has become one of the most popular and popular festivals in a year, and many players celebrate it with great enthusiasm.
Halloween on June 3 1 is actually a festival to praise autumn, just as May Day is a festival to praise spring. Druids, priests of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which started at midnight on June 3 1 and lasted all day until the next day. They think that on that night, their great Shaman Church of Death summoned all the ghosts of those who died that year, and these evil spirits would be punished by being born as animals. Of course, just thinking of such a ghostly party was enough to make those simple-minded fools at that time tremble with fear and can't believe it. So they lit a bonfire and watched these evil spirits closely.
That's how the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween comes from. Until now, some people in some isolated areas of Europe still believe this is true.
Now all over Europe, people regard Halloween as a good opportunity to have fun, tell ghost stories and scare each other. So people no longer just praise Qiu Guang with this festival, but make it a real "carnival". Facial makeup is one of the traditional Halloween programs.
Custom of Halloween
An interesting content of Halloween is "trick or treat", but this custom did not originate from Ireland, but from the Christian church in Europe in the ninth century. At that time,165438+1October 2nd was called "All Souls Day" by Christians. On this day, believers trudged in the backcountry, begging from door to door for "soul bread" made of flour and raisins. It is said that people who donate cakes believe in the prayers of church monks, hoping to get God's protection and let their dead relatives enter heaven as soon as possible. This tradition of begging from door to door has evolved into a game, with children begging for candy from door to door with pumpkin lanterns. When they met, the children dressed as ghosts threatened to make trouble without inviting them to dinner, but the host naturally dared not neglect and repeatedly said, "Please eat! Please eat! " At the same time, put the candy into the big pocket that the child carries with him.
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What is Halloween? What is its theme and symbol?
Halloween originated from the traditional Celtic festival in England. On the most important day in June, 10, they think it is late summer and early winter. This day is an important symbol of the year and one of the most important festivals. It is called "Day of the Dead" or "Ghost Festival". Symbol: pumpkin, jack-o-lantern.
What does the Halloween pumpkin lantern symbolize?
Halloween originated from celebrations related to evil spirits, so witches, ghosts, goblins and skeletons riding brooms are all symbols of Halloween. Bats, owls and other nocturnal animals are also common symbols of Halloween. At first, these animals were terrible because people thought they could communicate with the ghosts of the dead.
The black cat is also a symbol of Halloween, and it also has a certain religious origin. People believe that black cats can be reincarnated and have the ability to predict the future. In the Middle Ages, people thought that witches could become black cats, so when people saw black cats, they thought that witches were pretending. These marks are common choices for Halloween costumes and common decorations on greeting cards or windows.
Black is a traditional Halloween color, which may be because all kinds of Halloween traditions or ceremonies are held at night.
Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. Pumpkins are orange, so orange has become a traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkin lanterns with pumpkins is also a Halloween tradition, and its history can be traced back to Ireland. Legend has it that a man named Jack was so stingy that he couldn't go to heaven after his death, and he couldn't go to hell because he made fun of the devil, so he had to wander around with lanterns until the judgment day. Therefore, Jack and Jack-o-lantern became the symbols of cursed wandering souls. In order to scare away these wandering souls on Halloween, people carve terrible faces out of turnips, beets or potatoes to represent Jack holding lanterns. This is the origin of the ghost fire. After the Irish moved to the United States, they began to carve pumpkins, because pumpkins are more abundant than turnips in autumn in the United States. Now, if people hang jack-o-lanterns on the windows on Halloween night, it means that those who wear Halloween costumes can knock on the door and ask for candy.
What zodiac does Halloween represent?
Among the people, the saying that silverware can detect poison is widely circulated. As early as Song Ci, a famous forensic scientist in the Song Dynasty, recorded the silver needle autopsy in Injustice Collection. Today, some people often use silver chopsticks to test whether food is poisonous or not, and there is a traditional concept that silverware can test poison, which was also used as a criterion by forensic examination at that time. Can silverware really detect poison? The poison mentioned by the ancients mainly refers to the highly toxic arsenic, namely arsenic trioxide. The backward production technology in ancient times led to a small amount of sulfur and sulfide in arsenic. The sulfur contained in it can react chemically with silver, so that a layer of black "silver sulfide" is formed on the surface of the silver needle. In modern times, the technology of producing arsenic is much more advanced than in ancient times, and it is very pure and no longer involves sulfur and sulfide. Silver metal is chemically stable and will not react with arsenic under normal circumstances. It can be seen that the ancients used silverware to test drugs because of historical and scientific limitations. Some items are not poisonous, but they contain a lot of sulfur, such as egg yolk, which will turn black after the silver needle is taken out. On the contrary, some are highly toxic substances, but they do not contain sulfur, such as toadstools, nitrite, pesticides, rat poison, cyanide and so on. When silver needles touch them, there will be no black reaction. Therefore, the silver needle can not identify poisons, nor can it be used as a tool to detect poisons. Although silver can't detect poison, it can be disinfected. As long as every liter of water contains one milligram of 50 million silver ions, most bacteria in the water can be killed. Its principle is that silver can form positively charged ions in water, adsorb bacteria in water and gradually enter bacteria, so that its catalyst-anchoring system is deactivated, and bacteria lose their metabolic ability and die. Therefore, it is good to use silver to make dishes and chopsticks in daily life.
What does Halloween jack-o-lantern mean?
There are many legends about pumpkins, etc. Jack-o'-lanterns, also known as pumpkin lanterns, originated in Ireland. Legend has it that a man named stingy Jack in Ireland invited the devil to drink one day. Because he had no money to pay the bill after drinking, he persuaded the devil to change it into sixpence to pay for the drink, but Jack didn't use it to pay for the drink. Instead, he used a piece of silver paper to stop the devil from coming out. Later, the devil promised Jack not to scare him for a whole year, and Jack let the devil out. The next year, the Halloween demon appeared again. It promised not to harass Jack for a year, but before the year was over, Jack died. Heaven will not accept him after death, because he is stingy; Hell won't keep him because he plays tricks on the devil. Desperate, he finally had to continue walking, carrying white radish, which contained charcoal fire sent by the devil to light up the road and find a place to rest. Later, Irish people made lanterns with potatoes or kohlrabi. /kloc-in the 1980 s, they came to the United States with new immigrants. They found a better material than white radish, that is pumpkin. So the pumpkin lanterns we see now are usually made of pumpkins. Legend 2 Irish folklore. It is said that an alcoholic named stingy Jack once designed to trick Satan into a tree and carved a cross on the trunk to make Satan afraid to come down. As a result, the devil reached an agreement with him and promised not to harass him again, so he could get away. After Jack died, heaven and hell refused him entry. The devil gave him a small piece of ashes and told him to find a suitable place to rest. He put this small piece of ash in a white broom with many holes so that it could burn for a long time. Later, the Scots imitated him by hollowing out turnips and putting candles on them. Irish people use potatoes or kohlrabi; Beets are used in Britain. Later, I immigrated to the United States and found a better material-pumpkin. Therefore, nowadays jack lanterns are mostly made of pumpkins. In addition to playing tricks in the street, there are also large and small pumpkin lanterns on Halloween, but why not watermelon, wax gourd and radish, but pumpkin? According to the story, there was a man named Jack in Ireland. One day, he was drinking in a bar with an evil spirit. After eating, they have no money to pay the bill. Jack imprisoned the evil spirits. After the evil spirits begged, Jack made him promise not to harass him for a whole year before he "let the ghosts go". Unexpectedly, Jack died unfortunately and could not go to heaven, so he had to go to hell to ask evil spirits to take him in. The evil spirit thought that Jack himself said that he didn't want anything to do with him, so he refused Jack's request and only gave him a burning charcoal to put in the radish as a lantern. Later, children in Scotland "followed suit", hollowed out radishes and put candles on them to light them. After this custom spread to America, people found that chubby pumpkins were more suitable for making hollow lanterns. Therefore, it has naturally become the world of pumpkins, and pumpkin lanterns have become one of the most suitable props for Halloween. The jack-o-lantern lit on Halloween is black, which is the traditional Halloween color. This may be because all kinds of Halloween traditions or ceremonies are held at night. The story of pumpkins carved into lanterns originated in ancient Ireland. This story is about a boy named Jack, who likes playing practical jokes. One day after Jack's death, he went to hell because he did something bad and couldn't go to heaven. However, in hell, he stuck to his guns and tricked the devil into a tree. Then he carved a cross on the stump and threatened the devil not to come down. Then Jack made a pact with the devil to make the devil promise to cast a spell and let Jack get down from the tree on condition that he would never commit a crime. The Cerberus was very angry when he learned about it and drove Jack out. He had to wander around the world with a radish lamp and hide in it when he met human beings. Gradually, Jack's behavior was forgiven by people, and children followed suit on Halloween. The ancient radish lantern has evolved to this day, and it is a pumpkin lantern made of pumpkins. It is said that shortly after the Irish arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were superior to radishes in source and carving, so pumpkins became Halloween pets.
What is the difference between Halloween and Halloween?
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Halloween: Before the birth of Christ, people in Irish, Scottish and Welsh countries in western Europe were called "Drouth". Their New Year's Day is 1 1 month/day. On New Year's Eve, Americans ask young people to flock, wear all kinds of weird masks and carry carved radish lanterns (there were no pumpkins in Western Europe at that time, and the pumpkin lanterns were invented when they colonized northern Drouth). Wandering in the village is to celebrate the autumn harvest, also called "Ghost Festival". It is said that the ghosts of those who died in those years visited the world. In order to let ghosts see the harvest of the festival, people show generous hospitality to ghosts, light bonfires and lights, and guide the ghosts, so young people are asked to carry radish lanterns to guide the ghosts. Later it evolved into the present' Halloween'. Children wear strange masks, carry pumpkin lanterns and ask for candy everywhere.
China's Ghost Festival is to worship ancestors, visit graves and give (paper) money. Ghost Festival in China includes Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival, which are Lantern Festival, July 15 and 10/5 (later changed to 10/0/day to distinguish it from Xiayuan Navy Festival). Besides the San Yuan Festival, there are Tomb-Sweeping Day and New Year's Day. Different from other places, but different.
China's Halloween shows piety and solemnity. Halloween in the west is weirder and more lively. The two are very different.
Note: In order to make Halloween pumpkin lanterns, gardeners plant all kinds of square pumpkins, triangular pumpkins, diamond pumpkins and boat pumpkins.
What zodiac is Halloween?
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The composition and order of the zodiac (animal calendar) vary from country to country. Today's Han,
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Tibetans, Hani, She, Lahu, Naxi and Altai, as well as North Korea, South Korea and Japan, have exactly the same composition and arrangement order, namely, rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse and sheep.
Monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. Some ethnic groups have different zodiac signs due to different regions. For example, the zodiac (animal calendar) in most areas of the Li nationality is the same as before, while the Maodao Li nationality changed tigers into insects, rabbits into cats, snakes into fish, horses into meat and horses into meat. In most areas, the Yi zodiac (animal calendar) is the same as before, and the name of the Yi zodiac (animal calendar) in Ailaoshan, Yunnan is the same as before.
The order is: tiger, rabbit, pangolin (dragon), snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, pig, mouse and cow. Except for one difference (there is also a saying that "dragon" replaces "pangolin"), the ranking is different from before. Ailaoshan Yi nationality
The reason why there is a "tiger" first is said to be because it thinks that it is a descendant of a tiger and respects the mother tiger as the beginning. Sacrificial ceremonies held every three years should be held in the first year of the Tiger (the first month) and in the local Mother Tiger Temple.
All right. Every door should be painted in the shape of a tiger to show respect for the tiger. For this reason, there is such a sort. If you move forward or backward in order, it will be the same as before. The zodiac (animal calendar) of the Yi people in western Guangxi is: dragon,
Phoenix, horse, ant, human, chicken, dog, pig, sparrow, cow, tiger, snake; The Dai zodiac (animal calendar) in Dehong area is the same as before, while the Dai people in Xishuangbanna area change "pig" to "elephant" and "dragon" to "dumpling" or.
"Snake", change "sheep" to "ant"
In addition, the names of the zodiac (animal calendar) in some countries are quite different from those before, such as Vietnam replacing "rabbit" with "cat"; In India, there are mice, cows, lions, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys and golden wings.
Chinese zodiac
Birds,
Dogs, pigs; The ancient Babylonians were bulls, goats, lions, donkeys, dung beetles, snakes, dogs, cats, crocodiles, flamingos, apes and eagles; The Egyptian and Greek ones are basically the same as the Babylonian ones, except that "dung beetles" is replaced by "crab".
[ 1]。 The order of "lion" and "snake" is the same as that of India, and "golden winged bird" is replaced by "flamingo" [2]. Zodiac (animal calendar) of other nationalities or countries is in the order of "lion"
The tiger in the flamingo order is a chicken. In other words, the animals in the previous stage are all beasts, and the birds in the latter stage are all birds. From this, it is speculated that the zodiac (animal calendar) in the world should be the same.
Source.
China's zodiac originated from the zodiac and has a long history. Geographically, Egypt, Babylonia, India and China, four ancient civilizations in Asia and Africa, are just within their popular range. Its spread
Although the region is widely distributed in Asia, Europe and Africa, it is mainly concentrated in Asia. From this, we have reason to infer that this culture originated from a certain ethnic group in Asia, and then gradually spread, and has been widely circulated in this vast area.
Be accepted by family. However, it is still a mystery which nation originally created it.
What holiday is Halloween?
Halloween is a western festival. Every year 1 65438+1October1,65438+1October 3 1 is Halloween. It is usually called Halloween.
Whenever Halloween comes, children can't wait to put on colorful makeup clothes, put on strange masks, run around the house with a "pumpkin lantern" and ask adults for holiday gifts.
These are the most well-known symbols of Halloween-strange "jack-o'-lanterns" and trick-or-treating.
What does Halloween mean?
Every year10,31is Halloween, a traditional western festival. On that night, children will put on makeup clothes and masks and collect fruits from house to house. Festivals are mainly popular in English, such as the British Isles and North America, followed by Australia and New Zealand.
The origin of festivals
The first statement
There are many versions of the legend about the origin of Halloween. The most common one is that it originated in ancient western European countries before the birth of Halloween ghost dog Christ.
[1] mainly includes Ireland, Scotland and Wales, where ancient Western Europeans were called Celts. Celtic New Year is on 1 1 month 1 day, New Year's Eve. The Celts brought young people together, wearing all kinds of weird masks and carrying carved radish lanterns (pumpkin lanterns are a late custom, and there were no pumpkins in ancient Western Europe). They wandered around the village. It was actually celebrating the autumn harvest; Some people say it is "Ghost Festival". It is said that the souls of those who died that year will visit people on Halloween. It is said that people should let visiting ghosts see the harvest and show rich enthusiasm to them. All the bonfires and lights, in order to scare away ghosts, also illuminate the route for ghosts and guide them back. In medieval Central Europe, there was a history of Christianity destroying pagans. However, the sacrificial ceremony before New Year's Eve never really disappeared, but appeared in the form of witchcraft. That's why we have traces of witches' brooms, black cats, spells and so on on Halloween. It is said that meeting a black cat that day is equivalent to meeting a witch, and there will be a year of disaster, so everyone will dress up in disguise that day and drive away those unlucky symbols.
The second statement
More than two thousand years ago, the Catholic Church in Europe designated 1 65438+1October1as "Halloween". "Saint" means saint. Legend has it that since 500 BC, Celts living in Ireland, Scotland and other places have moved this festival forward by one day, that is, 65438+1October 3 1. 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 severe winter. At that time, people believed that on this day, the dead souls of the deceased would return to their former homes to look for all beings, so as to be reborn, which was the only hope of being reborn after death. Living people are afraid of dead souls to take life, so people put out fire and candlelight on this day, so that dead souls can't find living people and dress up as monsters to scare away dead souls. After that, they will rekindle the candlelight and start a new year's life. Legend has it that Celtic tribes also had the custom of killing the living to commemorate the dead on June 3 10. By the 1 century, the Romans who occupied the territory of Celtic tribes gradually accepted the custom of Halloween, but the barbaric practice of burning the living to sacrifice the dead was abolished. Roman festivals celebrating harvest were combined with Celtic rituals, wearing terrible masks and dressed as animals or ghosts to drive away demons wandering around them. This is why most people in the world celebrate Halloween with strange costumes today. With the passage of time, the meaning of Halloween has gradually changed, becoming active, joyful and festive. The idea of the deceased seeking the reincarnation of body double was gradually abandoned and forgotten. Today, most images and pictures symbolizing Halloween, such as witches and black cats, have friendly, lovely and interesting faces.
The third statement
The Celts believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. However, the sun god is attacked by an evil force called Samhain every year and imprisoned for six months. Samhain, also known as "Lord of Death" and "Prince of Darkness", came to Celtic land with cold and dark winter. The Celts were very afraid of the night of June 3 1 because they thought there were a group of evil spirits lurking anywhere. They make a fire at home to let the evil spirits leave their home. They believe that Samhain summons the dead, and they also believe that Samhain will turn the dead into something else, such as a cat. The Celts will put on terrible camouflage to drive away those evil souls. (This is the prototype of Halloween) After Rome occupied the land of the Celts, the Roman festivals were combined with the Celtic Festivals on June 10 and June 3 1 day, becoming ...
When is Halloween? What does this mean?
In western countries, there is a "Halloween" on June 3 1 every year, which is interpreted as "Halloween" in the dictionary and "Halloween night" in Chinese translation. 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 1 65438+1October1as "Halloween". "Saint" means saint. Legend has it that since 500 BC, Celts living in Ireland, Scotland and other places have moved this festival forward by one day, that is, 65438+1October 3 1. 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 severe winter. At that time, people believed that on this day, the dead souls of the deceased would return to their former homes to look for all beings, so as to be reborn, which was the only hope of being reborn after death. Living people are afraid of dead souls to take life, so people put out fire and candlelight on this day, so that dead souls can't find living people and dress up as monsters to scare away dead souls. After that, they will rekindle the candlelight and start a new year's life. Legend has it that Celtic tribes also had the custom of killing the living to commemorate the dead on June 3 10.
By the 1 century, the Romans who occupied the territory of Celtic tribes gradually accepted the custom of Halloween, but the barbaric practice of burning the living to sacrifice the dead was abolished. Roman festivals celebrating harvest were combined with Celtic rituals, wearing terrible masks and dressed as animals or ghosts to drive away demons wandering around them. This is why most people in the world celebrate Halloween with strange costumes today. With the passage of time, the meaning of Halloween has gradually changed, becoming active, joyful and festive. The idea of the deceased seeking the reincarnation of body double was gradually abandoned and forgotten. Today, most images and pictures symbolizing Halloween, such as witches and black cats, have friendly, lovely and interesting faces.
The origin of Halloween
Before the Christian era, the Celts held a ceremony in late summer to thank God and the sun for their kindness. At that time, fortune tellers lit and practiced witchcraft to drive away monsters who were said to be wandering around. Later, the harvest festival celebrated by Romans with nuts and apples merged with Celtic's 10+3 1 to form Halloween.
Regarding the origin of Halloween, the most legendary version holds that it originated in ancient western European countries before the birth of Christ, mainly including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Drouth people. The New Year in Drouth is 1 1 month 1 day, New Year's Eve. People in Drouth let young people wander among villages in groups, wearing all kinds of weird masks and carrying carved radish lanterns (pumpkin lanterns are a late custom, and there were no pumpkins in ancient Western Europe). It was actually celebrating the autumn harvest; Some people say it is "Ghost Festival". It is said that the souls of those who died that year will visit the world on Halloween. It is said that people should let visiting ghosts see the harvest and show rich enthusiasm to them. All the bonfires and lights, in order to scare away ghosts, also illuminate the route for ghosts and guide them back.
In medieval Central Europe, there was a history of Christianity destroying pagans. However, the sacrificial ceremony before New Year's Eve never really disappeared, but appeared in the form of witchcraft. That's why we have traces of witches' brooms, black cats, spells and so on on Halloween.
Tales of Halloween
Halloween means "holy night". However, due to various reasons, Halloween has become one of the most popular festivals in a year, and many players celebrate it with great enthusiasm.
Halloween on June 3 1 is actually a festival to praise autumn, just as May Day is a festival to praise spring. Druids, priests of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which started at midnight on June 3 1 and lasted all day the next day. They believe that on that night, their great death shamanism summoned all the ghosts of those who died that year, and these evil spirits would be punished for being born as animals. Of course, just thinking of such a ghostly party was enough to make those simple-minded fools at that time tremble with fear and can't believe it. So they lit a bonfire and watched these evil spirits closely.
That's how the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween comes from. Until now, some people in some isolated areas of Europe still believe that ...