A summary of the origins of the national Halloween customs
It is said that in BC, Celts believed that the spirits of the dead would drill out of the graveyard one after another on the night of October 31 to visit the world. Many countries celebrate Halloween every year. Do you know which countries they are?
Which countries celebrate Halloween
Halloween originated from religious belief and the western ancient calendar (Celtic tree calendar), so its original meaning is equivalent to the Chinese New Year. Later, because the Catholic Church designated it as the day of saints in the world, all regions, nationalities and countries that believe in Christianity (such as the Catholic Church, the Anglican sect and the Orthodox Church) will spend the festival together.
Halloween is dominated by Germanic, Latin and Baltic Slavic countries in Indo European language family, including Europe, America, Africa and Oceania.
Asia is mainly once colonized or religious and cultural weak countries will have the tradition of Halloween, such as Vietnam, the Philippines and so on. But some countries such as Japan, Thailand, China and so on also began to have the celebration activities in some areas because of different reasons.
In conclusion, Halloween has almost become a worldwide Festival. It can be said that where there are Christians, there will be people celebrating it.
How to spend Halloween
Like Thanksgiving, Halloween is also a religious holiday. It's called Halloween. As we all know, the celebration of Halloween is actually Halloween, which is all hallows & lsquo; Evaning. Both Halloween and Thanksgiving are the peak season for pumpkin sales. Many people will buy pumpkins to go home and carve them into jack-o-lanterns to put on their doorstep. Jack-o-lantern is called jack-o-lantern. If you've seen the movie Christmas Eve, you must be familiar with the story of Jack and all kinds of ghosts. Many pumpkins are also creatively carved into cartoon images or special expressions by their owners, which is very funny. Many farms also provide pumpkin picking services, allowing visitors to choose their favorite Pumpkins from the pumpkin fields.
Children like Halloween because they can knock on the door of a stranger's house and ask for candy. " Treat or tricks' is their stepping stone. Children who come to ask for candy will also wear all kinds of clothes, because only when the residents are scared can they get the candy they want. Don't think tricks is just a threat. I once heard that a family had given out candy, so later the children did not get the candy, so they wrapped the tree with toilet paper. Candy for children is not expensive, most families will prepare a lot of sugar. Most of the children who want candy are aimed at the house, so if you live in a dormitory or apartment, you don't have to prepare in advance.
Costumes for Halloween are also a bright spot. Whether it's children who come to ask for candy or people who go to parties, they all wear different clothes. Zombies, ghosts, witches and demons are common images of Halloween. But costumes for Halloween are expensive, and the more sophisticated they are, the more expensive they are. So the most popular and popular clothing is still all kinds of scary ghosts' black cloaks, hats and tusks -- this kind of clothing is relatively simple, generally inexpensive, and can be sold in one yuan stores. There are also some shops that rent clothes for Halloween. If you don't want to buy one, it's more economical to rent one. If you still want to save money, then find a handkerchief to cover half of your face and paint some oil on your face. It's also a Halloween costume.