What month is Halloween? What day is Halloween 2019
Halloween is a traditional festival in the west, but it is also particularly popular in China. People dressed in all kinds are often seen on the street on the day of the festival. So, do you know what month and day Halloween is this year? When is Halloween? If you don't know, let's take a look at the introduction of Halloween in 2019.
What month is Halloween this year? When is Halloween 2019
What day is Halloween this year
Date of Halloween in 2019: Friday, November 1, 2019, the fifth day of October in the year of the pig
Halloween is an annual New Year Festival from the ancient Celtic nation on November 1. It is also a time to sacrifice the dead. While avoiding the interference of evil spirits, it also worships the ancestors and good spirits with food to pray for peace through the severe winter. It is a traditional western festival. That night, children will put on makeup clothes, wear masks and collect candy door to door. It is mainly popular in the English speaking world, such as the British Isles and North America, followed by Australia and New Zealand. Now, the younger generation in some Asian countries also tend to celebrate the 'foreign festival'. On Halloween, some large foreign supermarkets will put up counters to sell Halloween toys, and small vendors will also sell some dolls or models related to Halloween, attracting the eyes of young people.
The origin of Halloween
In the ancient Celtic belief, the new year began on November 1, or Samhain. Just as the shorter day symbolizes the beginning of the new year, the sunset also symbolizes the beginning of the new day; Therefore, the annual harvest festival begins on the evening of October 31. Druids in the British Isles burn crops as sacrifices, and when they dance around the fire, the day season ends and savin begins. Celts believe that Samhain, the God of death, will return to the world with ghosts on the night of October 31 to find a substitute. So they lit torches and burned animals as a gift to the God of death. They also dress themselves with costumes made of animal heads or fur and make strange sounds, so that the God of death can't recognize himself and avoid disaster. This is the origin of today's Halloween masquerade party. After that night, the Ghost returned to the underworld and everything was calm.
The origin of Halloween
On the morning of November 1, the Druids distributed the charcoal embers still burning in the fire to each family to light a new kitchen fire. These flames are used to keep the home warm and drive away evil spirits. Because this is considered to be the time of year when the invisible door connecting Yin and Yang world opens, and the two worlds may communicate with each other.
Bonfire is an important program in the festival. The villagers threw the slaughtered cattle bones onto the fire; It is said that the word 'Bonfire' comes from 'bone fire'. After the campfire was lit, the villagers put out all the other lights. Then each family solemnly lights its own fireplace with the same fire as a sign of the close unity of the whole village. In Ireland, hundreds of campfires are still lit on Halloween night.
Protestants still hold Samhain's midnight ghost worship ceremony and other traditional festivals on Halloween night.
A legend about Halloween
Halloween on October 31 is actually a festival to praise autumn, just as wushuo Festival is a festival to praise spring. Druid, the priest of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, has a grand festival to praise autumn. It starts at midnight on October 31 and lasts for a whole day on November 1 the next day. They believed that on that night, their great God of death, Saman, summoned all the ghosts of the people who died that year, and these evil ghosts would be punished by supporting them as animals. Of course, as long as the thought of such a ghost party was enough to make those simple minded fools brave and understanding at that time. So they lit a bonfire and watched the evil spirits closely.
Legends about Halloween
That's how the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween began. So far, some people in some isolated areas of Europe still believe that this is true. The ancient Romans also had a festival on November 1 to honor their goddess Pomona. They roasted nuts and apples in front of the bear tendon bonfire. Our own Halloween seems to be a blend of ancient Roman festivals and Druid festivals. Halloween activities turned out to be very simple, and most of them were carried out in church. But throughout Europe, people see Halloween as a good opportunity to play, tell ghost stories and scare each other. So people no longer use this festival to praise the autumn light, but let it become a festival for gods, witches and ghosts.
Legends about Halloween II
Celtic believed that the Sun God helped them grow crops. But every year, the sun god is attacked by an evil force named Samhain 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 October 31, because they felt that there was a pile of evil souls lurking everywhere. They made a fire at home to let the evil spirits leave their home. They believed that Samhain called out the dead, and they also believed that Samhain would turn the dead into something else, like a cat. The Celts will put on a terrible disguise to drive away the evil souls. (this is the prototype of Halloween) after Rome occupied the Celtic land, the Roman festival and the Celtic Samhain Festival on October 31 became the current Halloween.