Trick or treat. Halloween is the favorite festival for children every year. There are many people in China who celebrate this western festival these days. So, what day is Halloween? What day is it? What month is it? For many funny friends, is it a better time to celebrate this festival?
What day is Halloween?
Halloween is also called zhushengjie. It is a traditional western festival on November 1 every year. October 31, the eve of Halloween, is the most lively time of the festival. In Chinese, Halloween is often mistakenly translated as all saints' day.
The origin and origin of festivals
Halloween English is all Saints Day, also known as "all saints salute". It is one of the Catholic and orthodox festivals. It is a traditional festival in western countries. Halloween is often mistakenly called Halloween in Chinese. 'Halloween' comes from the Middle English halwen, which is very close to the etymology of holy. In some areas of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still called 'all hallow MAS'. On that day, the mass is to celebrate all the saints in the sky. Now, in the society, for the sake of commercial interests or other purposes, it totally deviates from the sacred significance of Halloween by organizing various kinds of activities full of ghosts and monsters on the night of October 31.
There are many versions about the origin of Halloween, and the popular ones are:
More than two thousand years ago, the Christian Church in Europe designated November 1 as "All Hallows \ 'day.". 'hallow' means saint. Legend has it that Celts, who lived in Ireland, Scotland and other places, moved the festival forward one day since 500 BC, that is, October 31. They think it's the day when summer officially ends, that is, the beginning of new year and the beginning of severe winter. At that time, it was believed that the dead soul of the old man would return to his former residence on this day to search for the living spirit in the living man, so as to regenerate, and this was the only hope that the man could obtain regeneration after death.
The living people are afraid of the souls of the dead to seize life, so people put out the fire and candle light on this day, so that the souls of the dead can not find the living people, and they dress up as ghosts to scare the souls of the dead away. After that, they will light up the fire and candles again and start a new year's life.
On November 1 every year, it's a traditional Western holiday Halloween. Let's hurry to prepare the pumpkin lantern. It's very interesting.