Halloween All Saints Day

All Saints Day, also known as "All Saints", is one of the Catholic and orthodox festivals. It is a traditional festival in western countries.

Halloween is often referred to as "Halloween" in Chinese speaking areas.

"Hallow" comes from the Middle English halwen, which is very close to the etymology of holy. In some parts of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still known as "All Hallow Mas".

On that day, the mass celebrations to be held (Mass) were to celebrate all the saints in heaven (Hallow).

Now in the community, for the sake of commercial interests or other purposes, all kinds of activities that are full of ghosts and ghosts in the night of October 31st completely deviated from the sacred meaning of Halloween.

There are many versions of Halloween, which are widely spread: two thousand years ago, the Christian Church in Europe defined November 1st as "All Hallows'Day".

"Hallow" is the meaning of saints.

Legend has it that in five hundred BC, Celts, who lived in Ireland and Scotland, moved the festival forward one day, that is, October 31st.

They believe that it is the official end of summer, that is, the beginning of the new year, the beginning of a harsh winter.

At that time, people believed that the ghost of the old man would return to his former residence on this day to look for life in the living person, so as to regenerate, and this is the only hope that people can get reborn after death.

The living fear that the souls of the dead will take their lives, so people will put out the fire and candlelight on this day, so that the souls of the dead can not find the living, and they will disguised themselves as demons and ghosts and frighten the souls of the dead.

After that, they will rekindle the kindling and candlelight and start the new year's life.

Halloween is actually a celebration of autumn festivals, just like the May festival celebrates spring.

The ancient priests of Gaul, Britain and Ireland, Druid, had a great festival praising autumn, which lasted for a whole day from midnight of October 31st to November 1st of the next day.

They believe that on that night, their great God of death Saman summoned all the spirits of the dead that year, and the evil spirits were punished by their lives as livestock.

Of course, just thinking of this kind of ghostly gathering is enough to make those foolish minded people panic at that time.

So they lit up the bonfire and watched closely the evil spirits.

This is how the witches and ghosts all around Halloween begin.

So far, some people in Europe are isolated from the rest of the world, and others believe this is true.

The Romans also had a holiday in November 1st to honor their goddess Bomona.

They roasted nuts and apples before a bonfire.

Our Halloween seems to be a mixture of ancient Roman festivals and Druid festivals.

Halloween activities turned out to be very simple and mostly in church.

But throughout Europe, Halloween is regarded as a good opportunity to play, tell ghost stories and frighten each other.

So people no longer used this festival to praise heaven, but turned it into a festival of gods, witches and ghosts.

(usually adults drive on the side of the road. The child says, "trick or treat".

Adults ask their children to go to the doorway with the Lantern Festival and lights, otherwise they are not allowed to disturb.

In addition, sugar must be kept waiting at the gate, not allowed to enter the house, and the sugar must be given to adults for examination.

The children who receive their children also do not want to make their own food, nor do they give unpackaged food.

Halloween

Tens of thousands of people are not just monotonous big ghost.

The simplest ghost costume is made with a white sheet on top of the head, and two holes are removed to keep the eyes. If you want to play the magician, put on black black trousers, then put on the black hat, and hide a villi rabbit in the top of the hat and top. Children put on white and white trousers, then tie a flashlight on the back to dress up as a cherub, and parents dress the children up as their favorite cartoon characters.

Pumpkin lights originated in ancient Ireland.

A legend is called.

Jack

The man is a drunkard and loves mischief.

On Halloween, he set a trap for the devil to stay in a tree. He refused to allow the devil to come down until the devil promised never to let him live in hell.

Jack

After death, because he did not believe in God, he could not enter heaven, and the devil did not allow him to go to hell.

Jack

Finding the way back to earth, the devil gave him a burning charcoal.

Jack

Put this burning charcoal in a lantern carved from a big carrot, the first one.

"Jack

Lantern

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He helped him find his way back to Ireland, but he never found it, so he always carried the lantern with him.

In ancient Irish legends, this little candle was placed in a hollowed radish, called

"Jack Lanterns"

And the old radish lantern evolved to pumpkin today.

Jack-O-Lantern

Now.

It is said that after the Irish arrived in the United States, they found that pumpkin was better than radish in terms of source and carving, so pumpkin became the darling of Halloween.

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Chinese traditional mid summer festival in July is similar to Halloween in the West. In the time of Ghost Festival, even many gangsters abstain from many things in order to avoid encountering bad luck.

It can be seen that even in folk beliefs, the spirits and spirits are best kept away.

Unfortunately, it has been packaged as a carnival, stimulation and laissez faire Festival. Under the help of commercial interests, Halloween has been turned into third festivals except Christmas and Thanksgiving. At this time of year, under the cover of darkness, the world is enchanted, and fear and death are worshipped with the beat of the dance of death.

"Foreign festivals", to Halloween, some large foreign supermarkets will set up special Halloween toys, and peddlers will also sell some Halloween dolls or models to attract young people's eyes.

Trick or treat, Halloween is the best in a year.

When "haunted", all kinds of evil spirits, pirates, aliens and witches came out.

Before the Christian era, the Celts held a ceremony at the end of summer to thank God and the sun for their kindness.

At that time, the divination ignited and used witchcraft to drive away the demons and ghosts who were said to be wandering around.

Later, the Romans used the nuts and apples to celebrate the harvest festival with Celtic October 31st.

In the middle ages, people wore animal models and dreadful masks to drive away ghosts in the night on Halloween.

Although Christianity later took the place of Celtic and Rome religious activities, early customs were preserved.

The children wore jokes and wore various costumes and masks to the Halloween Dance. The walls around these dances were often hung with papered witches, black cats, ghosts and skeletons.

The children will carry on Halloween.

Wearing all kinds of strange costumes, she went from door to door asking for sweets. She kept saying, "trick or treat".

If you refuse to give candy, the children will be very angry and punish you in various ways, such as dumping rubbish in your home and so on to punish you until you give them candy.

Traditionally, people will dress up as elves, and then go home and ask for food from door to door.

Their belief is to give elf worship and food to please them, otherwise these Elves will play tricks on them, such as chimney clogging, cattle and sheep losing, and throwing yellow buds and so on.

Another way to fool or frighten away these evil spirits is to pretend to be like them. They believe that such evil spirits will not hurt them.

Since seventeenth Century, the tradition of Halloween celebrates in southern England, replacing it with the Gunpowder Plot commemorative meeting held in November 5th.

But Halloween in Scotland, Ireland and the northern England still prevails.

It was not until the early twenty-first Century that people in southern England resumed the celebration of Halloween, but the way was completely Americanized.

The most popular game on Halloween is "biting apples".

During games, people float apples in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apple with their mouths without hands. Whoever wins first is the winner.

Halloween comes from the New Year celebration of the ancient Celtic (Celtic). At this time, it is also a time for sacrificing the souls of the dead. While avoiding evil interference, they also worship the ancestors and good spirits with food to pray for the safe passage through the severe winter.

That night, children would put on their make-up clothes, put on masks, and collect candy from door to door.

And the witches and Frankenstein are present. They are also welcome to the public. They are not restricted to age, sex, class or nationality. Even if you are a coward, you can join them in a busy carnival.

In fact, these ghosts are all dressed up as human beings, so they are not scary. On the contrary, some of the little faces are more lovely, which makes them feel like being in a fancy dress ball.

In all kinds of disguised characters, the witch zombie family plays the most role, and those stores that specializes in Halloween products are also specially prepared for the sale of this kind of clothing to cater for the needs of the public.

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At the same time, the producers will launch the hot figures, including masks and clothes, into the market every year, so as to enable more people to invest in western traditional festivals, such as the little wizard form in the movie "Harry Potter".

Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village

(Greenwich Village Halloween Parade)

Start with

One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three

In 2003, a mask artisan and puppet actor.

Mr Ralph Lee

It is said that at first, he was paraded with his friends and children in his neighborhood. Later, he gradually developed into a large-scale activity in the whole village. Of course, there must be a large puppet show. At the same time, the purpose of the cruise is that everyone is a participant rather than a spectator. So even if people just want to see a lively state of mind, when you step into the village, you will soon be invited to join the tour and become part of them.

The Halloween Parade in New York attracts thousands of New Yorkers and tourists every year, while the parade is at Greenwich Village.

(Greenwich Village)

It was held at seven o'clock on the night from sixth avenue to spring street.

(6th Avenue & Spring Street)

Started and marched until twenty-third street.

(6th Avenue & 23rd Street)

Up to now, the whole journey will take more than an hour.

Be haunted

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In the busy streets, the Halloween Ghost decoration has been seen everywhere. Many department stores are busy putting gifts and clothes in the window to attract many passers-by to stop and watch. Supermarkets and markets also sell large and small pumpkins for the purpose of buying home to decorate their homes or making pumpkin lanterns. Of course, housewives cook pumpkins for cooking or cakes.