Halloween, on November 1 every year, is a traditional western festival; and October 31, the eve of Halloween, is the most lively moment of this festival In Chinese, Halloween is often mistranslated as All Saints' Day.
To celebrate the coming of Halloween, children will dress up as various cute ghosts and knock on the door from house to house, asking for candies, otherwise they will trick or treat. At the same time, it is said that on this night, all kinds of ghosts will dress up as children and mix with the crowd to celebrate the coming of Halloween, and Westerners dress up as all kinds of ghosts to make the ghosts more harmonious.
Halloween is the most "haunted" time of the year, and all kinds of ghosts, ghosts, pirates, alien visitors and witches are dispatched one after another. Before the Christian era, the Celts held rituals at the end of summer to thank God and the sun for their blessings. The soothsayers at that time set fire and performed witchcraft to drive away demons and ghosts that were said to be wandering around. Later, the harvest festival celebrated by the Romans with nuts and apples merged with the Celtic October 31st. In the Middle Ages, people put on animal-shaped costumes and scary masks in order to drive away ghosts in the night on Halloween. Although Christianity later replaced Celtic and Roman religious practices, the early customs survived. Children put on various costumes and masks to participate in Halloween balls with a joking spirit. Paper witches, black cats, ghosts and bones are often hung on the walls around these balls, and grinning or grinning figures are hung in front of the windows and doorways. It's a hideous jack-o-lantern.
On the eve of Halloween, children will carry pumpkin lanterns, wear all kinds of weird costumes, go door to door asking for candies, and keep saying: "trick or treat" Trick or treat.") If you refuse to give candy, the children will get very angry and punish you in various ways, such as taking out the garbage in your house and so on, until you give They candy so far. Traditionally, people would dress up as elves and go door to door begging for food. Their belief is to give elves worship and food to please them, otherwise these elves will play tricks on them, such as: chimneys are blocked, cattle and sheep are lost, they are thrown yellow buds and so on. Another way to fool or scare away these evil spirits is to pretend to be them, they believe that then the evil spirits will not harm them.
Since the 17th century, the tradition of celebrating Halloween has gradually disappeared in southern England, replaced by the Gunpowder Plot (Gunpowder Plot) commemoration held on November 5. But Halloween is still popular in Scotland, Ireland and the North of England. It wasn't until the early 2000s that southern England began to celebrate Halloween again, but in a completely American way.
The most popular game on Halloween is "Bite the Apple". During the game, people let the apples float in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apples with their mouths without using their hands. Whoever bites first is the winner.
Halloween originated from the New Year's festival of the ancient Celtic nation (Celtic). It is also a time to sacrifice to the dead. While avoiding the interference of evil spirits, it also uses food to worship ancestors and good spirits to pray for a safe winter. That night, children will put on costumes and masks, and go door to door to collect candies.
