Introduction to the origin of studying abroad Christmas in the United States

Christmas is the most popular festival in the world to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Up to now, Christmas in the United States generally likes to have parties, Christmas decorations and Christmas gifts. Next, I will popularize the origin of Christmas, Christmas gifts, Christmas decorations and basic customs. The origin of Christmas

On the twelfth night after the birth of Jesus, three doctors from the East paid homage to Jesus.

The story of the birth of Jesus Christ has spread for centuries, mainly based on Matthew and Luke in the Christian gospels. The Gospel of Kyle and the Gospel of John do not pay attention to Jesus' childhood. Luke's version, written after the other three books, details the early life of Jesus.

Luke described that when Mary was young, she received news from the angel Gabriel. As a virgin, she was conceived by the Holy Spirit. At that time, the Roman emperor Augustus ordered people all over the world to go to cities for census, so she and her husband Yue Se left Nazareth in Galilee for Judea. This is the first time that Madame Curie has served as the governor of Syria. On the way, they passed the city of Bethlehem where David, the ancestor of Yue Se, lived. In Bethlehem, they had to stay outside the country hotel because there were no rooms. Mary gave birth to Jesus in the stable there. Here? A stable? It varies according to different versions of the Bible, but it is usually a trough or a corral. Christ was born in Bethlehem, the hometown of Yue Se's ancestor King David, which fulfilled the Israeli prophecy. Later, Jesus' family fled to Egypt to escape the persecution of the angry Herod, who heard that a new Jewish king was born in Bethlehem. After Herod's death, the new Jewish king succeeded to the throne. He didn't know Jesus and his parents, so there was no threat to Jesus' life. So Jesus and his family returned to Israel and settled in Nazareth.

At the same time, the story of the birth of Christ spread from the gospels to the public, including the story of the visit of the Magi (ancient Persian priests) and the record of angels giving good news to nearby shepherds when Jesus was born. Several doctors saw a big star in the sky in the direction of Bethlehem, so they followed it to the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Because they asked Herod at that time about the new king of Judea, it led to the escape experience of Jesus' family in Matthew. According to different versions of the Bible, Dr. Oriental also wrote? Pastor? 、? Wang? (tribal leader) or? Sage? ; They may come from Arabia, because their gifts to Jesus include? Gold, frankincense and myrrh? . Over the years, astronomers and historians have given a bunch of contradictory astronomical events to explain this unprecedented giant star.

The specific birth time of Jesus has been determined between September and October. Christmas (65438+February 25th) celebrated now comes from more than 300 years after AD. After Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire, in order to combine the Sun God Festival (65438+February 25th) celebrated by the public at that time with the new state religion, Jesus' birthday was set as the date of Christmas. Christians believe that Jesus is a 100% man and a 100% god, while other religions (such as Judaism and Islam) believe that Jesus is a prophet or a great teacher of God.

The Bible does not record the date of birth of Jesus. The investigation on the real date of birth of Jesus Christ began 200 years after his death. Early Christians adopted Mithraism, the birthday of Mithraism, which was very popular at that time, and the Catholic Church also adopted Mithraism's celebration custom. For most Christians in the western world (Roman Catholicism and Protestantism), Christmas Day is 65438+February 25th; In Coptic, Jerusalem, Russia, Serbia, Georgia and other Orthodox regions, Christmas Day is 65438+10.7. This is related to the fact that the Orthodox Church did not accept the Gregorian calendar reform and the revised julian calendar, so Christmas will be postponed from 1900 to 65438+ 19991October 7. Bulgaria and Romania are also Orthodox regions, but the Christmas date follows the Western European custom of 65438+February 25th, while Easter follows the Orthodox custom. Armenian churches pay more attention to epiphany than Christmas.

There is no evidence that Jesus was born on February 25, 65438, and the Bible does not record that Jesus told his disciples to celebrate their birthdays and that his disciples celebrated Christ's birthday. The date of birth of Jesus may be around June 1 year; Because only at this time of year do shepherds watch sheep outdoors at night. [Source Request] (Luke 2: 8-12) 65438+February 25th was originally the birthday of Mitra, the Persian sun god (that is, god of light), and it was a festival to commemorate Saturnalia, which is a pagan festival and one of the gods of Roman Catholicism. This day is also the winter solstice festival of the Roman calendar, and pagans who worship the sun god and the agricultural god regard this day as the hope of spring and the beginning of the revival of everything. Perhaps because of the above factors, the Roman church chose this day as Christmas. This is one of the measures that the early church tried to christianize pagan customs. Later, although the general churches accepted 65438+ February 25th as Christmas Day, due to the different calendars used by local churches, the specific dates could not be unified, so the period from 65438+February 24th to 65438+the following year1October 6th was designated as Christmas Tide, and local churches could celebrate Christmas during this period according to local conditions. Another astronomer based on the astronomical phenomenon at the birth of Jesus? A big star in the sky, it is estimated that April 17 six years ago was the exact birthday of Jesus.