The origin and legend of Halloween

Halloween on June 3 1 is actually a festival to praise autumn, just as May Day is a festival to praise spring. Druids, priests of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which started at midnight on June 3 1 and lasted all day the next day. They believe that on that night, their great death shamanism summoned all the ghosts of those who died that year, and these evil spirits would be punished for being born as animals. Of course, just thinking of such a ghostly party was enough to make those simple-minded fools at that time tremble with fear and can't believe it. So they lit a bonfire and watched these evil spirits closely.

That's how the saying that there are witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween comes from. Until now, some people in some isolated areas of Europe still believe this is true. The ancient Romans also had a festival in 1 65438+1October1to pay tribute to their goddess Pomona. They roasted nuts and apples in front of Jin Xiong's bonfire. Our own Halloween seems to be a mixture of ancient Roman festivals and Druidic festivals. Halloween activities used to be very simple, and most of them were held in churches. But all over Europe, people regard Halloween as a good opportunity to have fun, tell ghost stories and scare each other. So people no longer use this festival to praise Qiu Guang, but turn it into a festival for elves, witches and ghosts.

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The Celts believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. However, the sun god is attacked by an evil force called Samhain every year and imprisoned for six months. Samhain, also known as "the king of death" and "the king of darkness", came to Celtic land in the cold and dark winter. The Celts were very afraid of the night of June 3 1 because they thought there were a group of evil spirits lurking anywhere. They make a fire at home to let the evil spirits leave their home. They believe that Samhain summons the dead, and they also believe that Samhain will turn the dead into something else, such as a cat. The Celts will put on terrible camouflage to drive away those evil souls. (This is the prototype of Halloween) After Rome occupied Celtic land, Roman festivals were combined with Celtic Samhain Festival on June 10 and June 3 1 day, which became the present Halloween.

About the origin of Halloween

According to legend, more than 2,000 years ago, the European Catholic Church designated 1 1 as "All Saints' Day in the World", but since 500 BC, Celts living in Ireland, Scotland and other places have advanced this festival by one day, namely 10 and 3 1. Because the Celtics believe that this day is the day when summer officially ends, that is, the beginning of the new year and the beginning of the severe winter.

At that time, people believed that the soul of the deceased would return to the former residence on this day, looking for life among the living, so as to regenerate. The living are afraid of ghosts, so people put out the fire and candlelight on this day, so that ghosts can't find the living. They dress up as monsters to scare these ghosts away. This is why most westerners celebrate Halloween with strange costumes.

What is the origin of Halloween?

First, the origin of Halloween

Many nationalities in the world have festivals to commemorate the return of the deceased, such as Halloween in the west, Día de los Muertos in Mexico and Seleenwoche in Austria.

And China's "Mid-Autumn Festival" (called "Bonin Festival" in Buddhism) was also introduced to Japan during the flying bird period with Buddhism in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and combined with local customs to form Japan's own "Bonin Festival".

Halloween in English is actually the abbreviation of All Hallows' Eve, that is, "Halloween", which is a festival in the calendar to commemorate the dead and saints. Most people think that Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic harvest festival, namely Samhain Festival.

The ancient Celts were the earliest prehistoric people who rose north of the Alps on the European continent. Sawin Festival is their New Year and the most important festival of the year. From the end of 10, the weather turns cold, the harvest of crops is coming to an end, and the cold winter in 1 1 month is about to begin. With the alternation of seasons, the life of the Celts has also changed.

Grazing people came back from the mountains, and no one worked in the fields. People store food, start slaughtering livestock, or stay indoors and do some manual labor to kill time.

At the turning point of the new and the old this season, the Celtics believe that life has also entered the dark side (winter) from the light (summer), and the margin between life and death has become weak, and the undead and the devil can easily cross between the two worlds.

So on the night of the last day of the old year (that is, 65438+1 October 3 1, and the sunset in the Celtic calendar is the beginning of the day), people light bonfires, dress up, and drive out demons with fire and dance until the first day of the new year (165438+1October) At the same time, prepare food and invite the souls of ancestors to go home. Trick-or-treat comes from this.

Second, why do foreigners celebrate Halloween?

Around the 9th century AD, considering that many saints did not have their own festivals, 1 65438+1October1was designated as Halloween. Because there was only one day before Halloween, people later combined them into one. Later, the festival spread to North America and other regions. With the passage of time, the meaning of Halloween has gradually changed, becoming positive, jubilant and festive.

Third, the meaning of asking for candy on Halloween

1, 1 1.2, which is also called "ALLSOULSDAY". On this day, believers trudged in the backcountry, begging from door to door for "soul bread" made of flour and raisins.

It is said that people who donate cakes believe in the prayers of church monks, hoping to get the protection of God and let the dead relatives enter heaven as soon as possible. This tradition of begging from door to door has evolved into a game, with children begging for candy from door to door with pumpkin lanterns.

3. When they met, the children dressed as ghosts threatened to make trouble without inviting them to eat, but the host naturally dared not neglect and repeatedly said, "Please eat! Please eat! " At the same time, put the candy into the big pocket that the child carries with him.

On Halloween night, children and teenagers will dress up as ghosts and ask for candy along the street, so all kinds of candy can be regarded as a kind of Halloween food. At this time, the candy sold in shops is more popular with all kinds of candy in the shape of ghosts and candy packaged in orange, brown or black, which is very common on Halloween.

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Why do you hang pumpkin lanterns on Halloween?

1, Jack-o-lantern, also known as Jack-o-lantern, originated in Ireland. After Halloween, put it on the roadside to wait for a ghost fire to collect garbage, and after Halloween, put it on the roadside to wait for a ghost fire to collect garbage.

2. Legend has it that there was a man named stingy Jack in Ireland. One day, he invited the devil to drink. Because he had no money to pay the bill after drinking, he persuaded the devil to change it into sixpence to pay for the drink. However, Jack didn't use it to pay. Instead, he used a piece of silver paper to stop the devil from coming out.

Later, the devil promised Jack not to frighten him for a whole year, and Jack let the devil out. The next year, the Halloween demon appeared again. It promised not to harass Jack for a year, but before the year was over, Jack died.

4. After death, God won't accept him because he is stingy; Hell won't keep him because he plays tricks on the devil. Desperate, he finally had to continue walking, carrying white radish, which contained charcoal fire sent by the devil to light up the road and find a place to rest.

Later, Irish people made lanterns with potatoes or kohlrabi. In A.D. 1840, they came to America with new immigrants. They found a better material than white radish, that is pumpkin. So the pumpkin lanterns you see are usually made of pumpkins.