Hot Halloween cultural background knowledge

Halloween is on October 31 every year. It is the eve of all Saints’ Day on November 1st, usually called Halloween. This night is the most “haunted” night of the year, so it is also called “ghost Festival”. The following is a small series of Halloween cultural background knowledge, for reference only, welcome to read.Halloween background.The Origins of Halloween:The most legendary version of the origin of Halloween is that it originated in the ancient Western European countries before the birth of Christ, mainly including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Druids. On New Year’s Eve, the Druids gathered young people in groups, wearing all kinds of strange masks and carrying carved turnip lamps (jack-o ‘-lantern is a late custom, and pumpkins did not exist in ancient Western Europe), and they went from village to village.

It was actually a celebration of the autumn harvest at that time; There are also said to be “ghost festival”, legend that the dead people, the soul will visit the world on the eve of Halloween, it is said that people should let the ghost visit to see a successful harvest and the ghost presents a rich hospitality. All bonfires and lights, one in order to frighten away the ghost, but also for the ghost to illuminate the route, to guide its return. In medieval Central Europe, there was a history of destroying pagans. But before New Year’s Eve the sacrificial celebration never really eliminated, but in the form of witchcraft. This is why people now Halloween, but also left a witch’s broom, black cats, spells and other traces.

Halloween Development:

Halloween has been passed down to the present day has completely no religious superstition, it has become a children’s program, but also young people’s costume ball program. Holiday arrangements in public places and around the home are voluntary. Grimace jack-o ‘-lantern, white web black spider, etc., are the decoration of the festival, there is no scary ghost color. Some girls also buy a pair of pumpkin or ghost skull earrings to wear at this time.

There is no school holiday on Halloween. Sometimes the school organizes the party, and sometimes students, unwilling to be lonely, host their own small parties. And friends, family to send each other a happy Halloween greeting card becomes a popular custom in October each year. Halloween has become a common seasonal festival in the West. Many people see this as the end of autumn and the arrival of winter. As soon as Halloween is over, people look forward to Thanksgiving, Christmas and even the New Year.

The origin of Halloween.

Halloween is the Western Ghost Festival. Halloween is like our Hungry Ghost Festival to foreign countries. On this day, they will dress up as ghost models and hold carnival parties everywhere.

The word “Halloween” originated from the Catholic Church. Every year on November 1st, is the Catholic celebration of all Saints’ day.

On the eve of All Saints’ Day, October 31 is the annual harvest festival of the Celte people, symbolizing the end of the year, and the beginning of a New Year.

At that time, more than 2,000 years ago, the Celts (which is now Scotland, Ireland, etc.) were most afraid of the night of October 31. They believed that the life of the world was dominated by the gods, and that Samhain, the god of death, would return to the earth with the dead on the night of October 31.

So every year on this day, the Celts pay their respects to the sun God, who gives them a good harvest of grain for the coming winter! But it is also the night when evil spirits are at their most powerful. According to legend, on this day of the year, all the laws of time and space fail, making Yin and Yang become one. Therefore, this is the only chance the wandering souls have to find someone to blame. On the night of October 31, in order to avoid the search of the soul, the living Celts would put out the fires in their homes during the evening party, creating a cold and grim environment, and deliberately dressed themselves as ghosts with costumes made of animal heads or fur, making terrible noises in an attempt to scare away the spirits and confuse them with the living ones. Not being able to find a substitute; After that night, the next day was Halloween, and everything was calm again.

What is the meaning of Halloween.

Halloween is a traditional Western festival on October 31 every year. “Halloween” is also known as “ghost festival”. It is one of the Western festivals with a long history. It is said that as early as BC, living in the British Isles, Ireland, France around the Celts every October 31 to the cripple and the god of darkness held a celebration. On that night, they prepared many delicacies for the good spirits to eat, and lit bonfires on the hills in the wilderness, so that the bright flames would attract the good spirits and drive away the evil spirits. This is probably the earliest form of the ghost festival. Later, “Ghost Day” and _ combined, became a traditional festival of saints, and renamed “Halloween”, the time is set on November 1 every year. Later, this festival gradually spread from Europe to North America and some other parts of the world.