In the information age, people's life is getting bigger and bigger, and the scope of cultural dissemination is getting bigger and bigger. While our culture is exporting, it is also absorbing a lot of foreign cultures. Let’s learn about the origin of Halloween today!
Halloween is a traditional Western festival. Halloween on November 1st of the Gregorian calendar every year; October 31st of Halloween is a very lively moment. In Chinese, people often defraud Halloween on Halloween.
To celebrate the arrival of Halloween, children will dress up as cute ghosts and knock on the doors of households and demand to get candy, otherwise they will make trouble. At the same time, it is said that on this night, all kinds of ghosts will dress up as children and get into the crowd to celebrate the arrival of Halloween. In order to make the ghosts more harmonious, humans will also dress up as all kinds of ghosts.
The origin of Halloween
Halloween English is All Sainats Day, and it has also become the "ritual of the gods". It is one of the festivals of Catholic and Orthodox Church, and is a traditional festival in Western countries. The Chinese-speaking area Changjiang Halloween is mistakenly called Halloween. "Hallow" comes from the Middle English halwen, which is very close to the etymology of holy. In certain areas of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still called "All Hallow Mas". On that day, a Mass will be held. It is the celebration of the Hallow in the sky. Nowadays, for commercial interests or other purposes, various activities filled with monsters were organized on the night of October 31, which completely deviated from the sacred meaning of Halloween.
In more than two thousand years, the Christian church in Europe has designated November 1 as "All Hallows` Day". "Hallow" means saints. Legend has it that since 500 BC, Celtics who lived in Ireland, Scotland, etc., moved this festival forward for a day, that is, October 31. They believe that on that day is the day when the retreat officially ends, that is, the beginning of the New Year, the beginning of the harsh winter. That is what people believe that the souls of old friends gathered together on this day when they returned to their former residence and searched for creatures in a hot and sacred way to rebirth, and this is the only hope that people can obtain rebirth after death. The living people are afraid of their own souls to take life, so the people extinguish the fire and candlelight on this day, making the dead undead unable to find the living person. If you can dress up as a demon, you can scare away the dead souls. After that, they will reignite the fire and candlelight to start their new year's life.
Ancient Romans also had such a festival on November 1st, which was used to pay tribute to their goddess Pomona. They roast nuts and apples in front of a burning bonfire, and our Halloween seems to be a blend of Roman days and Druid's festivals.
Halloween event turned out to be very simple, and most of it was held in churches . But throughout Europe, people see Halloween Eve as a good opportunity to play, tell ghost stories and scare each other in the near future. So the people no longer use this festival to our beautiful autumn, but make it a festival of gods, monsters, witches and ghosts.
Popular regions
Halloween is mainly popular with the English-speaking world , such as the British Isles and North America, followed by Australia and New Zealand. Nowadays, the younger generation in some Asian countries has also begun to tend to celebrate "foreign festivals", such as "Christmas", "Christmas Eve", "Halloween" and other festivals. On , on the eve of Halloween , some large foreign supermarkets will set up counters to sell Halloween toys, clothing and other outfits. This will attract the attention of young people.
There is nothing wrong with introducing foreign festivals to China, but you need to master the principle of moderation in specific occasions, so that you can carry out activities happily without hindering everyone's lives. It is not allowed by laws and regulations for bringing horror outfits into large public places such as subways. I hope that while everyone has fun, they will be careful not to affect other people's lives and have a happy holiday!
