[Minnan.com]
Halloween is also called All Saints Day. On November 1 of each year, it is a traditional Western festival; and October 31 on 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 arrival of Halloween, children will dress up as all kinds of cute ghosts and knock on the doors one by one, asking for candy, otherwise they will be troubled and ill. At the same time, it is said that this night, all kinds of ghosts will dress up as children and get involved in the crowd to celebrate the arrival of Halloween. Humans will dress up as all kinds of ghosts in order to make ghosts more harmonious.
Date of Halloween in 2018:
November 1, 2018 Thursday (September 24, Year of Wuxu (Year of Dog))
Halloween Introduction
Halloween is a festival that is shared by Catholicism, Anglicanism and Orthodox Church. Many ethnic groups have celebrations on Halloween Eve, which are also called "All Hallow E'en", "The Eve of All Hallows", "Hallowe'en", or "Theeve of All Saintas' Day". In the end, the convention evolved into "Halloween", which translated into Halloween Night in Chinese. In the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church, Halloween is on November 1st of each year.
Halloween originated from the New Year Festival of the ancient Celtic nation. It is also the time to worship the dead souls. While avoiding the interference of evil spirits, it also uses food to worship the ancestors and good spirits to pray for peace and harsh winter. That night, children would put on makeup clothes, wear masks, and collect candy from door to door.
In the Orthodox Church, All Saints is the first Sunday after the Advent of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost), thus marking the end of the Easter season.
In the early 1st century AD, the Catholic Church in Europe designated November 1 as the "Day of Saints in the World" (ALLhallowSDAY). "HALLOW" means saints. Legend has it that since 500 BC, the Celtics (CELTS) who lived in Ireland, Scotland and other places moved this festival one day, that is, October 31.
In certain areas of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still called All Hallow Mass, which means the Mass to be held on the day of commemorating all the saints (Hallow). In addition, due to cultural differences, people in other regions often mistake Halloween as Halloween.
Unlike Christmas and Christmas Eve, there is no difference between Halloween and Halloween. People often regard the "Halloween" in the West as Halloween, because after 12 o'clock that night, even a new day begins.
