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The story of American Thanksgiving Day (contributed by Bing Wei, the story time of Grandma Betty? )

On the fourth Thursday in October, Americans celebrate their most important traditional festival, Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day was originally for the Puritans to thank God for the good harvest, but also expressed the initial gratitude of the New England "immigrants" to the Indian natives. Nowadays, this traditional festival means more family reunions. The following article discusses the origin of Thanksgiving in the historical background, focusing on the detailed "feast" of 162 1 Thanksgiving. Don't forget to click on the attached quiz after reading the text.

Thanksgiving Day is an American holiday, but it is not celebrated in continental Europe. On the fourth Thursday of every year 1 1 month, family and friends get together to celebrate the traditional turkey dinner, usually around 3 pm. Thanksgiving originated from celebrating a year's harvest, similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.

The origin of Thanksgiving, an American tradition, began before the founding of the United States of America. This is the hard-won harvest in the first year after Hugh celebrated its arrival in the New World.

1620 On September 6th, may flower set sail from Plymouth, Devon, England, and took all the English Puritans to the New World. The number of pilgrims in Britain is about 100, and they left Britain to escape religious persecution. Their voyage to the New World was funded by the British investment group Business Adventurers.

The Puritans sailed for sixty-six days and arrived in the New World in November of the same year. They first settled in a cornfield abandoned by indigenous Indians and named it Plymouth Plantation.

They worked hard on this land and were plagued by a devastating plague. In the long winter of 1620, half of the pilgrims died. 162 1 In the spring of, an Indian warrior named Squanto and her Wapanong tribe camel gave them a helping hand. The tribe taught the stakes how to farm the land and grow corn, beans, pumpkins and other crops.

Thanksgiving dinner In late September, the Puritans were very satisfied with their bumper harvest. To celebrate their first harvest, the Puritans wanted to thank God and the local Indians. They invited Squanto and the whole Wampanoag tribe to join in the feast celebration. It is said that about 900,000 Pannoag people appeared, which surprised the Puritans. Their population has been reduced to no more than 50. The leader of the tribe asked his men to kill five deer and bring them to the party. The first Thanksgiving dinner had an elaborate menu, including venison, wild turkey, goose, duck, crane, swan and other waterfowl. They also have local seafood: clams, lobsters, mussels, salmon, cod, bass, herring, shad, lanyu, lots of eels and oysters. They also cook a lot of vegetables, among which pumpkins, pumpkins and beans are the most popular. They eat raspberries, strawberries, grapes, plums, cherries, blueberries, walnuts, chestnuts, acorns, pecans and ground nuts, wheat flour, Indian corn and corn flour. They brew beer from barley. Pumpkin pudding later developed into a traditional pumpkin pie. It is said that the first Thanksgiving dinner lasted for three days to a week, with a lot of food, beer and wine. Pilgrims sit on the ground with native Indians, sharing food with their fingers, or rough plates made of wood or stale bread. They run races, play ancient English games and hold parades during festivals, accompanied by marches, drums and rifles.

The phrase "Thanksgiving" related to the Bible originally came from the Bible. However, the Puritans in Plymouth were mainly Puritans and strict Calvinists. They only observe three religious festivals in the New Testament: Sunday Sabbath, fasting day, humiliating day and Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day marks the advantage ("kindness") in community life.

For Puritans, the first Thanksgiving was indeed a moment of happiness, friendship and celebration. They signed a friendly treaty with Native American Indians to build houses in the wilderness and plant enough crops for the coming long winter. Puritans have become the first generation of settlers in this promising new land.

Since then, Thanksgiving Day has become a festival to celebrate the harvest in the New World. In the next 50 years, the date will vary from1October to1month every year. ? The first national Thanksgiving Day was announced by the Continental Congress in 1777. 17891On October 3, President George Washington announced that the American people should celebrate the "Public Thanksgiving and Prayer Day" on Thursday, 10/26. Many people believe that the establishment of the annual Thanksgiving Day should be attributed to Sarah Josepha Hale. As the editor of La dies magazine and Godey's Lady's Book, she lobbied the governor, senator and president to set up a national holiday and published the stories and recipes of the day in her magazine. After 36 years of fighting, she won the battle. In 1863, inspired by the federal victory at Gettysburg, President Lincoln declared 1 1 month 26th as the national Thanksgiving Day, which was celebrated on the fourth Thursday of 1 1 month every year. 194 1 year, a joint congressional resolution designated the fourth Thursday of each month as Thanksgiving Day. This is-a brief history of Thanksgiving-a day when American families and friends get together. Americans living abroad also celebrate this festival. Thanks to Indians and Puritans, who created the concept of Thanksgiving, all people living in the new world can thank what we have and share happiness with family and friends.