What is the origin of April Fool's Day?

The origin of April Fool's Day is as follows:

The origin of April fool's day

1564, the French king Charles IX decided to adopt the newly reformed calendar-Gregorian calendar (currently commonly used solar calendar), with 65438+ 10/0 as the beginning of the year, instead of April 1 as the beginning of the new year. However, some old-school people opposed this reform, and still presented New Year gifts on April 1 day according to the old calendar to celebrate the New Year. Advocates of reform mocked these practices of the old school and sent them fake gifts on April 1 and invited them to a fake party. Since then, playing tricks on people has spread in April 1. When a person is cheated, the person who plays tricks on him will shout "Poisson de Avril", which means "April prank". The origin and original intention of this idiom are not clear.

The origin of April Fool's Day II

According to the research of British historians, the origin of April Fool's Day comes from the Indian Buddhist proverb "Reach the other shore". In the British encyclopedia, it is recorded that "April Fool's Day" is a deceptive festival after the religious revolution in the15th century. At that time, King Philip II of Spain had established a "heresy tribunal", and anyone who was not a Catholic was regarded as heresy and was sentenced to death on April 1 day every year. The subjects were very afraid. They took pleasure in telling lies and making fun every day to dilute their fear and hatred of the rulers. Since then, it has been used for a long time and evolved into today's "April Fool's Day".

The origin of April fool's day

According to legend, about 1650 years after the ancestor Adam, God destroyed the world with a flood, leaving only Noah, the descendant of Adam's third son, Huide. He saved a family's life by building a ship with a man. After the flood subsided slightly, Noah released a white dove to explore a piece of land after the flood subsided, because it happened to be April 1 day. Therefore, future generations think that doing something meaningless on this day is just like a dove getting something for nothing, and its behavior is stupid. This is the origin of April Fool's Day.

The origin of April fool's day

According to the records of the remnants of ancient Rome, Rome held the "Manjiang Club" at the beginning of April every year. In a certain year, the daughter of Shirley, the dominant god, met Prado, the Pluto, and they fell in love at first sight and showed their love to each other. Prado married Baroce Pi Na as the queen of hades. When they returned to the underworld, Prado was sent to the underworld. Therefore, they regard the annual "Manjiang Club" as "April Fool's Day".

The origin of April fool's day

According to Christians, April Fool's Day commemorates the day when Jesus was crucified. Before Jesus was crucified, he was forced to run around. Later generations used April 1 day to commemorate his innocent suffering, which actually contained the significance of vigilance.

The origin of April fool's day

April 1 day was originally the New Year of the European calendar. Later, France first adopted the new calendar, and all New Year's greetings were uniformly implemented on 1 month 1 day of the new calendar. However, the custom of celebrating the New Year in the old calendar has been used for a long time, and I can't forget it for a while. Therefore, they will make all kinds of false gifts or hold banquets to make a smile on the first day of April in the new calendar. Later it evolved into "April Fool's Day". Another way of saying this is that the new school that adopts the new calendar deliberately plays tricks on the old school, especially giving gifts to the old school people in a hypocritical way on April 1 day.

April Fool's Day is similar to the fun festival in ancient Rome (Hilaria, March 25th) and the joy festival in India (Holi Festival, until March 3rd1). The timing seems to be related to the "vernal equinox" (March 2 1). At this time, the weather often changes suddenly, just like nature is fooling human beings.