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Halloween (Chinese and English version)

There is such a story about Halloween. Jack, an Irishman, was not allowed to enter heaven and was sent to hell because he was very stingy with money. But there he always played tricks on the devil Satan, so he was kicked out of hell and punished for walking on earth with lanterns forever. 1October 3 1 day, Irish children made Jack's Lantern with potatoes and Rob. They dug out the middle, dug holes in the surface, and then lit candles inside. To celebrate Halloween in the village, children carry lanterns and beg for food from door to door. ? The Irish name of this lantern is "Jack with a lantern" or "Jack's lantern", abbreviated as Jack's lantern? Spelled jack lamp. Halloween, which you read in most books now, is just a fun night for children. In primary schools, Halloween is celebrated every October. Children will make Halloween decorations: all kinds of orange pumpkin lanterns. You can make terrible shapes out of black paper. A witch with a pointed hat riding on a broom handle flies across the sky, or a black bat flies across the moon. These all represent bad luck. Of course, a black cat means worse luck. Sometimes a black cat rides behind a witch's broom and flies into the sky. On Halloween night, we all wore mom and dad's old clothes and shoes, put on masks and planned to go out. Younger children must go out with their mothers, and older ones will rush home, ring their doorbell and shout, "Trick or treat!" " "It means to give us food, or we will play a trick on you. Should the people inside go out? Evaluate our makeup. " Oh! This is a ghost, that is a witch and that is an old woman. "Sometimes they will play with us and pretend to be scared by ghosts or witches. But they usually bring some candy or apples into our trick-or-treating pockets. But what if nobody rings the doorbell or someone drives us away? We play tricks on them, usually by smearing a piece of soap on their cups. Then we go home and count who has the most candy. Another typical Halloween trick is to open a roll of toilet paper and throw it at the tree until it is all wrapped in white paper? . The paper will stay on the tree until it is washed away by heavy snow or rain. It won't really hurt, it just messes up trees and yards, a kind of Halloween prank. There is a story about Jack, an Irishman, on Halloween. Because he is stingy with money, he is not allowed to go to heaven. So he was sent to hell. But there he played a trick on the devil (Satan), so he was kicked out of hell and asked to walk on the earth forever with a lantern. Well, Irish children use a big potato or turnip as a jack-o-lantern on10.36, hollowing it out, with a hole in the side and a small candle in it. Irish children will take them from house to house begging for food to celebrate Halloween in memory of the druid god Mukora. The Irish name of these lanterns is "Jack with a lantern" or "Jack's lantern", which is abbreviated as "Jack's lamp" and now spelled as "Jack's lamp". "The traditional Halloween you read in most books is just Children's Day. Every primary school will start Halloween celebrations in October. Children will make Halloween decorations and all kinds of orange paper pumpkin lanterns. You can cut out "terrible" patterns on black paper-an evil witch riding on a broom handle and wearing a pointed hat flying across the sky, and maybe a black bat flying over the moon, which means bad luck. Of course, black cats represent more bad luck. Sometimes a black cat will ride on the witch's arms and fly to the sky. On Halloween night, we will put on mom's or dad's old shoes and clothes, put on masks and get ready to go out. Children (children younger than us) must go with their mothers, but we older people go to our neighbors' houses, ring their doorbell and shout, "Trick or treat!" " It means, "give us something to eat, or we'll play a trick on you!" " People inside should come to the door to comment on our clothes. Oh! There is a ghost here. Oh, there is a witch. Oh, there is an old lady here. Sometimes they will play with us and pretend to be scared by some ghost or witch. But they always have some candy or apples in our trick-or-treating bag. But what if no one answers the door or someone drives us away? Then we will play tricks on them, usually by marking their windows with a bar of soap. . Then we go home and count who gets the most candy. A popular Halloween prank is to unroll a roll of toilet paper and throw it high at a tree again and again until the tree is wrapped in white paper. This kind of paper usually stays on the tree for several weeks until a heavy snow or rain washes it away. It did no real harm, but it made a mess of the tree and the yard under it. A Halloween prank.

Halloween, the ghost festival in the west.

In western countries, there is a "Halloween" on June 3 1 every year, which is interpreted as "Halloween" in the dictionary and "Halloween night" in Chinese translation. Halloween is a traditional festival in western countries. This night is the most haunted night of the year, so it is also called "Ghost Festival".

More than two thousand years ago, the Catholic Church in Europe designated 1 65438+1October1as "Halloween". "Saint" means saint. Legend has it that since 500 BC, Celts living in Ireland, Scotland and other places have moved this festival forward by one day, that is, 65438+1October 3 1. They think that this day is the day when summer officially ends, that is, the beginning of the new year and the beginning of the severe winter. At that time, people believed that on this day, the dead souls of the deceased would return to their former homes to look for all beings, so as to be reborn, which was the only hope of being reborn after death. Living people are afraid of dead souls to take life, so people put out fire and candlelight on this day, so that dead souls can't find living people and dress up as monsters to scare away dead souls. After that, they will rekindle the candlelight and start a new year's life. Legend has it that Celtic tribes also had the custom of killing the living to commemorate the dead on June 3 10.

By the 1 century, the Romans who occupied the territory of Celtic tribes gradually accepted the custom of Halloween, but the barbaric practice of burning the living to sacrifice the dead was abolished. Roman festivals celebrating harvest were combined with Celtic rituals, wearing terrible masks and dressed as animals or ghosts to drive away demons wandering around them. This is why most people in the world celebrate Halloween with strange costumes today. With the passage of time, the meaning of Halloween has gradually changed, becoming active, joyful and festive. The idea of the deceased seeking the reincarnation of body double was gradually abandoned and forgotten. Today, most images and pictures symbolizing Halloween, such as witches and black cats, have friendly, lovely and interesting faces.

Facial makeup is a traditional Halloween program.

The emergence of the word "Halloween"

Many ethnic groups hold a celebration party on Halloween, which is also called Halloween, Halloween, Halloween or Halloween. Finally, the agreement evolved into "Halloween" and the Chinese translation became Halloween night.

Halloween custom-trick or treat.

An interesting content of Halloween is "trick or treat", but this custom did not originate from Ireland, but from the Christian church in Europe in the ninth century. At that time,165438+1October 2nd was called "All Souls Day" by Christians. On this day, believers trudged in the backcountry, begging from door to door for "soul bread" made of flour and raisins. It is said that people who donate cakes believe in the prayers of church monks, hoping to get God's protection and let their dead relatives enter heaven as soon as possible. This tradition of begging from house to house has evolved into a game, in which children carry pumpkin lanterns and beg for candy from house to house. When they met, the children dressed as ghosts threatened to make trouble without inviting them to dinner, but the host naturally dared not neglect and repeatedly said, "Please eat! Please eat! " At the same time, put the candy into the big pocket that the child carries with him.

There is also a story about pumpkins carved into lanterns. This comes from ancient Ireland. The story is about a man named Jack. He is drunk and likes playing practical jokes. One day, Jack tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and then carved a cross on the stump, threatening the devil not to come down. Then Jack made an agreement with the devil to let him come down from the tree on the condition that the devil promised to cast a spell so that Jack would never commit a crime. After Jack died, his soul could neither go to heaven nor go to hell, so his ghost had to wander between heaven and earth with a small candle.

In the ancient Irish legend, this small candle was placed in a hollowed-out radish, which was called "Jack's lantern", while the ancient radish lantern evolved to today, and it was made of pumpkin lantern. It is said that soon after the Irish arrived in America, they found that pumpkins were superior to radishes in source and carving, so pumpkins became Halloween pets.

Children's favorite festival

Halloween is a good time for children to have fun. In the eyes of children, this is a festival full of mystery. As night falls, the children can't wait to put on colorful costumes, strange masks and a "Jack-o-lantern" and run out to play. "Jack-o 'lantern" looks very cute. The way is to hollow out the pumpkin, carve smiling eyes and a big mouth on the outside, and then put a candle in the pumpkin and light it, so that people can see this innocent smiling face from far away.

After packing, groups of children dressed as monsters ran to the neighbor's door with "pumpkin lanterns" in their hands, threatening to shout "trick or treat" and "want money or eat" If adults don't give candy or change, those naughty children will do as they say: OK, I'll play a trick on you if you don't give it. Sometimes they soap other people's doorknobs and sometimes color other people's cats. These little pranks often make adults laugh and cry. Of course, most families are happy to entertain these naive little guests. Therefore, on Halloween, children are always full and have bulging pockets.

The most popular game on Halloween is "biting apples". In the game, people let the apples float in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apples with their mouths instead of their hands. Whoever bites first wins.