What does Halloween have to do with pumpkins?

When it comes to Halloween, people will think of pumpkins, which originated from Drouth people in ancient western Europe. Drouth's New Year customs are very strange. Every year, on the first day of 1 1 month, that is, New Year's Eve, young people get together, wear all kinds of weird masks and carry carved radish lanterns (pumpkin lanterns are a late custom, and there were no pumpkins in ancient western Europe). In western legend, the souls of the dead will visit the world on Halloween, and carrying radish lanterns is to scare away ghosts, but also to illuminate the route for ghosts and guide them back, so pumpkins have become the standard for Halloween.

Later, people found that pumpkin was better than kohlrabi in source and carving, and its shape was better than kohlrabi, and it was close to the shape of face, so pumpkin lantern gradually replaced kohlrabi as the new favorite of Halloween.

More and more festivals are beginning to appear in our lives, especially Valentine's Day, which is sought after by many young people. Halloween is also popular in real life in such an atmosphere. Halloween is often favored by younger children, because in the "traditional custom" of western Halloween, this day is to eat candy, bring pumpkin heads and dress up as ghosts. Eating candy is children's favorite, pumpkin head is children's toy, and playing ghost is more interesting for children.

Whenever Halloween comes, children can't wait to put on colorful costumes, put on strange masks and carry a "pumpkin lantern" to ask adults for holiday gifts everywhere. These are the most well-known symbols of Halloween-strange "jack-o'-lantern" and practical jokes of "performing magic or giving candy".

Pumpkins are orange, so orange has become a traditional Halloween color. In addition, there must be a pumpkin meal on Halloween. Pumpkin pie is a traditional home-cooked dish in the southern United States from late autumn to early winter. It is usually eaten, but it becomes a special food around Halloween. In addition, dried pumpkin seeds have also become Halloween food.