There is a story about Halloween. It's about a man named Jack who was sent to hell because he was so stingy with his money that he wasn't allowed to enter heaven. But there he was always playing tricks on Satan the Devil, so he was kicked out of Hell and punished by carrying a lantern and walking around the human world forever. On October 31st Irish children make "Jack's lanterns" out of potatoes and roti by cutting out the center, punching holes in the surface and lighting candles inside. The children carried these lanterns from house to house begging for food for the village celebration of All Saints' Day in honor of the god Druid. The Irish name for the lantern is "Jack of Lanterns" or "Jack of Lanterns," abbreviated Jack-o'-lantern. in the spelling is jack-o'-lantern. Nowadays you read in most books that Halloween is just a fun night for kids. In small schools, Halloween is celebrated every year starting in October. Children make Halloween decorations: all kinds of orange and red pumpkin lights. You can make a scary creation out of black paper? A witch on a broom handle wearing a pointy hat flying across the sky, or a black bat flying across the moon. These represent bad luck. Of course the black cat represents worse luck. Sometimes there is a black cat flying into the sky on the back of a witch's broom. On Halloween night we all wore mom and dad's old clothes and shoes and masks and planned to go out. The children younger than us had to go out with their mothers, and the older ones of us coaxed our way to the lead family's house, rang their doorbell and shouted, "Mischief or treat!" meaning give us food or we'll play a prank on you. The people inside should out? Evaluate our masquerade. "Oh! That's a ghost, that's a witch, that's an old woman." Sometimes they play with us, pretending to be scared by a ghost or a witch. But they usually brought some candy or apples to put in our "prank or treat" pockets. But what if no one answered the doorbell or someone kicked us out? We would tease them, usually by taking a bar of soap and smearing their glass. Then we'd go home and count who had the most candy. Another typical Halloween trick was to pull apart a roll of hand towels and keep throwing them at the tree until the tree was all wrapped up in white paper? The paper stays on the tree unless a heavy snowfall or rain washes it off. It doesn't do any real damage, it just messes up the tree and the yard, a sort of Halloween prank. HALLOWEEN One story about Jack, an Irishman, who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money. so he was sent to hell. but down there he But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan), so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern. Well, Irish children made Jack's lanterns on October 31st from a large potato or turnip, hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festival that honored the Druid god Muck Olla. The Irish name for these lanterns was "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern," abbreviated as " Jack-o'-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern." The traditional Halloween you can read about in the book "Jack of the lanterns" is the same as "Jack of the lanterns". Halloween you can read about in most books was just children's fun night. Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school. Children would make Halloween decorations, all kinds of orange-paper jack-o-lanterns. And from black paper you'd cut "scary" designs --- an evil witch with a pointed hat riding through the sky on a broomstick, maybe with black bats flying across the moon, and that meant bad luck. Sometimes a black cat would ride away into the sky on the back of the witch's broom. And on Halloween night we'd dress up in Mom or Dad's old shoes and clothes, put on a mask, and then we'd go back to our old clothes. And on Halloween night we'd dress up in Mom or Dad's old shoes and clothes, put on a mask, and be ready to go outside. The little kids (children younger than we were) had to go with their mothers, but we older ones went together to neighbors' houses, ringing their doorbell and yelling, "Trick or treat!" meaning, "Give us a treat (something to eat) or we'll play a trick on you! The people inside were supposed to come to the door and comment on our costumes. Oh! here's a ghost. Oh, there's a witch. Oh, here's an old lady. Sometimes they would play along with us and pretend to be scared by some ghost or witch. But they would always have some candy and maybe an apple to put in our " trick or treat bags." But they would always have some candy and maybe an apple to put in our " trick or treat bags." But what if no one come to the door, or if someone chased us away? Then we'd play a trick on them, usually taking a piece of soap and make marks on their windows... And afterwards we would go home and count who got the most candy. One popular teen-agers' Halloween trick was to unroll a roll of toilet paper and throw it high into a tree again and again until the tree was all wrapped in the white paper. The paper would often stay in the tree for weeks until a heavy snow or rain washed it off. No real harm done, but it made a big mess of both the tree and the yard under it. One kind of Halloween mischief.
Halloween
In Western countries, on October 31 every year, there is a "Halloween", which is explained as "The eve of All Saints' Day" in the dictionary. 'Day", Chinese translation: "Halloween night". Halloween is a traditional holiday in Western countries. It is the most haunted night of the year, so it is also called "Ghost Day".
More than two thousand years ago, the Catholic Church in Europe designated November 1 as the "Day of the Saints of the World" (ALL HALLOWS DAY). "HALLOW" means saints. Legend has it that since 500 B.C., the Celts, who lived in Ireland and Scotland, moved the holiday forward one day, to October 31st. They believed that the day is the official end of summer, that is, the beginning of the New Year, the beginning of the harsh winter. It was believed that on this day the dead souls of the deceased would return to their homelands to find life in the living and regenerate themselves, and that this was the only hope for regeneration after death. The living are afraid that the dead souls will come to take over their lives, so people will extinguish the fire and candles on this day so that the dead souls can't find the living, and they will dress up as demons to scare away the souls of the dead. Afterward, they would rekindle the fires and candles to start the new year. Legend has it that Celtic tribes also killed the living on October 31st to honor the dead.
The Romans, who occupied the Celtic territories in the 1st century AD, gradually accepted the Halloween custom, but stopped the barbaric practice of burning the living and sacrificing the dead. While the Romans celebrated harvest festivals in conjunction with Celtic rituals, wearing scary masks and dressing up as animals or ghosts and goblins, it was a way to chase away the demons that roamed around them. This is how Halloween came to be celebrated today by most people around the globe in a ghoulish getup. As time passed, the meaning of Halloween gradually changed, becoming more positive and happy, with festive connotations dominating. The idea of dead souls looking for replacements to return to the world was gradually discarded and forgotten. Today, most of the images and drawings symbolizing Halloween, such as witches and black cats, have friendly, cute and funny faces.
Face makeup is a traditional Halloween program
The origin of the word "Halloween"
Many ethnic groups have celebrations and gatherings on the night before Halloween, which are also called "All Hallow E'en", "The Eve of All Hallows", "The Eve of All Hallows", "The Eve of the Halloween", "The Eve of the Halloween", "The Eve of the Halloween", "The Eve of the Halloween", and "The Eve of the Halloween". of All Hallows", "Hallow e'en", or "The eve of All Saintas' Day". Eventually, it evolved into "Halloween", which translates to Halloween night.
Halloween customs - Trick or treat
One of the interesting aspects of Halloween is "Trick or treat", which did not originate in Ireland, but in the Christian churches of Europe in the 9th century AD. It began in the Christian Church in Europe in the ninth century. At that time, November 2, was known as "All Souls Day" (All Souls Day) by Christians. On this day, believers traveled through the backwoods of the countryside, going from village to village begging for "soul cakes" made of flour and raisins. It is said that the families who donate the cakes believe in the prayers of the monks of the church and expect to receive God's blessing for their deceased loved ones to enter heaven as soon as possible. The tradition of begging from house to house has evolved into a game in which children carrying pumpkin lanterns go from house to house begging for candy. When they meet, the children, dressed as ghosts and goblins, always threaten to "trick or treat," and the hosts, naturally, do not dare to be slow and say, "Please eat! Please eat!" The host would not hesitate to say "Please eat!" and put the candy in the large pockets the children carried.
There is also the story of the carved pumpkin as a lantern. This again originates from ancient Ireland. The story goes that a man named Jack was a drunkard and a prankster. One day, Jack tricked the devil into a tree, then carved a cross on the stump to scare the devil, so that he would not dare to come down, and then Jack made a pact with the devil, so that the devil promised to cast a spell so that Jack would never commit a crime as a condition for him to come down from the tree. After his death, Jack's soul could neither go to heaven nor hell, so his spirit had to rely on a small candle to guide him between heaven and earth.
In the old Irish legend, this small candle is placed in a hollowed out turnip, called "Jack LANTERNS", and the old turnip lamp evolved to today, is a pumpkin made Jack-O-Lantern. It is said that the Irish came to the United States soon, that is to say, found that the pumpkin whether from the source and carving are better than the turnip, so the pumpkin has become a Halloween pet.
Children's favorite holiday
Halloween is a great time for children to have fun. It is a festival full of mystery in the eyes of children. When night falls, children can't wait to put on colorful costumes, wear strange masks, carry a "jack-o'-lantern" and run out to play. "Jack-o'-lanterns" look very cute, the practice is to hollow out the pumpkin, carved on the outside of the smiling eyes and mouth, and then insert a candle in the melon, light it, people in a faraway place will be able to see this silly smiling face.
After cleaning up, a group of children dressed as demons and monsters carrying "jack-o-lanterns" ran to the door of their neighbor's house, shouting threateningly: "To play a prank or to give hospitality", "to give money or to give food! ". If adults do not treat them with candies and change, those mischievous children will do what they say: well, if you don't treat me, I'll play a prank on you. Sometimes they put soap on other people's doorknobs, sometimes they color other people's cats. These little pranks often make adults laugh and cry. Of course, most people were very happy to entertain these innocent little guests. That's why the children on Halloween night always have their bellies stuffed and their pockets full.
The most popular game on Halloween night is "Bite the Apple". During the game, people let the apple float in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apple with their mouths without using their hands, and whoever bites it first is the winner.