Halloween is also called the Holy Day. On November 1st of each year, it is a traditional festival in the West; and October 31st of Halloween is the most lively moment of the festival. In Chinese, Halloween is often translated as Halloween (All Saints’ Day).
To celebrate the advent of Halloween, children will dress up as cute ghosts and knock on the door from house to house, asking for candy, otherwise they will be tricky. At the same time, it is said that this night, all kinds of ghosts will be dressed up as children to join in the crowd to celebrate the advent of Halloween, and humans dressed up as ghosts in order to make the ghosts more harmonious.
Halloween English is All Saints Day, also known as “All Saints”, one of the Catholic and Orthodox festivals, a traditional festival in Western countries. Chinese-speaking areas often mistake Halloween for Halloween. “Hallow” comes from Middle English halwen, which is very close to the holy etymology. In some areas of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still called “All Hallow Mas”. On that day, the mass of Mass is to celebrate the entire sage of the heavens (Hallow). Nowadays, for the sake of commercial interests or other purposes, the society organizes various activities full of demons and ghosts on the night of October 31, completely deviating from the sacred meaning of Halloween.
More than two thousand years ago, the Christian Church in Europe designated November 1 as “All Hallows’ Day.” “Hallow” means the meaning of the saints. Legend has it that from the 500th century BC, Celts, who lived in Ireland and Scotland, moved the festival forward one day, October 31. They think that the day is the official end of the summer, that is, the beginning of the new year, the beginning of the harsh winter. At that time, people believed that the dead soul of the old man would return to the former residence on this day to find the living spirit in the living, thereby regenerating, and this is the only hope that people can regenerate after death. The living person is afraid of the soul of the dead to take over, so people will extinguish the fire and candlelight on this day, so that the soul of the dead can not find a living person, and dress yourself as a demon ghost to scare away the soul of the dead. After that, they will rekindle the fire and the candlelight and start a new year of life.
Halloween was originally a festival that praised autumn, just as the May Festival is like spring. Ancient priests in Gaul, Britain and Ireland – Druid has a grand festival that celebrates the fall, from midnight on October 31 to November 1st the next day. They thought that on that night their great death, Saman, summoned the ghosts of those who died that year, and these evil spirits were punished by the nurses for the animals. Of course, as long as you think of such a ghostly gathering, it is enough to make the fools who are simple at the time tremble with fear. So they set off the bonfire and watched the evil spirits closely. The idea of witches and ghosts everywhere on Halloween is just the beginning. So far in some isolated areas of Europe, some people believe that this is true.
The ancient Romans also had a festival on November 1st, which was used to pay tribute to their goddess Pomona. They roast nuts and apples before the bonfire. Our Halloween seems to be a combination of ancient Roman festivals and Druid’s festivals.
The Halloween event turned out to be very simple, and most of it was done in the church. But throughout Europe, people see Halloween as a great opportunity to play, tell ghost stories and scare each other. So people no longer use this festival to praise the fall, but let it become a festival of gods, witches and ghosts.