Where did Halloween originate? Where did Halloween first originate?

Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic New Year's festival, which is also a time to worship the souls of the dead, and at the same time, to avoid the interference of evil spirits, but also to worship ancestral spirits and good spirits with food to pray for safety through the harsh winter. That night, the children will put on make-up clothes and masks, and go door-to-door to collect sweets.

The earliest traceable origins of Halloween are the Celtic New Year, Sam Khan Samhain. In addition to welcoming the New Year, this festival also celebrates the harvest.

The Puritans banned it due to their rejection of the non-Puritanical elements and witchcraft overtones of the festival. But Halloween, with its emphasis on bountiful harvest and blurred margins, was gradually revived in the nineteenth century. Teach the colors of secular festivals and spread throughout the world.

Sam Khan, the Celtic New Year, is usually lit with bonfires and people dressed up in costumes. Much of these ritual expressions are based on the recognition that as the year shifts from the lighter half to the darker half, the boundaries between the other and the present are blurred.

Bonfires have a purifying effect, and the camouflage is intended to deceive visiting spirits into believing that they are of their own kind and not harm themselves. Divination, feasts, and various games are also often part of the festival.

On this night people would eat nuts and apples, and would go from house to house begging for food. And because of the role of camouflage, people tend to play pranks without any scruples. The earliest written record of Sam Khan pranks dates back to Scotland in 1736.

Ireland has a lot of records in this area as well. The custom of masquerade spread to England in the 20th century.

Because the time is at the turn of summer and winter, it is considered to be the season when life and death alternate and the spiritual world opens. On this day, it is said that all kinds of evil spirits and dead spirits will leave the underworld and come to the world to wander, and people will pay tribute to the souls of the dead and drive away evil spirits, so people will regard this day as a commemorative day.

Because of this tradition, Halloween is often associated with ghosts and various horror elements.

At the must-have Halloween ball, people dress up the most in a variety of ghosts, gods and witches; Children will dress up as little devils and play trick-or-treat from house to house; Even adults who are usually serious will choose to let go of themselves on this day and go to a haunted house to release their stress.

Today, Halloween has become an annual feast for the consumption of ghosts and the entertainment related to horror culture. At a time when various horror movies are being released and merchants are busy launching various Halloween-themed merchandise, doing "ghost business" has become a new trend.

Halloween, a Western holiday. It is often called Halloween Eve (Halloween).

Originating from the ancient Celtic people, the New Year festival is also a time to sacrifice to the souls of the dead, and while avoiding the interference of evil spirits, it is also a traditional Western festival to worship ancestral spirits and good spirits with food to pray for safety through the harsh winter. That night, the children will put on makeup clothes and masks and go door-to-door to collect nuts. It is prevalent mainly in the English-speaking world, such as the British Isles and North America, followed by Australia and New Zealand.

Now, the young generation in some Asian countries have also begun to tend to celebrate the "foreign festival", on the eve of Halloween, some large foreign-funded supermarkets will put up counters to sell Halloween toys, and small traders will also ** some Halloween-related dolls or models, attracting the attention of young people.

Once upon a time there was a man named Jack who was a well-known drunkard. One day, he got drunk again and was walking home. Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared in front of him, and he stepped forward to see that it was a vampire, and the vampire was going to kill him, and he was very scared, and he was half awake from the frightened wine, and he was still very calm on the surface, and suddenly he saw the hole in the tree in front of him, and came up with a good idea, and he put his mouth to the vampire's ear, and said, I hid a bottle of good wine in that tree hole, and we will divide it together, and the vampire thought that wine was a good thing, so he agreed, and Jack seized the opportunity, and quickly carved a cross in front of the tree hole, and hid in the tree hole, and suddenly the vampire was swept away by the holy light from the cross Since then, Halloween has been positioned on this day every year.