What holiday is April 1st and what is its origin?
Introduction: With the rapid development of the Internet, people from all over the world are able to be more closely connected. As a result, many foreign festivals have continued to pour into our country and become a pleasant holiday. April Fools' Day is one of them. Do you know the origin of April Fool's Day? Let’s follow the editor to find out. Mr. Shui Mo will tell you how beautiful every day in the third month of the lunar calendar is, and how touching every day in March is, because the drizzle in March brings you poetic longing.What holiday is April 1st?April Fool's Day (April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day), also known as All Fools' Day and Humor Festival, is held on April 1st of the Gregorian calendar. It is a folk festival that has become popular in the West since the 19th century and has not been recognized as a legal holiday in any country. On this day, people deceive and play tricks on each other in various ways, and often reveal the joke at the end and declare the person being tricked a "fool". Jokes rarely contain any real malice, but some jokes may cause panic among people due to being too exaggerated, resulting in large-scale reactions and the formation of (media) rumors and urban legends. Therefore, people generally avoid jokes that may cause disasters.Origin of April Fools' Day:1. In 1582, King Charles IX of France decided to adopt the newly reformed calendar: the Gregorian calendar (the universal solar calendar), with New Year's Day as the beginning of the new year, changing the past practice of April 1 as the beginning of the new year. But some conservatives opposed this reform and still gave New Year gifts and celebrated the New Year on this day according to the old calendar. Reformers ridiculed these practices of the conservatives, giving them fake gifts and inviting them to fake parties. From then on, the tradition of playing pranks on this day became popular. When a person is fooled, the person who plays the trick on him will shout out "POISSON D'AVRIL", which means "April prank". Clever and funny people send them fake gifts and invite them to fake receptions on April 1st. And called the deceived conservatives "April fools" or "baited fish." From then on, people began to fool each other on April 1st, and it became a popular custom in France. In the early 18th century, the April Fools' Day custom was introduced to Britain and then brought to the United States by early British immigrants.2. According to research by British historians, the origin of "April Fools' Day" comes from the Indian Buddhist phrase "reaching the other shore". However, the British Encyclopedia records that "April Fools' Day" is a holiday of lies that appeared after the religious revolution in the 15th century. At that time, King Philip II of Spain established an "Inquisition". Anyone who was not a Catholic was regarded as a heretic and sentenced to death on April 1st of each year. The subjects felt very terrified, so they took pleasure in telling lies and making fun of each other every day to dilute their fear and hatred of the rulers. Later, it was used for a long time and evolved into today's "April Fools' Day". 3. According to legend, about 1,650 years after the birth of Adam, the first ancestor of mankind, God destroyed the world with a flood, but only Noah, a descendant of Adam's third son, was left. He saved the lives of his entire family with a man-made large ship. After the flood receded a little, Noah released a white dove to explore for a piece of land after the flood receded, because that day happened to be April 1st. Therefore, later generations believed that doing something meaningless on this day was like a white dove doing work in vain, which was a foolish behavior. This was the origin of "April Fool's Day". 4. According to Christians, "April Fool's Day" is to commemorate the day when Jesus suffered. Before being crucified, Jesus was forced to run around everywhere. Later generations use April 1st to commemorate his innocent crucifixion, which actually contains a warning meaning. Summary: Through the above article, we have a deep understanding of the definition and origin of April Fools’ Day. I hope you will like the above article. At the same time, the editor reminds you that you can joke on April Fools’ Day, but a little joke is just for fun! |
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