What is the origin of Halloween? What can you eat for Halloween?
Halloween is coming. Do you want to know the origin and food culture of Halloween? The ninth month of the lunar calendar belongs to autumn, the harvest season. In this golden month, the crops in the fields enter the harvest month. Welcome to the September 2021 special topic on Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the ninth month of the lunar calendar.What is the origin of Halloween?The name Halloween comes from Christianity, but the festival itself evolved from other festivals.More than two thousand years ago, the Christian Church in Europe designated November 1 as "All Hallows' Day." "Hallow" means saint. Legend has it that since 500 BC, the Celts living in Ireland, Scotland and other places moved the festival forward one day, to October 31st. They believe that this day is the official end of summer, the beginning of the new year, and the beginning of the harsh winter. People believed at that time that the ghosts of dead people would return to their former residences on this day to pursue the life on the living person body and be reborn, which was the only hope for the regeneration after death. The living were afraid that the souls of the dead would come to take their lives, so they extinguished the fire and candles on this day to prevent the souls of the dead from finding the living. They also dressed themselves up as monsters to scare away the souls of the dead. Afterwards, they will relight the fire and candles and start a new year of life. The Druids, the priests of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, had a grand festival to praise autumn, which lasted a whole day from midnight on October 31st to November 1st the next day. They believed that on that night their great god of death, Saman, would summon all the ghosts of those who had died that year, and these evil ghosts would be punished by being reborn as animals. Of course, the mere thought of such a ghostly gathering was enough to terrify the simple-minded fools of the time. So they lit a huge bonfire and kept a close watch on the evil spirits. This is how the idea of witches and ghosts being everywhere on Halloween began. To this day, in some isolated areas of Europe, there are still people who believe this is true. The ancient Romans also had a festival on November 1st to pay tribute to their goddess Pomona, and they usually roasted nuts and apples in front of a blazing bonfire. Therefore, the Halloween that people are familiar with today is actually a combination of the ancient Roman festivals and the Druid festivals, while the content related to "Halloween" has gradually been ignored. What can you eat for Halloween?1. CandyOn Halloween night, children will dress up as ghosts and ask for candy on the streets, so candy can be said to be the most popular food on Halloween. Because of Halloween regulations that children cannot be given homemade food, every Halloween, major candy brands will launch candies with a Halloween atmosphere, such as various ghost-shaped candies, or printing various representative Halloween pictures on the candy packaging. 2. Pumpkin Pie There is a custom of making pumpkin lanterns on Halloween. Although the pumpkins used to make pumpkin lanterns are not suitable for eating, people still like to make pumpkin-flavored foods on Halloween, among which pumpkin pie is the most popular. Pumpkin pie is a festive food for Halloween in the United States, and is also a traditional home-cooked dessert in the southern United States from late autumn to early winter. In addition, dried pumpkin seeds are also often used as Halloween food. 3. Hot Apple Cider Hot apple cider is a popular Halloween cocktail. It is made by heating apple cider and then adding cinnamon, cloves and sugar. However, when this kind of drink is heated, the alcohol has almost evaporated, so even minors can drink some of it. This drink is very popular in Europe and the United States in winter. At Christmas, cider is replaced with red wine, and it can be called Christmas-flavored mulled wine. 4. Toffee Apple During Halloween, apples are in season, so there are many apple-related seasonal foods, and toffee apples are one of them. The method of making toffee apples is very simple. Just insert a bamboo skewer into the apple, and then use the skewer to rotate the apple in the toffee syrup (sometimes some nuts will be stuck on it). Toffee apples are a popular Halloween food from long ago, but accidents can easily happen, so you must be extra careful when making them. Do you want to know your own Bazi? Want to figure out where your golden marriage is? Click on the [Premium Calculation] below to calculate your horoscope and fortune! |
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