When is Halloween this year? What are the origins and legends of Halloween and pumpkin lanterns?
Halloween, also known as All Saints’ Day, is familiar to many people, especially children. So, when is Halloween this year? What are the origins and legends of Halloween and pumpkin lanterns? Although it is the ninth month of the lunar calendar and summer has long ended, the temperature in most parts of the south is still relatively high, so the summer heat has not completely disappeared. Come to Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the ninth month of the lunar calendar.When is Halloween this year?Gregorian calendar: November 1, 2021Lunar calendar: September 27, 2021 This day is the 45th week of 2021. It is the first week of November. There are 24 days until the next holiday (Thanksgiving), 6 days until the next solar term (Beginning of Winter), and 61 days (8 weeks) until the end of the year. There is still 17% left. What are the origins and legends of Halloween?Halloween was originally a festival to praise autumn, just like May Day is a festival to praise spring. 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.What are the origins and legends of the Jack-O'-Lantern?As for the origin of the pumpkin lantern, it is related to an Irish legend. According to legend, there was a man named Jack in ancient times who was drunk all day long. One day, probably because he was drunk again, he coaxed Satan onto a tree and asked Satan to carve a cross on the tree. As a result, Satan was trapped in the tree and could not get down. Later, Jack negotiated with Satan that if Satan could guarantee that he would not go to hell after his death, he would take Satan down, and Satan actually agreed. However, he could not go to hell, nor could he enter heaven, so he had to wander around in the dark world. Satan gave him a lantern made of a hollowed-out turnip with charcoal inside so that he could find his way in the dark world. But he never found the way, so he wandered the world forever with a lantern.Although your life's destiny is already determined, you can understand and grasp your future fortune in advance. Click on the [Premium Calculation] below to calculate your latest fortune! |
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