What is Halloween for? What is the difference between Halloween and All Saints' Day?
Speaking of Halloween, I believe many of my friends are familiar with it, but when it comes to Halloween, not everyone knows it. So, let’s take a look at what Halloween is? What is the difference between Halloween and All Saints' Day? In the traditional almanac, every month and every day is different. If you want to know more about the lunar calendar for September 2021, please follow Mr. Shui Mo’s website!What is Halloween for?The so-called Halloween actually refers to the night before Halloween.In the West, Halloween is also called Ghost Festival. But the most lively day is the night before Halloween, which is Halloween Eve. On Halloween, children will wear colorful costumes, put on strange masks, and go from house to house carrying a "Jack-O'-Lantern" to ask adults for holiday gifts. The most well-known symbols of Halloween are these two things - the strange "Jack-O'-Lantern" and the prank of "performing magic or giving candy". What is the difference between Halloween and All Saints' Day?Time difference:Halloween: October 31 Halloween: November 1 Difference in meaning: Halloween: The theme of the night before is ghosts, scary things, and things related to death, magic, and monsters. Things usually associated with Halloween include ghosts, ghouls, witches, bats, black cats, owls, goblins, zombies, skulls, pumpkin heads, demons, infernal corpses, etc., as well as fictional characters such as vampires and Frankenstein. Jack-o'-lantern Halloween: Halloween is All Saints Day, also known as "All Saints' Day", one of the Catholic and Orthodox festivals and a traditional festival in Western countries. In Chinese-speaking regions, Halloween is often mistakenly called All Saints' Day. "Hallow" comes from the Middle English word halwen, which is very close to the etymology of holy. In some areas of Scotland and Canada, Halloween is still called "All Hallow Mas". Activity difference: Halloween: 1. The symbol of Halloween is the pumpkin lantern (also called Jack-o'-lantern or Jack-o'-lantern). There is also the story of carving pumpkins into lanterns. 2. Trick or treat if you don’t give them candies. When they meet, the children dressed up as ghosts always threaten to “trick or treat if you don’t treat them”, and the host naturally dares not neglect them and keeps saying “Eat! Eat!” and puts candies into the big pockets that the children carry with them. Trick or Treat is a children's horror film based on Halloween. Halloween: 1. Dressing up as a ghost Halloween is actually a Western ghost festival, a day when ghosts appear. People want to dress up as ghosts to scare them away, so many people dress up in strange clothes and dress up as various ghosts and wander around the streets. 2. Biting the apple. This is the most popular game on Halloween. Put the apple in a basin full of water and let the children bite it with their mouths without using their hands or feet. If they bite the apple, then the apple is theirs. Food Difference: Halloween: 1. Toffee apples: Since Halloween is close to the apple harvest season, toffee apples become a festive food. 2. Pumpkin pie Pumpkin pie is a festive food for Halloween, especially in the United States. 3. Hot Apple Cider: This drink is made by heating apple cider and then adding cinnamon, cloves and sugar. The alcohol has almost evaporated during the heating. 4. Candy On Halloween night, children and teenagers will dress up as ghosts and ask for candy on the streets, so all kinds of candy can be regarded as a kind of Halloween food. 1. Sugar “Trick or treat if you don’t give me candy.” The most classic Halloween candy is packaged in orange, brown and black, and most of the shapes are ghosts. However, this tradition has nothing to do with candy. 2. Apple In addition to Halloween, November 1st was also an important festival in ancient Rome called Pomona. Pomona is the "goddess of fruit trees" and is in charge of the life and death, harvest and failure of all fruit trees. After Rome occupied Celtic, it also merged the Pomona Festival with the New Year, forming the custom of eating apples on Halloween. |
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