What is the difference between Halloween and All Saints' Eve? Is it equivalent to China's Ghost Festival?
Halloween is a Western festival that marks the beginning of a new year. Celebrations usually take place at night. Halloween can be said to be a festival for people to get together and party. So, what is the difference between Halloween and All Saints' Eve? Is it equivalent to China's Ghost Festival? 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 difference between Halloween and All Saints' Day?Time:Halloween is on November 1st every year, and Halloween Eve on October 31st is the busiest time of the festival. In Chinese, Halloween is often mistranslated as All Saints' Day. Celebrating: Halloween is actually the Ghost Festival in the West. It is the day when ghosts appear. People want to dress up as ghosts to scare them away. Therefore, many people will dress up in strange clothes and dress up as various ghosts and wander around the streets. 】Halloween customs On the earliest Halloween Eve, children would wear costumes and masks and collect berries from house to house, which gradually developed into a masquerade ball on Halloween Eve. At Halloween masquerade balls, people dress up as Halloween-themed ghosts to celebrate the holiday. The theme of the night before is ghosts, scary things, and things related to death, magic, and monsters. Things that are commonly associated with Halloween include ghosts, ghouls, witches, bats, black cats, owls, goblins, zombies, skulls, pumpkin heads, demons, infernos, etc., as well as fictional characters such as vampires and Frankenstein, and jack-o'-lanterns (the shell of Western pumpkins is as hard as wood, so it looks like they are carved on wood). Black and orange are the traditional colors for Halloween. Modern Halloween products also make heavy use of purple, green, and red. Autumn elements such as pumpkins and scarecrows. Diet: There are several essential foods for Halloween: pumpkin pie, apples, and candy. In some places, premium beef and mutton are also prepared. These foods are prepared early on Halloween Eve. 】Toffee apples: Since Halloween is close to the apple harvest season, toffee apples have become a festive food. The method is to insert a bamboo skewer into the apple, then hold the skewer and rotate the apple in the toffee syrup, and sometimes stick nuts on it. In the past, every household would prepare toffee apples to give to children, but when rumors spread that someone put pins and razor blades into apples, the custom of giving toffee apples gradually disappeared. Although most of the cases are just pranks and the children in real cases only suffered minor injuries, many parents still believe that putting blades in apples is very common. 】Pumpkin pie Pumpkin pie is a festive food for Halloween, especially in the United States. Pumpkin pie is a traditional homemade dessert in the southern United States from late fall to early winter. It is eaten on a regular basis, especially around Halloween, when it becomes a seasonal food. 】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 considered as a kind of seasonal food. At this time, the more popular candies sold in stores are candies in various ghost shapes and candies packaged in the orange, brown or black colors common on Halloween. Is Halloween equivalent to China's Ghost Festival?To a certain extent, it is equivalent to the Ghost Festival in China and the West. In ancient my country, the Ghost Festival on July 15th is said to be the day when the gates of hell open and the souls of the dead come to wander in the human world. Therefore, the living people have to prepare some sacrifices to worship the wronged souls on this day. This custom has continued to this day since the Song Dynasty. The Ghost Festival in different places is no longer limited to July 15th. Different places have different customs. Therefore, there are many taboos such as: night wandering, shouting names at night, stealing sacrificial offerings, etc. These taboos bring a mysterious color to the Ghost Festival.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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