halloween英文作文

halloween means hallows' evening. it is the evening before all hallows' day (now called all saints'day) , a christian holiday, celebrated on the november 1st.

history traces halloween back to the ancient religion of the celtics. the celts were the ancestors of the present-day irish, welshand scottish people. in the 5th century bc, in celtic ireland, summer officially ended on october 31st. on the november 1st, celtic peoples celebrated the festival of samhain,which marked the beginning of winter and the celtic new year. celts thought the division between the natural world and the supernatural world became very thin and all time and space was abruptly suspended on october31st, and then the spirits of the died would come back and move freely looking for living bodies to possess.

one story about jack, an irishman, who was not allowed into heaven because he was stingy with his money. so he was sent to hell. but down there he played tricks on the devil (satan), so he was kicked out of hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.

well, irish children made jack's lanterns on october 31st from a large potato or turnip, hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. and irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village halloween festival that honored the druid god muck olla. the irish name for these lanterns was "jack with the lantern" or "jack of the lantern," abbreviated as " jack-o'-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern."

the traditional halloween you can read about in most books was just children's fun night. halloween celebrations would start in october in every elementary school.

halloween is a western festival. it’s on oct.31th. it’s a happy time for children because at night they put on the masks to attend the party. after the party, they knock at someone’s door and say: “trick or tread”. it means if you don’t give me the candies, i will play trick on you! at last kids can get enough candies for one year.

halloween is for the "all hallow's evening". however, due to various reasons, halloween has become the year's most popular and oneof the most popular festivals, and many players with great enthusiasm to celebrate this holiday.

halloween in the october 31, in fact, praise and autumn festivals like beltane is the festival of spring like the praise. of ancient gaul, britain and ireland priest - druid to have a grand festival praise of autumn, from october 31 beginning at midnight the following day, november 1 continued all day. in their view, that night they are a great death - salman to that year were all summoned the ghost of dead people, these evil spirits are subject to care for the livestock health and punishment. of course, as long asthe thought of such a gathering of ghosts, it was enough to make fools of those simple-minded understanding of the heart bile war.so they lit the sky of the bonfire, and close surveillance of these evil spirits.

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