Celts who lived in present-day Ireland, Britain and northern France before 2000 celebrated the New Year on1October 1 1. This day marks the end of summer and harvest season and the beginning of dark and cold winter, and it is also the beginning of all things related to human death. The Celts believed that on the night before the New Year, the line between life and death became blurred. On the evening of June 3rd10, when they celebrated the festival of the temperature reduction, they thought that the souls of the dead would come back to them. Celtic believe that these souls from the underworld will not only cause trouble and destroy crops, but also make it easier for Druid priests or Celtic priests to predict the future. For those who are totally dependent on the changes in nature, these predictions are an important source of comfort and guidance in the long and dark winter. To commemorate this season, the druids lit a sacred and huge bonfire, and people gathered together to burn some crops and animals to sacrifice to the Celtic gods.
In the celebration, the clothing worn by the Celts can best represent the animal's head and fur, so as to predict the future and fate. After the celebration, they rekindled the bonfire to distinguish it from the sacred bonfire that had been extinguished, and hoped to protect them from the coming winter.
In 43 AD, the Romans conquered most of the territory of the Celts. They ruled the Celtic land for 400 years, and two festivals and traditions originated in Rome merged with Samhain's Celtic celebrations.
One is Feraglia, and one day in late October is traditionally a day for the Romans to commemorate the dead; Secondly, on a day called Pomona of Honor, the symbol of Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees, is an apple, which may begin to "float" after being combined with Samhain's celebration, which is also the traditional origin of apple decoration today.
By the 9th century, the influence of Christianity had spread to the land of the Celts. In the 7th century, Pope Boni IV designated 1 65438+1October1as Halloween to commemorate saints and martyrs. Today, it is widely believed that the Pope tried to replace the related Celtic festivals with festivals approved by the church to commemorate the dead. Celebrations are also called all Hallows or All Hallows (from Middle English All Hallows). The night before Samhain, it began to be called Halloween, and finally it was called Halloween. After 1000 A.D., the church designated 1 1.2 as all souls' day to commemorate the dead. This is a celebration similar to Samhain, with huge bonfires, parades and saints, angels and demons in various costumes gathered together. So it can be said that with these three celebrations, all saints and spirits have made Halloween.
The origin of Halloween stories
The Celts believed that the sun god helped them grow crops. However, the sun god is attacked by an evil force called Samhain every year and imprisoned for six months.
Samhain, also known as "Lord of Death" and "Prince of Darkness", came to Celtic land with cold and dark winter.
The Celts were very afraid of the night of June 3 1 because they thought there were a group of evil spirits lurking anywhere. They make a fire at home to let the evil spirits leave their home. )
They believe that Samhain summons the dead, and they also believe that Samhain will turn the dead into something else, such as a cat. The Celts will put on terrible camouflage to drive away those evil souls.
(This is the prototype of Halloween) After Rome occupied Celtic land, Roman festivals were combined with Celtic Samhain Festival on June 10 and June 3 1 day, which became the present Halloween.
Few people dare to read Halloween ghost stories.
How many ghost stories have you heard about Halloween? Many people like to listen to ghost stories, especially on Halloween. At this time, ghost stories will become particularly interesting and stimulate the festive atmosphere. Let me tell you some Halloween ghost stories! Make this day more festive! Come and have a look!
1, dormitory
After the freshmen reported for duty, eight boys in the dormitory of 125 spent their first night quietly lying in bed in a strange school.
Some people still can't stand being cold and cheerless. A boy got up and said, "hey, did you find it?" There is no dormitory on the first floor 124. " "It is said that someone was burned to death there in the last issue." Although nobody paid attention to him, he seemed very interested: "I heard that only one person ran out. It's terrible. "
Everyone seems unfamiliar and no one agrees. "But it is really simple here. Every door is so close that I almost entered the bedroom next door 123 when I came back this evening. " Seeing that no one was paying attention, he shook his head and thought that all the guys in this dormitory didn't like to talk. Well (expressing hesitation, etc.) ... He frowned as if something had happened. !
Step 2 play the ghost
On Valentine's Day, he sneaked into his girlfriend's house to surprise her. After turning off the lights, he put tomato juice on his face and covered it with a white sheet to scare his girlfriend.
He ran to the kitchen to see what he looked like after makeup. The way he tore his teeth and cracked his mouth in front of the kitchen mirror was so horrible that he was startled. He felt that his girlfriend couldn't stand it, so he took off his makeup.
When his girlfriend came back, he told her about it, and her girlfriend said in horror, there is no mirror in the kitchen at all!
Step 3 climb the mountain
One year, a mountaineering club went hiking, and a couple with good feelings were together. When they went to the foot of the mountain to attack the peak, the weather suddenly turned bad, but they still insisted on going up the mountain.
So I left the woman to see the camp, but I didn't see them come back three days later. The woman is a little worried and thinks it may be the weather.
Waiting and waiting, on the seventh day, everyone finally came back, except her boyfriend. Everyone told her that her boyfriend died on the first day of Fengfeng! They hurried back seven days ago, thinking that he might come back for her.
So everyone formed a circle and put her in the middle. It was almost twelve o'clock when her boyfriend suddenly appeared, covered in blood, grabbed her and ran out.
The girl screamed with fear and struggled desperately. At this time, her boyfriend told her that there was a mountain disaster on the first day of Fengfeng, and everyone died, but he was still alive! Who do you trust?