萬圣節的由來英語版
圣誕節在每年的10月31日，也就是萬圣節前夜。那么，關于萬圣節你知道多少呢?下面就是YJBYS小編為大家帶來的萬圣節的由來英語版，僅供參考!
萬圣節的由來英語版一
Halloween
Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints' Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.
Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o'-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".
The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.
Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.
萬圣節的由來英語版二
Halloween Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31, the even
ing before All Saints' Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.
Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o'-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".
The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.
Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.
萬圣節的由來英語版三
All Saints' Day, feast of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, and day on which churches glorify God for all God's saints, known and unknown. It is celebrated on Nov. 1 in the West, since Pope Gregory IV ordered its church-wide observance in 837. Its origin lies earlier in the common commemorations of martyrs who died in groups or whose names were unknown, which were held on various days in different parts of the Church; over time these celebrations came to include not only the martyrs but all saints. During the Reformation the Protestant churches understood “saints” in its New Testament usage as including all believers and reinterpreted the feast of All Saints as a celebration of the unity of the entire Church. In medieval England the festival was known as All Hallows, hence the name Halloween [=All Hallows' eve] for the preceding evening.
The Celtic people, who lived more than 2000 years ago feared the evening of Oct. 31 more than any other day of the year. It was the eve of their festival of Samhain. Samhain was a joyful harvest festival that marked the death of the old year and the beginning of a new one. The day itself was a time for paying homage to the sun god Baal who had provided the people with the ripened grain for use in the upcoming winter. Come evening evil spirits were everywhere. Charms and spells were said to have more power on the eve of Samhain. Several rituals were performed by the Celtic priests, Druids, to appease the Lord of the Dead.
Halloween was called Samhain by the Irish. It came to be known as Halloween sometime around the fifth century A.D. .
Samhain took place on October 31 through to November 1. During this period, it was believed that the boundaries between our world and the world of the dead were weakened, allowing spirits of the recently dead to cross over and possess the living.
To celibrate the festival, the Irish would dress up in bizarre costumes and parade through their villages， causing destruction and saying "Trick-or-Treat", in order to scare off any recently departed souls who might be prowling for bodies to inhabit.
This yearly festival was later brought to the other regions of the world, including continental Europe and North America. Irish immigrants brought several customs with them, including one of the symbols most commonly associated with Halloween -- the "Jack Lantern".
According to Irish folklore, there once lived a man named Jack who was known for being a drunk and a prankster. One night Jack tricked the devil into climbing a tree, and quickly carved an image of a cross on the trunk, trapping the devil. Jack then made him promise that, in exchange for letting him out of the tree, the Devil would never tempt him to sin again. He reluctantly agreed, but was able to exact his revenge upon Jack's death. Because of his mischievous ways in life, Jack was barred from entering heaven and because of his earlier trick; he was also barred from hell. So he was doomed to wander the earth until the end of time, with only a "Jack Lanterns" to warm him.
In Ireland, they originally used turnips for their "Jack Lanterns", but upon arriving in north America, they discovered that pumpkins were abundant and easier to carve out.
附：萬圣節傳說
萬圣節的傳說一
兩千多年前，歐洲的天主教會把11月1日定為“天下圣徒之日” (ALL HALLOWS DAY) 。“HALLOW” 即圣徒之意。傳說自公元前五百年，居住在愛爾蘭、蘇格蘭等地的凱爾特人把這節日往前移了一天，即10月31日 。他 們認為該日是夏天正式結束的日子，也就是新年伊始，嚴酷的冬季開始的一天。那時人們相信， 故人的亡魂會在這一天回到故居地在活人身上找尋生靈，借此再生，而且這是人在死后能獲得再生的.唯一希望。而活著的人則懼怕死魂來奪生，于是人們就在這一天 熄掉爐火、燭光，讓死魂無法找尋活人，又把自己打扮成妖魔鬼怪把死人之魂靈嚇走。之后，他們又會把火種燭光重新燃起，開始新的一年的生活。傳說那時凱爾特 人部落還有在10月31日把活人殺死用以祭奠死人的習俗。
到了公元1世紀，占領了凱爾特部落領地的羅馬人也漸漸接受了萬圣節習俗，但從此廢止了燒活人祭死人的野蠻做法。羅馬人慶 祝豐收的節日與凱爾特人儀式結合，戴著可怕的面具，打扮成動物或鬼怪，則是為了趕走在他們四周游蕩的妖魔。這也就是現全球大部分人以古靈精怪的打扮，來慶祝萬圣節的由來。時間流逝，萬圣節的意義逐漸起了變化，變得積極快樂起來，喜慶的意味成了主流。死魂找替身返世的說法也漸漸被摒棄和忘卻。到了今天，象征萬圣節的形象、圖畫如巫婆、黑貓等，大都有友善可愛和滑稽的臉。
萬圣節的傳說二
萬圣節及萬圣節前夜也來自于天主教對其它宗教的節日的吸收、改造和重新詮釋。萬圣節前夜起源于不列顛凱爾特人的傳統節日(Samhain，薩溫節)，在10月的最后一天，他們相信這是夏天的終結，冬天的開始，這一天是一年的重要標志，是最重要的節日之一，被稱為“死人之日”，或者“鬼節”。這一天各種惡鬼出沒，死去人們的靈魂也會離開身體，在世間游走，這一天的晚上也就格外危險。人們會把食物放在門口吸引有主的鬼魂靈魂，而為了嚇走邪惡的鬼魂，凱爾特人會戴上面具。鬼節是一年中很特別的日子，英國人和愛爾蘭人在這個時候悼念他們死去的親友。這些人相信，死去的靈魂會在這一天來到人世間，因此每年10月31日他們燃起篝火，舉辦盛宴以求好運。
天主教傳教士登陸不列顛諸島的時候，傳教士們為了壓制這種被他們視為異端的德魯伊傳統，就把這一天之后的11月第一天定為萬圣節，紀念天主教的圣人們，希望以此打壓這些鬼怪觀念，所以說是先有鬼節，后有萬圣節。然而，異教徒除了在萬圣節對天主教圣人表示尊敬之外，仍繼續在10月31日慶祝鬼節。
萬圣節這樣有趣，是因為異教徒沒有聽從教會。他們在萬圣節繼續沿用許多鬼節的儀式，有些儀式仍然存在。實際上萬圣節和鬼節的習俗，主要是在英倫三島和北美的前英屬殖民地，也就是美國、加拿大、澳大利亞，新西蘭等國家。其中，美國的萬圣節前夕傳統最初來自于愛爾蘭和蘇格蘭的移民，于19世紀傳入。而其他發達國家則于20世紀末受美國流行文化影響而開始慶祝萬圣節前夕。
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