Halloween or Halloween ,also known as Allhalloween,All Hallows Eve,or All Saints Eve,is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October,the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows Day.It initiates the triduum of Allhallowtide,the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead,including saints (hallows),martyrs,and all the faithful departed believers.Within Allhallowtide,the traditional focus of All Hallows Eve

revolves around the theme of using "humor and ridicule to confront the

power of death."

According to many scholars,All Hallows Eve is a Christianized feast initially influenced by Celtic harvest festivals,with possible pagan roots,particularly the Gaelic Samhain.Other scholars maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has solely Christian roots.

Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related "guising"),attending costume parties,decorating,carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns,lighting bonfires,apple bobbing,visiting haunted house attractions,playing pranks,telling scary stories,and watching horror films.In many parts of the world,the Christian religious observances of All Hallows Eve,including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead,remain popular,although in other locations,these solemn customs are less pronounced

in favor of a more commercialized and secularized celebration.Because many Western Christian denominations encourage,although no longer require,abstinence from meat on All Hallows Eve,the tradition of eating certain vegetarian foods for this vigil day developed,including the consumption of apples,colcannon,cider,potato pancakes,and soul cakes.

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万圣节是诸圣节(AllSaints’Day)的俗称，本是天主教等基督宗教的宗教节日，时间是11月1日。天主教把诸圣节定为弥撒日，每到这一天，除非有不可抗拒的理由，否则所有信徒都要到教堂参加弥撒，缅怀已逝并升入天国的所有圣人，特别是那些天主教历史上的着名圣人。紧随诸圣节之后的是11月2日的诸灵(AllSouls’Day)，这一天缅怀的则是已逝但还未升入天国的灵魂，信徒们会祈祷他们早日升天。

万圣节前夕，在每年的10月31日，是西方的传统节日。许多亚洲地区的人将万圣节前夕误称为万圣节。

万圣节前夜源自古代凯尔特民族(Celtic)的新年节庆，此时也是祭祀亡魂的时刻，在避免恶灵干扰的同时，也以食物祭拜祖灵及善灵以祈平安渡过严冬。前一天晚上(也就是万圣节前夜)，小孩们会穿上化妆服，戴上面具，挨家挨户收集糖果。

Halloween is the common name of AllSaints Day, which is a religious festival of the Catholic church and other Christian religions. The time is November 1st. Samhain festival as Catholic mass, on this day, unless there is irresistible reasons, otherwise all believers into the church to attend mass, honor is gone and all the saints float into the kingdom of heaven, especially those famous in the history of the Catholic saints. After all saints Day is the AllSouls Day on November 2, the Day of the dead but not yet ascended into the spirit of heaven, and believers will pray for their early ascension.

On the eve of Halloween, on the 31st of October, it is a traditional western holiday. Many people in the region mistake Halloween for Halloween.

Halloween originated in ancient Celtic national (Celtic) New Year festival, this is also a sacrifice revenant moment, in avoiding the evil spirit interference at the same time, also with food worship of ancestors and good spirit to pray for peace through the cold winter. The night before (which is Halloween), children would dress up in costumes, wear masks and go from house to house collecting candy.

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关于万圣节由来的传说有许多版本，最普遍的认为，那是源于基督诞生前的.古西欧国家，主要包括爱尔兰、苏格兰和威尔士，这几处的古西欧人叫德鲁伊特人。德鲁伊特的新年在十一月一日，新年前夜，德鲁伊特人让年轻人集队，戴着各种怪异面具，拎着刻好的萝卜灯(南瓜灯系后期习俗，古西欧最早没有南瓜)，他们游走于村落间。这在当时实则为一种秋收的庆典;也有说是“鬼节”，传说当年死去的人，灵魂会在万圣节的前夜造访人世，据说人们应该让造访的鬼魂看到圆满的收成并对鬼魂呈现出丰盛的款待。所有篝火及灯火，一来为了吓走鬼魂，同时也为鬼魂照亮路线，引导其回归。

在中世纪的中欧，曾有过xx摧毁异教徒的历史。可是新年夜前的祭祀庆典从未真正消除，不过以巫术的形式出现。这也就是为什么我们现在的万圣节里，还留有巫婆的扫帚、黑猫、咒语等痕迹。

Legends about the origin of Halloween has many versions, the most common form of thought, that is originated from the ancient western European countries before the birth of Christ, including Ireland, Scotland and wales, which several of the ancient western European people called druid. Druid in the New Year on November 1, New Years eve, the druid who set the young team, wearing all kinds of strange mask, carrying carved turnip lamp (pumpkin is a late customs, the ancient Western Europe earliest not pumpkin), they walk in between villages. This was in fact a celebration of autumn harvest; Also have say "Halloween", legends that year the dead, the soul would on Halloween on the eve of a visit to the world, it is said that people should try to visit to see the ghost of satisfactory harvest and present a great hospitality to the ghost. All bonfires and lights, to frighten away spirits, also illuminate the path for the ghost, and guide its return.

In medieval Europe, there was a history of Christian destruction of pagans. However, sacrifices before New Years eve have never really been eliminated, but in the form of witchcraft. Thats why we have witches brooms, black cats, spells and so on.

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Hi, boys and girls. Today I will introduce yoan interesting holiday. It is called Halloween. Halloween is on October 31and it is believed that on that day all the spirits came back to the world of the living. Today, this has changed to be a day when children dress up and go out to play “Trick-or-Treat”.

In order to have fun on Halloween, yoneed to know some things. First: Jack-o-lantern. Look, this is a Jack-o-lantern. It is made out of a pumpkin. People put it in front of the door. I want to make one this year. Second: Costumes. On Halloween yocan dress up and cosplay whomever yolike, such as Snow White, Superman, Captain Jack and so on. Do yoknow who I want to be: Spiderman!!!

The third one is “Trick or Treat” game. I think it is the most fun part of the holiday. At night, kids go out in the costumes and they knock at their neighbors’ doors. If they can’t get “treat”, they will play a trick. Of course, they will get a lot of candies and sweets on that night.

Besides these, there are some other activities, such as apple bobbing, visiting a scary house, Halloween parties, etc. Boys and girls, are yointerested in this fun Holiday? I like it very much. I wish we could celebrate it this year.

Thanks!