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1、关于万圣节英语作文400字精选5篇一年一度的万圣节就要来，瞧!南瓜灯都摆出来了，你需要些万圣节的英语作文吗?小编整理了关于万圣节英语作文400字精选5篇，欢迎参考借鉴。关于万圣节英语作文400字一The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest
2、and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death.Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was beli
3、eved that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future.For a people entirely dependent on the volatile na
4、tural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.关于万圣节英语作文400字二To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.During the celebration, the
5、Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other s fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.By
6、A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.关于万圣节英语作文400字三The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the
7、 Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of bobbing for apples that is practiced tod
8、ay on Halloween.By the 800s, the influence of Christianity had spread into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. It is widely believed today that the pope was attempting to replace the Celtic festival of the d
9、ead with a related, but church-sanctioned holiday. The celebration was also called All-hallows or All-hallowmas (from Middle English Alholowmesse meaning All Saints Day) and the night before it, the night of Samhain, began to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween.关于万圣节英语作文400字四Hallowe
10、en originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits. Witches flying on broomsticks with ghosts, goblins and skeletons have all evolved as symbols of Halloween. Bats, owls and other nocturnal animals are also popular symbols of Halloween. They were originally feared because people believed tha
11、t these creatures could communicate with the spirits of the dead.Black cats are also symbols of Halloween and have religious origins as well. Black cats were considered to be reincarnated beings with the ability to divine the future. During the Middle Ages it was believed that witches could turn the
12、mselves into black cats. Thus when such a cat was seen, it was considered to be a witch in disguise. All these are popular trick-or-treat costumes and decorations for greeting cards and windows.Even later, in A.D. 1000, the church would make November 2 All Souls Day, a day to honor the dead. It was
13、celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils. Together, the three celebrations, the eve of All Saints , All Saints , and All Souls , were called Hallowmas.关于万圣节英语作文400字五Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. The pumpkin is a
14、n orange-colored squash, and orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkins into jack- o -lanterns is a Halloween custom also dating back to Ireland. A legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so stingy that he was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was
15、a miser. He couldn t enter hell either because he had played jokes on the devil. As a result, Jack had to walk on the earth with his lantern until Judgement Day. So Jack and his lantern became the symbol of a lost or damned soul.To scare these souls away on Halloween, the Irish people carved scary f
16、aces out of turnips, beets or potatoes representing Jack of the Lantern, or Jack-o-lantern. When the Irish brought their customs to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips. Today jack-o-lanterns in the windows of a house on Halloween night let costumed cchildren know that there are goodies waiting if they knock and say
