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1、此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。愚人节的由来篇一：愚人节的来历英语版 愚人节的来历 2020-03-31 17:46 马上就要愚人节了。关于这个节日的来源有各种不同的说法，有人说与一群不愿接受公历纪年的法国保守者有关；也有人说它来源于纪念丰收女神的女儿被诱拐到地狱；还有人说，这个节日始于英国一个名叫“愚人村”的天才村民；另一些说法则认为春天的天气变化无常，因此人们在春分前后可以选择某一日颠倒乾坤，以荒诞的闹剧来迎接春神的到来 以下关于“愚人节”的五种传说，其趣味各有千秋，至于哪种更为真实全凭您的亮眼一辨真伪喽！ As it was called
2、 years ago, All Fools Day is observed in many countries around the world. The origin of April Fools Day remains clouded in obscurity. But what is clear is that the tradition of a day devoted to foolery had ancient roots. As we look back in time, many ancient predecessors of April Fools Day are found
3、. A French legendary The most widespread theory about the origin of April Fools Day links the Gregorian calendar reform. In 1582 France became the first country to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. This meant that the beginning of the year was moved from the end of March to January 1
4、. If someone failed to keep up with the change and continued to celebrate the New Year between March 25th and April 1st, various jokes would be played on him. This story might explain why April 1st specifically became the date of the modern holiday. Mythological roots There have been quite a few att
5、empts to provide mythological explanations for the rise of April Fools Day. One story dates back to Roman mythology, particularly the myth of Ceres (the Goddess of grain and the harvest) and Proserpina. In Roman mythology Pluto, the God of the Dead, abducted Proserpina and brought her to live with h
6、im in the underworld. Proserpina called out to her mother Ceres for help, but Ceres, who could only hear the echo of her daughters voice, searched in vain for Proserpina. The fruitless search of Ceres for her daughter was commemmorated during the Roman festival of Cerealia and believed by some to ha
7、ve been the mythological antecedent of the fools errands popular on April 1st. British folklore linked April Fools Day to the town of Gotham. According to the legend, it was traditional in the 13th century for any road that the King travelled over to become public property. People in Gotham didnt wa
8、nt to lose their main road and spread a false story to stop the King. A messenger was sent to Gotham after King John learned the peoples trick. But when the messenger arrived in Gotham he found the town was full of lunatics who were engaged in foolish activities such as drowning fish or attempting t
9、o cage birds in roofless fences. The King fell for the hoax and declared the town too foolish to warrant punishment. And ever since then, April Fools Day has supposedly commemmorated their trickery. Anthropological explanations Anthropologists and cultural historians provide their own explanations f
10、or the rise of April Fools Day. According to them, the celebration traces its roots back to festivals marking the Springtime. Spring is the time of year when the weather becomes fickle, as if Nature is playing tricks on man, and festivals occurring during the Spring traditionally mirrored this sense
11、 of whimsy and surprise. They often involved temporary inversions of the social order. Normal behavior no longer governed during the brief moment of transition as the old world died and the new cycle of seasons was born. Practical jokes,trickery, and the turning upside down of status expectations we
12、re all allowed. In addition,the linkage between April Foolery and the Springtime is seen in another story that traces the origin of the custom back to the abundance of fish to be found in French streams during early April when the young fish had just hatched. These young fish were easy to fool with
13、a hook and lure. Therefore, the French called them Poisson dAvril or April Fish. Soon it became customary to fool people on April 1, as a way of celebrating the abundance of foolish fish. (英语点津陈蓓编辑) 篇二：“愚人节”的来历与习俗 “愚人节”的来历与习俗 潍坊师范学校 鞠贵芹 每年4月1日，是西方也是美国的民间传统节日愚人节。这一天人们可以开各种各样的玩笑，可以撒善意的谎，“骗”与“被骗者”最后都以哈
14、哈一笑了之。 关于愚人节的来历有不同的说法。一种说法认为，在中世纪时，多数基督教国家都根据儒略历，把4月1日定为新年节日来庆祝，这一天，人们要互赠礼物致贺。十六世纪末到十七世纪初，法国率先改革纪年法，首先采用格里历，即目前通用的阳历，把1月1日作为一年之始。但一些保守的人士旧俗难改，反对这种改革，依然按照旧历固执地在4月1日这一天送礼品，庆祝新年。这个“新年”，便成了一个虚假的节日。有些爱恶作剧的人，干脆有意地把礼物也变成虚假的，举办假招待会，并把上当受骗的人称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩的鱼”。从此人们在4月1日便互相愚弄，成为西方流行的风俗。18世纪初，愚人节习俗传到英国，接着又被英国的早期移民
15、带到了美国。 另一种说法则认为，愚人节起源于一个希腊神话传说。农业女神得墨忒尔，有一个聪慧美丽、活泼可爱的女儿佩尔塞福涅。在爱神的撺掇下，冥王哈得斯不可遏止地爱上了佩尔塞福涅并抢走了她。得墨忒尔发了疯般地寻找女儿，但众神慑于哈得斯的威力，或者闭口不谈，或者撒谎欺骗她，使她找遍了每一个角落都见不到女儿的踪影。后来在太阳神赫利俄斯的帮助下，她才得以见到女儿。在这个故事里，得墨忒尔是一个十足的“傻瓜”。她不知道爱神的把戏，不知道哈尔斯的阴谋，又屡屡受众神所骗。此后，人们便据这个传说设立了愚人节，以示劝诫。 不管愚人节究竟来自哪个故事，它都无可遏制地成为人们喜欢的节日；而且约定俗成了各种看似荒诞的风俗
16、。有的地方，在这一天人们会组织家庭聚会，用水仙花和雏菊装饰房间，用布景法布置出象圣诞、新年一类的假环境，互相“圣诞快乐”或“新年快乐”。还有的地方是举办别开生面的鱼宴：纸板做的彩色小鱼请帖，餐桌上小巧的钓鱼竿，挂着一条小鱼，或是装满糖果的鱼篮，作为礼物送给客人，而后饱食一顿百鱼宴。还有一种做假菜的风俗。青青的菜叶下也许是一瓶鸡尾酒，红红的西红柿色拉下面却可能卧着大盒冰淇淋。 随着时间的推移，愚人节作弄人的手法，也是花样翻新，新意百出。不过愚人节最典型的活动还是大家互相开玩笑，用假话捉弄“愚人”。这一天，人们可以无所顾忌地设计恶作剧捉弄人，甚至报纸、电台也可以报道假新闻，被骗的人也不会生气，反而认为自己是最幸福最有好运的人。而且被骗者还被赋予了许多可爱的称谓，诸如在苏格兰冠以“布谷鸟”之美名，法国人则俏皮地称之为“四月鱼”，可能是取其如四月
