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1、,Halloween,(万圣节),13 自然班,赵甜甜 58,What can you think of it,?,pumpkins (南瓜),tomb (坟墓),ghosts and monsters(鬼怪),Date HistoryCelebrationSummary,1 Date,2 History,3 Celebration,4 Summary,October,Halloween culture can be traced back to the Druids(德鲁伊教), a Celtic(凯尔特 )culture in Ireland, Britain and Northern E
2、urope. Roots lay in the feast of Samhain(夏末节), which was annually on October 31st to honor the dead.,凯尔特文化节,Samhain was a harvest festival with huge sacred bonfires(篝火), marking the end of the Celtic year and beginning of a new one. Many of the practices involved in this celebration were superstitio
3、usness.(迷信活动),The Celts believed the souls of the dead roamed the streets and villages at night. Since not all spirits were thought to be friendly, gifts and treats were left out to pacify (安息)the evil and ensure next years crops would be plentiful(丰饶的). This custom evolved into trick-or-treating.,C
4、hildren 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“.(杰克的灯),The children also put on strange masks and frighte
5、ning 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 grow
6、n-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages (名流)or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.,The spider cake,The meatloaf hand (手掌烘肉卷),Summary,I think Chinese people as long as you are willing to, is can the festival of foreigners.The Chinese people are not afraid of things to come in, foreign trace, Upanishad times we are after, still not absorb nutrition, abandoned the dross(糟粕), advanced, more and more mature, this is a great national wisdom decided.,Thank you !,