When is Halloween? Reveal the origin of Halloween

What day is Halloween? October 31st of every year is the traditional Western festival Halloween (All Saints' Day). On this night, people dress themselves up in strange ways, and children wear costumes and go door to door collecting candies. Let’s take a look at the origin of Halloween!

When is Halloween?

Most people don’t know what day Halloween is. It is a traditional Western festival. October 31st of each year is called Halloween. On Halloween night, children will wear costumes and masks and go door to door to collect candy. This night is the most haunted night of the year, so it is also called "Ghost Festival". And now Halloween has become a fashion party! Very popular among Chinese fashionistas!

The Origin of Halloween

Like Christmas and Easter, Halloween and All Saints' Eve both come from the Catholic Church's absorption, transformation and reinterpretation of other religious festivals. Halloween originated from the traditional festival of the British Celts. On the last day of October, they believed that this was the end of summer and the beginning of winter. This day was an important symbol of the year and one of the most important festivals, known as the "Day of the Dead" or "Ghost Festival." On this day, all kinds of evil spirits appear, and the souls of dead people will leave their bodies and wander around the world, making the night of this day particularly dangerous.

To scare away evil spirits, the Celts would wear masks. In addition, in terms of Christianity, the early Catholic Church was strongly persecuted by the Roman government, and many Christians were martyred. Afterwards, Christians often went to the places where these martyrs died to hold memorial activities. Later, because there were so many martyrs, the church established a special day to commemorate them.

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