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April Fools Day 愚人节 节日时间 节日起源 节日风俗 节日传说 The time of Festival Tradition only allows April Fools tricks from midnight to noon on April 1. Those who try to play tricks in the afternoon become the fools themselves The Origin Of Festival April fools day started in France. In 1564, French first adopted new reform dating method, to January 1 as the beginning of the year. But some stodgy people opposed the reform in accordance with the old and still stubbornly, on April 1, this gift one day, celebrate the New Year. Advocates of reform to these conservative person mocks lavishly. Clever funny people on 1st April, will give them false gift, invited them to false conference. And the cheated conservatives called April fool or the bait fish. From now on people in the April 1, as France and mutual fooled, the custom of fashion. 18 century, April fools day, then to British customs by Britains early settlers brought to the United States. 译文： 节 日 起 源 愚人节起源于法国。 1564年，法国首先采用新改革的纪年法——格里历(即目前通用的阳历)，以1月1日为一年之始。但一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革，依然按照旧历固执地在4月1日这一天送礼品，庆祝新年。主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在4月1日就给他们送假礼品，邀请他们参加假招待会．并把上当受骗的保守分子称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩 的鱼”。从此人们在4月1日便互相愚弄，成为法国流行的风俗。18世纪初，愚人节习俗 传到英国，接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国。 The Comics of Festival The customs of Festival While popular in the U.S., the April Fools Day tradition is even more prevalent in European countries, such as France and Great Britain. Although the roots of the traditional trickings are unclear, the French and the British both have claims on the origin of the celebration. One theory holds that the first April Fools Day was on April 1 of the year when King of France instituted the new calendar. This new system placed the day that had formerly been the first day of a new year on April 1. Many people were reluctant to adjust to the new calendar and continued to celebrate New Years Day on what had become the first day of April. Thus, they become the first April fools. Others began to give gag gifts on the day to mock the foolishness of those wh