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万圣节简介英文 篇一：万圣节介绍：英文版】 智课网 ielts 备考资料 万圣节介绍：英文版 摘要： 万圣节是西方国家的传统节日，很受西方人的重视，为了让 大家更好的了解万圣节，小编下面为大家带来了英文版的万圣节介 绍，感兴趣的同学赶快来看下吧 ! 万圣节是西方国家的传统节日，很受西方人的重视，为了让大家更 好的了解万圣节，小编下面为大家带来了英文版的万圣节介绍，感 兴趣的同学赶快来看下吧 ! halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. the holiday has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries. from the romans pomona day, to the celtic festival of samhain, to the christian holidays of all saints and all souls days. hundreds of years ago in what is now great britain and northern france, lived the celts （ 凯尔特人 ）, who worshipped （ 崇 拜 ） nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favorite. they celebrated their new year on november 1st which was made every year with a festival and marked the end of the season of the sun and the beginning of the season of darkness and cold. on october 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be extinguished （ 消失 ）. the druids, the celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak forest （oak trees were considered sacred）. they would light new fires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals. as they danced around the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness would begin. when the morning arrived the druids would give an ember from their fires to each family who would then take them home to start new cooking fires. these fires would keep the homes warm and free from evil spirits. the november 1st festival was called samhain （pronounced sow-en）. the festival would last for 3 days. many people would parade in costumes made from the skins and heads of their animals. this festival would become the first halloween. the celtics would carry a lantern （ 灯笼 ） when they walked on the eve of october 31. these lanterns were carved out of big turnips （ 大头菜 ） and the lights were believed to keep the evil spirits away. children would carve faces in the turnips. these carved turnips were cal