Where does Thanksgiving come from? What's the story behind it?

The origin of Thanksgiving can be traced back to the beginning of American history. /kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, the English Puritans were persecuted, and a group of English Puritans could not bear religious persecution. 1In September, 620, they boarded the sailboat may flower, sailed to the "New World" America just discovered by Columbus, and arrived at Plymouth Port in the United States on February 26th, 65438. In the winter at the turn of 1620 and 162 1, only 50 Puritans survived in 102 because of the lack of fresh fruits and vegetables, scurvy, hunger and cold. Of course, this voyage is famous in history because of the signing of the Mayflower Convention, which is the first political contract document in American history and is called the American birth certificate.

It's cold winter now, and they come to a strange place, lacking clothes and food, and the harsh environment threatens their lives. At this critical moment, the local Wampanoag Indians generously took out the corn and potatoes stored for the winter and gave them the wild ducks and turkeys they hunted. Indians also taught them to grow corn and pumpkins and raise turkeys. With the help of Indians, these new immigrants began to adapt to life in this land. With the help of Indians, the immigrants finally got a bumper harvest. According to religious traditions and customs, immigrants set the harvest day as Thanksgiving Day, and invited indigenous people to celebrate this festival to thank their gifts. This is the origin of the original Thanksgiving.

At first, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving Day, which was decided temporarily by American states. 1789, President Washington officially stipulated165438+1October 26th as the Thanksgiving Day celebrated throughout the country. However, for a long time, each state has set a holiday date according to its own situation. It was not until 1863 after the independence of the United States that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. 194 1 year, in order to extend the Christmas shopping season and stimulate the economy, President Roosevelt signed a congressional resolution declaring the fourth Thursday of 1 1 year as Thanksgiving Day.

The above is the original origin of Thanksgiving, and its original intention is actually good. In order to thank the American Indians for their help to the colonists and express their gratitude, this led to the birth of the celebration festival. From the starting point, these days are really meaningful, and Indians can happily accept this celebration.

From my personal point of view, Thanksgiving at this time is actually a very simple holiday. As a foreigner, I actually got help from the local people. Therefore, it is understandable that such a festival is derived to commemorate this event. China people pay attention to the grace of dripping water, while Indians are a lifesaver to the colonists. There is nothing wrong with having a festival to commemorate it.

But this festival finally turned sour! ! ! ! To put it this way, look below.

Indian nightmare?

In the first hundred years, the relationship between European immigrants and Indians was generally peaceful. Europeans don't have enough numbers and strength to plunder Indians, and Indians never take the initiative to attack this group of outsiders. However, with the continuous increase of immigrants, the strength contrast between the two sides is becoming more and more disparity, and peace no longer exists.

When there are more colonists, there will be war, and the war between Indians and colonists will break out. 1830, the American Congress passed the Indian Migration Act, which was approved by President andrew jackson. Since then, Congress has allocated funds for federal negotiations with tribes to move them to the west. Tribes in the south are facing double pressure from the state government and the federal government. Most tribes were unable to resist, so they had to cede their land, get some symbolic reparations, and then set off for the west. This is the famous "westward movement" in American history.

With the westward movement, a large number of Indians were slaughtered, and the survivors were forcibly driven to a more desolate "reservation". The forced migration of Indians is also known as the "road of blood and tears" of Indians. Indians, as one of several human species, are basically extinct as a whole. It is estimated that when Columbus arrived in the New World, Indians exceeded100000. By 1900, the population of the United States was about 76 million, but there were only 200,000 Indians left.

European immigrants who participated in the massacre at that time thanked God for giving them great help and enabling them to win quickly. So in that year, 1637, john winthrop, then governor of Massachusetts, said: This day should be a day of celebration, and thank God for letting them conquer the Pecots. This is the "Thanksgiving Day" for Americans later.

Seeing this, you can understand why I said that Thanksgiving has gone bad. ?

Behind Thanksgiving, from the initial kind help, to the "thank you day" when the other party is grateful, and then to the "celebration day" when the colonists invaded and killed the kind Indians, this is the most intuitive background story of Thanksgiving, the realistic version of the story of "Farmers and Snakes".

Now the so-called white Americans are only the original colonists, not the real owners of this land in North America. They have become the masters of this land, in exchange for the brutal killing of countless Indian aborigines, and they are still shamelessly celebrating "Thanksgiving Day", which is simply a big joke. What a bitch. Add a memorial archway and say one thing and do another.

Indians living in the western United States still live a poor life, because Americans limit their development and they are unable to develop their own science and technology. Now they still live a primitive life of farming and grazing. Mechanized farming is simply unrealistic. Look at the map to see how desolate the western United States is. Indians without any technological development are really helpless in the face of American planes and cannons. The sentence "you will be beaten if you fall behind" is vividly expressed.

Many ignorant people in China still think that Americans are tall and handsome. After reading the history of blood and tears, do you still think they are tall and handsome? It's just a group of butchers and robbers who satisfy their greed by looting and killing, and it still hasn't changed. This is the essence of America.