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Introduction and Origin of Various Festivals
1 949 65438+1October1is the anniversary of the founding of New China. What needs to be pointed out here is that in the impression of many people, the founding ceremony in People's Republic of China (PRC) was held in Tiananmen Square, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians attending. In fact, this impression in people's minds is not accurate. Because the ceremony held in Tiananmen Square on June 1949 10 1 was founding ceremony of the Central People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC), not founding ceremony. In fact, the "founding of the People's Republic of China" of People's Republic of China (PRC), that is, the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), was announced as early as the week before 10+0. At that time, it was called "founding ceremony" instead of "founding ceremony". The time is 1949 September 2 1. On this day, Mao Zedong, director of the Preparatory Committee of China People's Political Consultative Conference, announced the birth of the new China in his opening speech at the first session of CPPCC.
What about the National Day in June 1 Sunday? At the first meeting of the first National Committee of the China People's Political Consultative Conference, Xu Guangping said: "Member Ma Xulun can't come on leave. He asked me to say that the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC) should have a national day, so I hope this Council will decide to designate 10 1 as the national day. " Mao Zedong said, "We should make suggestions to the government and let it decide." 1949 10 On February 2nd, the Central People's Government passed the Resolution on China People's National Day, stipulating that 10/0 is the National Day every year, and this day is the day when the people of China are declared to be founded.
Since then, the annual 10 June 1 has become a grand festival celebrated by people of all ethnic groups in China.
The origin of New Year's Day
In modern times, New Year's Day refers to the first day of the first year of the year. Since the Gregorian calendar was introduced into China, the word New Year's Day has been dedicated to the New Year, and the traditional old calendar year is called the Spring Festival.
Before that, New Year's Day always refers to the first day of the Chinese New Year. Yuan means "early" and "beginning", but it means "day". New Year's Day is collectively called "the first day", that is, the first day of the year. 1On September 27th, 949, the first plenary session of the China People's Political Consultative Conference decided that "the people of China and the national calendar should adopt the AD calendar method", which is what we call the solar calendar. In order to distinguish between the two New Years, and in view of the fact that the "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar is just around the Lunar New Year, the first day of the first lunar month is changed to "Spring Festival" and the solar calendar is January.
Celebrating the beginning of the new year and celebrating the new year can be said to be a common custom in all countries and regions of the world. In China, it is also listed as a legal holiday. China and most countries and regions in the world adopt the Gregorian calendar, and set 65438+ 10/0 as the beginning of the new year, which is called "New Year's Day".
Because the longitude position of different countries in the world is different and the time of different countries is different, the date of "New Year's Day" is also different. For example, Tonga, an island country in Oceania, is located on the west side of the Japanese boundary. It is the first place in the world to start a new day and the first country to celebrate New Year's Day. Western Samoa, to the east of international date line, is the latest place in the world to start a new day. According to the Gregorian calendar, China is the first 12 country in the world to start the New Year.
Laba Festival and Laba Porridge
"Laba" (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month), also known as "Laba Festival". In the past, during this festival, most temples would provide porridge for devout believers. According to legend, the day was "Sakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment Day", and eating porridge was also to commemorate Sakyamuni's asceticism, which led to the myth and legend of Tianning Temple that "porridge is cooked in copper pots and given to the hungry". In fact, "Laba" and "Laba porridge" are not the legacy of Buddhism, but China folk customs with special significance.
In the Book of Rites, Kong said, "La, hunting. It is said that hunting animals is also a sacrifice to ancestors. " As early as ancient times, China's ancestors held big sacrifices with hunted animals after the autumn harvest and winter storage, praying for disaster relief. This custom is formed by Jia Ping in summer, Qing Si in Yin, Da Wax in Zhou and La in Han, gathering thousands of lines to beg for food. Shuowen said, "After the winter of the solstice, three quarters are wax." The writers of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in the book "Bao Sun" that "the family worked hard, waxed well when they were old, cooked sheep and soaked lambs, and competed for wine". There is a folk saying that "wax drums ring and spring grass grows." It shows that before the Han Dynasty, people paid attention to La Worship, and beating gongs and drums and singing golden dances were the dreams of exorcising evil spirits, praying for national security and welcoming spring. The chronicles of the Jingchu period in the Southern Dynasties called "December 8th the twelfth lunar month". By the time the influential custom of "giving food to the court" was formed in the Tang Dynasty, the "Laba Festival" had no direct relationship with Buddhism. It was not until the Song Dynasty that it appeared in Meng's "Dream of China in Tokyo": on the eighth day of December, three or five monks and nuns in the streets read Buddha in teams ... Buddhist baths were held in major temples and seven treasures and five flavors of porridge were given to disciples. It can be seen that it was after the Song Dynasty that Buddhism prevailed that "Laba" was associated with "bathing Buddha". As for the statement that "Laba" is "Sakyamuni's Day of Enlightenment", it is purely coincidental if the meeting is not attached. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Laba" has been painted with a strong Buddhist color. However, in many areas, there is another folk legend: Zhu Yuanzhang herded cattle to landlords when he was a child and often went hungry. One year, on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it was freezing. When I am hungry, I have to catch mice to satisfy my hunger. I went deep into the rat hole and found that the rat hole was full of grains, including rice, red beans, peanuts and red dates. I took the cooked porridge, which was sweet and delicious. Later, when he became an emperor, he was tired of eating delicacies. Recalling the past, he ordered the chef to cook porridge with fruits and vegetables from Gu Mi, and then rewarded the world with a big meal. On the eighth day of December, officials and people all cook "Laba porridge". Until the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, many local county records contained: "Today's custom, making laba porridge ... is a common ceremony in the imperial court."
The recipe of "Laba porridge" is recorded in Yanjing Yearbook: "Boiled with yellow rice, white rice, japonica rice, millet, water chestnut rice, red cowpea, peeled jujube paste, etc. And externally dyed peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar, brown sugar and grapes. Never use lotus seeds, lentils, barley and longan, which will hurt you. " Exquisite materials are La Worship's lasting inheritance of China ancestors' "gathering the world for the public". Cao Xueqin, a great writer in the Qing Dynasty, stated in his masterpiece A Dream of Red Mansions that "everyone cooks Laba porridge". Shen Congwen, a famous modern writer, once wrote a monograph named Laba Porridge as a gift. Wang Meng, a famous contemporary writer, also praised Laba Porridge as "the king of porridge and the master of porridge" in the article I love porridge, which "can really inspire a little attention, love and thinking about agriculture".
Valentine's day calendar
Valentine's Day is a holiday for friends, family and lovers. Just as people in China now spend Christmas with almost fanatical enthusiasm, Valentine's Day has quietly penetrated into the minds of countless young people and become another important festival besides the traditional festivals in China. Most people may not know the origin and significance of Valentine's Day. The following are just some of the many legends about Valentine's Day.
(Statement 1)
In ancient Rome, February 14 was a festival to pay tribute to Jonah. Jonah was the queen of the Roman gods, and the Romans regarded her as the goddess of women and marriage. The following February 15 is called Lupsala Festival to show respect for other gods under the rule of Jonah.
In ancient Rome, the lives of young people and girls were strictly separated. However, on Lupsala Festival, boys can choose the name of a girl they love and carve it on a vase. In this way, during the festival, young people can dance with the girl of their choice to celebrate the festival. If the selected girls are interested in boys, they can always pair up and eventually they will fall in love and get married in church. Therefore, later generations designated February 14 as Valentine's Day.
(Statement 2)
Valentine's Day may have originated from faun festival (a festival in early spring in ancient Rome). In the early days of ancient Rome, fierce wolves often appeared in the nearby Woods. The Romans prayed to their god Lupercus to help them drive away the wolves. In memory of Lupus, they hold a celebration on February 15 in early spring every year, which is the Lupus Festival in ancient Rome.
There was a beautiful custom in the original faun festival, which was the activity of "choosing the right person" for young people. This choice is arbitrary. On the New Year's Eve of Fauna Festival, every Roman girl's name is written on a small piece of paper and put in a bottle, and then every boy draws one from it, so the girl with the corresponding name on the paper becomes his "Mr. Right" this year.
According to legend, the real Valentine's Day, also known as "Valentine's Day", comes from the Roman Bishop's Valentine's Day. Christianity was still Protestant in Rome at that time. The Roman Emperor Keraudy II ordered all young soldiers not to get married or engaged. He is worried that married men just want to stay at home and don't want to go out to fight. Bishop Valenta sympathized with them and often married young people in secret, so that all shall be well. This made Keraudy II very angry, and Bishop Valenta was arrested, imprisoned and executed.
Later, young people in Rome spontaneously held activities to commemorate Bishop Valenti on February 14 every year (the New Year's Eve of Faust Day, which was also the martyrdom day of Bishop Valenti). Later, Christianity gradually prevailed in Rome, and the bishops of the Roman church moved the festival of faun in February of 15 to February of 14, making February of 14 a real Valentine's Day.
In the west, Valentine's Day is not only the best time to express love, but also the best time to propose to the one you love.
The origin of the Spring Festival (saying 1)
Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a small village under the beautiful Dingyang Mountain. On the hillside at the head of the village, there is a small stone house where a young man named Wannian lives. He was born in poverty and made a living by collecting firewood and digging for medicine. At that time, festivals were chaotic and farmers could not farm. Wan nian is a young man with calculation. He wants to set the festival accurately, but he doesn't know where to start.
One day, Wannian went up the mountain to collect firewood and sat under a tree to rest. The movement of the shadow inspired him, so he made a sundial and measured the shadow to calculate the length of the day. However, cloudy, cloudy, foggy and rainy days affect the measurement. He wants to make another timer to make up for the sundial. That day, he went up the mountain to dig medicine and came to the spring to drink water. The spring on the cliff was ticking rhythmically, which caught his attention. He looked at the spring, thought for a while and then lost his mind. I went home, drew a picture, tried it, and made a five-story leaky pot. From then on, he measured the shadow of the sun, looked for loopholes and worked hard. Slowly, he found that every 360 days, the length of a day would be repeated from the beginning. The solstice in winter is the shortest day.
At that time, the son of heaven was called Zu Ti. The chaos of the festival made him very anxious. Just call a hundred officials. Discuss the difficulties of chaos in Korean festivals. The name of the festival official is Aheng. If you don't know the laws of the sun and the moon, you can say that people are careless and have sinned against God. Only by kneeling devoutly can you get God's forgiveness. Zuyi took a vegetarian bath. Take officials to the Temple of Heaven to worship heaven, send a message to the whole country, and build a platform to worship heaven.
But the sacrifices come and go, but they have no effect, and the season is still very chaotic; People all over the country must serve and donate to build altars. It's really bile mixed with coptis chinensis. Bitter is worse than bitter. Ten thousand years can't help it. He took the sundial and the clepsydra to see the son of heaven.
I met the son of heaven, talked about the winter solstice, talked about the cycle of the sun and the moon. Zu Ti was overjoyed at this. Even if he built a large-scale building, he built the Sun and Moon Pavilion, the sundial platform and the Leaky Pot Pavilion in front of the Temple of Heaven. And left 12 boys to serve for 10 thousand years. Let six boys watch the sundial and six boys watch leaky cauldron for ten thousand years, carefully record and report on time.
One day, Zuyi asked Ah Heng to go to Riyuege to inquire about calendar making. Wannian pointed to the calendar and said, "Sunrise and Sunset 360, start all over again. The vegetation is divided into four seasons and there are twelve laps a year. " Ah Heng was deeply sensible when he heard this, but his heart was uneasy. He thought to himself: If the festival is set at 10,000 years, and the son of heaven is happy, who will listen to me? Ah Heng thought and thought, bent on getting rid of Wan Nian.
On that day, Aheng found that he was a good shooter, so he sent someone to invite him home, held a wine feast, explained the reason, and promised him a heavy gift. The assassin promised to assassinate him that night. On the second drum of the day, the assassin left Aheng drunk and ran to Riyuege. But around the Temple of Heaven, Sun Moon's adult was guarded by guards, so the assassin couldn't get close, so he pulled out his bow and arrow and shot at Wannian who was watching the stars on the Sun Moon Pavilion. Who knows that the assassin drank too much, his eyes were dim, and the arrow only hit Wan Nian's arm. Ten thousand years fell to the ground with a sigh, and all the teenagers cried for the thief. Hearing the shouts, the guards went out together, caught the assassin and leaned forward to see the son of heaven.
Zu Ti asked the truth, sent a command to put Ah Heng into prison, and made a meditation to visit the Sun Moon Pavilion for ten thousand years. Wan Nian was very moved and pointed to Shen Xing and said, "Shen Xing has caught up with silkworms and astrology has been restored. Giving children in the evening, the old year has passed, and it is spring again. Let's hope that the emperor will make a festival. "
Zu Ti said, "Spring is the first year of a year, so let's call it Spring Festival. Ai Qing has been in the cabinet for three years, and she has the courage to make the lunar calendar based on the full moon. This is really a great achievement. Ai Qing was assassinated by a traitor today. Come with me to the palace to recuperate. "
Wannian said: "Although the lunar calendar was originally created, it is still not accurate, and there are still a few hours at the end of the year. If you don't decorate the end of the year, the sun and the moon will fly, and it will be wrong to come and go. I failed to live up to the expectations of all beings, and I am deeply grateful to the emperor. I am willing to break my heart, be careful and make a calendar. "
In this way, in the Sun Moon Pavilion for 10,000 years, carefully observe the ups and downs of vegetation and wheat bran, carefully calculate and moisten the end of the year. In May of that year, Zu Ti went to the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to the gods, and then boarded the Sun and Moon Pavilion to present the May Peach to the God of Ten Thousand Years. The lunar calendar is ten thousand years, and Zu Ti looks forward to ten thousand years of hard work day and night. His eyebrows are white and his beard is white. He was deeply moved, so he named the lunar calendar the perpetual calendar and the birthday star of the sun, the moon and the moon. Therefore, people later called the Spring Festival the New Year. During the Spring Festival, Shou Xingtu is hung in the house, symbolizing the longevity of the new year and remembering the great achievements.
The origin of the Spring Festival (2)
The Spring Festival, as its name implies, is the Spring Festival.
In modern folk customs, celebrating the Spring Festival is also called Chinese New Year. In fact, the origin of Chinese New Year and Spring Festival is very different.
So how did the year come from? There are mainly two kinds of folk sayings: one is that there was a fierce monster called Nian in ancient times, which went door to door on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, foraging for human flesh and killing creatures. On the night of the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Nian came to a village. It happened that two cowboys were fighting for a whip. Nian suddenly heard the sound of whipping in mid-air and ran away in fear. It fled to another village and saw a bright red dress drying in front of the door. It didn't know what it was, so it turned around and ran away. Later, he came to a village, looked into the door of a family, and saw that the lights were brightly lit and dizzy, so he had to slip away again, with his tail between his legs. From this, people realized that Nian has the weakness of being afraid of noise, red and light, so they thought of many ways to resist it and gradually evolved into the custom of celebrating the New Year today.
Another way of saying this is that ancient calligraphy books in China put the word "Nian" in the Ministry of Grain, which means good weather and good harvest. Because cereal crops are usually harvested once a year. "Year" is extended to the name of the year.
Although there was a custom of Spring Festival in ancient China, it was not called Spring Festival at that time. Because the Spring Festival referred to at that time refers to the "beginning of spring" among the 24 solar terms.
The Northern and Southern Dynasties generally referred to the Spring Festival as the whole spring. It is said that the Lunar New Year was officially named Spring Festival after the Revolution of 1911. Because the solar calendar was used at that time, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar had to be renamed the Spring Festival in order to distinguish between farmers and farmers.
Shortly after the Spring Festival, spring came, Vientiane was renewed, and a new round of sowing and harvesting season was about to begin. People have enough reasons to welcome this festival by singing and dancing. So, before the Spring Festival, a New Year message written in red paper and yellow font was posted on the couplets. When Miss Chun comes to the door, she will read a sentence to express her best wishes for the New Year. This idea of good luck really came. The same moral things are hanging red lanterns, sticking the word "Fu" and sticking the statue of the God of Wealth.
The Spring Festival is a festival for family reunion, and children who leave home have to travel thousands of miles back to their parents' home. The night before the real Chinese New Year is called Reunion Night, and the whole family will sit around and wrap up jiaozi. Jiaozi's practice is to mix dough first, and the word "harmony" means "combination"; Jiaozi in jiaozi is homophonic with "dumpling", and "harmony" and "dumpling" have the meaning of reunion, so jiaozi is used to symbolize reunion.
The festive atmosphere will last for a month. There are ceremonies such as offering sacrifices to stoves and ancestors before the first day of the first month; During the festival, there are ceremonies to give children lucky money and pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends. Half a month after the festival is the Lantern Festival. At that time, lanterns were all over the city and tourists were all over the streets. After the Lantern Festival, the Spring Festival is over.
Dragon Head Raising Day (Dragon Head Raising Festival)
According to folklore, every second day of the second lunar month is the day when the Dragon King, who is in charge of heavenly sexuality, looks up. After that, the rain will gradually increase. Therefore, this day is
It is called the Spring Festival. There is a saying in northern China: "On February 2, the dragon looked up; Big warehouse is full and small warehouses are flowing. "Folk proverbs. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, most parts of northern China
On this morning, every household in this area carried lanterns to fetch water from wells or rivers, and when they got home, they lit lamps, burned incense and offered offerings. In ancient times, people called this ceremony "attracting dragons".
On this day, every household will eat noodles, fried oil cakes and popcorn, compared with "picking the dragon's head", "eating gentian" and "golden beans bloom, the dragon king ascends to heaven, the clouds and rain rise and the grains grow.
Fengdeng ",to show good luck. The origin of the Spring Festival, there is such a fairy tale among the people in northern China. Wu Zetian became emperor, which annoyed the jade emperor.
Tell the Four Seas Dragon King not to rain on the earth for three years. Soon, the Dragon King, who was in charge of Tianhe, listened to the cries of every household, looked at the horror of starving people and worried about the way out of the world.
Cut off, against the jade emperor's will, for the rain. When the Jade Emperor learned that the Dragon King was knocked down to the ground, he was crushed under a big mountain and was in great pain. A monument was erected on the mountain: it rained on the Dragon King.
If you violate the rules of heaven, you should be punished for world crimes; If you want to go back to Lingxiao Pavilion, unless the golden beans bloom. In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. In the second year of the second year.
On the second day of the second month, when people are drying corn seeds, they think this kind of corn is like golden beans. Blow it up and it will bloom. Isn't it golden beans? Popcorn in every household, and
Set up a case in the yard to burn incense for the blooming "Golden Bean". The Dragon King looked up and knew that people had saved him. He shouted to the jade emperor, "The golden beans are blooming. Let me out quickly.
! "; As soon as the Jade Emperor saw that the golden beans in the yard of every household in the world were in full bloom, he would send a message to the Dragon King, asking him to return to heaven and continue to give sex to the world. Since then, people have formed a habit.
On the second day of February, people eat popcorn. In fact, after February of the lunar calendar, the "rain" solar term is coming, the phenomenon of less rain in winter is over, and the rainfall will gradually decrease.
Gradually increasing, which is the characteristic of monsoon climate in North China.
The origin of March 8 th festival
Women's Day, also known as "International Women's Day", is a festival for women all over the world to strive for peace, equality and development. This festival is held on March 8 every year.
Over the past century, women in various countries have made unremitting efforts and struggles to win this right.
1924, China * * * production party held a commemorative meeting in Guangzhou on March 8th every year.
1949, the Central People's Government of China made a postal decision and designated March 8 as Women's Day. On that day, women all over the country had a half-day holiday and held various ceremonies to commemorate and celebrate.
The first commemoration of March 8th International Women's Day in China began at 1924. Women in China, under the leadership of the China Producer Party, held activities in Guangzhou to commemorate the March 8th International Women's Day.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the State Council, the central people's government, issued a national decree in February 1949, and designated March 8 as Women's Day.
The world is especially beautiful because of the birth of women! It's just a small greeting, but it's profound!
Two origins of April Fool's Day
Today, people can give full play to their imagination and try to make up some sensational lies to make fun of. Coax, tease and fool others. As long as it is before 12 midnight, no matter how outrageous and unscrupulous you are, you will not bear any legal and moral responsibilities. Moreover, if you can create ridiculous "news" and make people believe that you can also win the "laurel" of deception! Because today is April Fool's Day.
Origin 1: Greek mythology
It is said that April Fool's Day originated from a famous Greek myth and legend.
Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, is known to all Greek women and children. She has infinite magic power, which can make the land fertile and the grain abundant, and can also make the countryside barren and everything wither. Among the Greek gods, she is also one of the most revered goddesses. Zeus, the king of the gods, is her brother and husband. This identity alone is enough to make the gods fall at her feet.
However, the life of this power goddess is not perfect. Zeus, by virtue of his position as the king of the gods, created many troubles and brought endless troubles to Demeter. The only thing that can make her enjoy life is Persephone, the daughter of Zeus, a smart, beautiful, innocent and lively girl. With her, no one will be sad.
On this day, Hades drove around Sicily and was just seen by Aphrodite, the god of love and beauty walking in the clouds. At the same time, she saw Persephone walking in the field and her companion Athena, the goddess of hunting.
Aphrodite was furious when she saw these people. These men and women never talk about love or marriage. Do they still have the status of loving God? Athena and Artemis are famous chastity goddesses, both of whom are famous for their martial arts and divine power. Better not mess with them. But for this little girl Persephone, you're welcome.
So Aphrodite, with a sacred aura on her head, called her son little love god urrows and said to him, "Look, how do these people treat love? How can we rule the world if people and God learn from them? Come on, shoot an arrow at Hades and let him fall madly in love with Persephone! "
Urrows is a good marksman. He drew his bow and shot an invisible arrow of desire, stabbing Hades in the heart. Then, he followed Aphrodite and roared off, waiting for the performance.
Sure enough, Hades had an unforgettable love for Persephone after he was shot. But he knows very well that this well-known beauty will never give up the sunny earth and sky and go to the dark underworld with him. So he found his brother Zeus, the king of the gods, and asked him to decide to marry his daughter to Hades.
"Well ... I can't be the Lord," said the Lord of the gods thoughtfully. "You know, Demeter is difficult to deal with. However, if you have the ability to take Persephone away, I have no objection. "
With the acquiescence and hint of the God King, Hades was filled with joy, and he immediately returned to the ghost land to rob his relatives.
One day, when Persephone was bending down to pick a wild flower in the field, a big crack suddenly opened in the earth. Then, a glittering golden car rushed to the ground, driven by the majestic Pluto. He jumped, picked up Persephone, put it on the seat beside him, shouted, and the carriage sank into the ground at an unpredictable speed. The cracked earth suddenly closed, and it was still sunny. In full of green, nothing seemed to happen except Persephone's cry for help echoed in the sky. Demeter in the distance heard her daughter's heartbreaking cry for help. But when she flew back as fast as she could, her daughter was gone. She only knew that her daughter had been robbed by "robbers", but she couldn't find any clues about who the robbers were. The gods who knew the whereabouts of Persephone were silent. They know the background of this matter, Zeus and Hades are not easy to mess with, and no one wants to get burned. A few gods were forced to worry, and they were also pulling east and west, pulling south and pulling north. According to their instructions, the goddess ran headless like a fly. Needless to say, all this has become a futile trek.
However, the love for her daughter made Merte look for it endlessly. No matter what God says, she is convinced. Although it turned out that those were outright lies. In desperation, she lit two Song Ming in the unfathomable Mount Etna crater, illuminating the whole world. Since then, neither the goddess of dawn nor the goddess of night has seen her sit down and rest.
In this way, Demeter traveled all over the world. However, her daughter seems to have been swept away by the wind, melted by the sun, or turned into steam and clouds, and still disappeared.
The gods gradually turned from sympathy to disgust for her. Because this "crazy woman" is looking for her daughter, there is no moment of peace in the world. The more they took her up, the more they pointed east and west, just to send her away and lead a quiet life in a few days.
Finally, Demeter had to drag himself back to Sicily, where Persephone disappeared. After running around for many days, no one knows who the culprit is, and the goddess' anger can be imagined. So, she vented all her grievances on the peasants in Sicily. She killed all the cows on the island, ordered the land to be as hard as steel, sealed the seeds in the land, and made all the plants turn yellow and wither. Let this huge island be naked and hungry everywhere.
Zeus saw her make a scene, and kindly advised her to look elsewhere, and not to take it out on innocent farmers. Dmitry did not know that there was fraud, and once again embarked on a journey of traveling around things. This is a terrible thing. I don't know how many places have become barren because of the anger of the goddess, and there is a desperate atmosphere of hunger and famine everywhere.
When she realized that she was her husband's freshman year again, she calmed down and thought about what to do in the end. Inadvertently, she looked up and saw Helius, the sun god, patrolling the vast space in a golden carriage. It suddenly occurred to me that only he was above, radiant and observant. Nothing in the world can escape his eyes. This just holding a torch, fly to the front of Helius, ask him for advice.
The great sun god pities the goddess, but he is not afraid of the power of hades. Moreover, he didn't want Demeter to make such a fuss again, embarrassing the gods and suffering the people. He described the kidnapping of Hades. Demeter suddenly realized, but it was too late. At this moment, Persephone became a noble queen under the coercion and inducement of Hades, and could never reunite with her mother on the ground. Besides, no matter how powerful Demeter was, he could not take his daughter away from Hades.
Demeter knew that he had been deceived and fooled by the gods, and his anger and irritation deepened. She simply gave an order to let all the plants in the world wither together, all the crops died, and there was no trace of green on the earth. I hid in a remote place and never appeared again.
Gal, heaven and earth all messed up. People have no food, and thousands of people starve to death every day. Crowds of dead people crowded into Hades, making a noise, which upset Hades and disturbed him. The gods are yellow, emaciated and hungry because they can't get human sacrifices and gifts. Zeus had no choice but to live in Jean Patel's hades 1/3 years, return to earth for 2/3 years, and serve his mother. From then on, whenever Persephone stayed in the land of ghosts, Demeter was very sad and the land fell into depression. Once the daughter is reunited with her, the goddess will smile, and the world will reproduce the vitality of vegetation and flowers.
Obviously, Demeter is a complete fool in this story. She doesn't know the trick of cupid, and she doesn't know her husband and Hades' accomplice. After the incident, she was fascinated and repeatedly cheated and teased. Since then, people have set up April Fool's Day to warn those who think they are smart with white lies, and don't make people laugh and be generous because of credulity.
Origin 2: French Reform
In addition to the above story, there is also a legend about the origin of April Fool's Day. In the Middle Ages, most Christian countries used the julian calendar to celebrate New Year's Day from March 25th to April 1. According to the custom, on April 1 day, people will exchange gifts to congratulate each other. 1564, France adopted the newly reformed calendar-Gregorian calendar (the current universal solar calendar) for the first time, with 65438+ 10/as the beginning of the year. However, some old-fashioned people oppose this reform and still stubbornly celebrate the New Year by giving gifts on April 1 day according to the old calendar. Advocates of reform laugh at these old-fashioned practices. Smart and funny people gave them fake gifts on April 1, invited them to a fake wine party, and called the deceived conservatives "April Fools" or "Fish on the Hook". From then on, people fooled each other on April 1 day, which became a popular custom in France. /kloc-At the beginning of the 8th century, the custom of April Fool's Day spread to Britain, and was later brought to the United States by early immigrants from Britain.
Today, April Fool's Day has developed into an international festival, which is almost popular in Europe and North America. Scotland calls the deceiver of this day "cuckoo", which seems to be related to the goddess of agriculture. The French call it "April fish", probably because the small fish in April just hatched and swallowed the bait in a confused way, so it is easy to take the bait!
As time goes by, the tricks of April Fool's Day are also bringing forth the new and bringing forth the new. For example, a newly married wife may receive a letter accusing her husband of disloyalty, a mediocre civil servant may receive a promotion order, and a son may receive a telegram about his father's death. On April 1 a certain year, the British Daily Mirror published a photo of a man who looked like the president of a country, holding an almost naked beauty in one hand. If you believe all these things, you will be taken in. Of course, if you are really fooled, you don't have to be as furious as Demeter. You'd better be a gentleman and laugh it off, which is in line with the true meaning of April Fool's Day and be kind to others.
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