What is April Fool’s Day for?

What is April Fool’s Day?

What is April Fool’s Day? April Fool’s Day, I believe most people know about this holiday, but there are also a few people who are not aware of this holiday. I know, but I don’t know what kind of holiday this is, so let me introduce to you what April Fools’ Day is. What is April Fool's Day 1

April Fool's Day means playing tricks on others. On this day, everyone makes fun of each other and fools each other to achieve the purpose of happiness.

April 1st every year is a traditional folk festival in the West and the United States - April Fool's Day. April Fool's Day originated in France. In 1564, France first adopted the newly reformed calendar system, the Gregorian calendar, with January 1st as the beginning of the year. However, some conservative people are opposed to this reform and still stubbornly send gifts on April 1 to celebrate the New Year according to the old calendar.

Those who advocated reform mocked the practices of these conservatives. Smart and funny people gave them fake gifts on April 1st and invited them to fake receptions. And the conservatives who were deceived were called "April fools" or "baited fish". From then on, people fooled each other on April 1, which became a popular custom in France.

At the beginning of the 18th century, the custom of April Fool's Day was spread to Britain, and then brought to the United States by early British immigrants. With the popularity of the Internet, April Fools' Day is not just a single prank in reality, but has already extended to the Internet. Every April Fool's Day, various April Fool's Day prank pages are widely circulated on the Internet.

Google ranks first among April Fools’ Day prank websites. Google’s annual April Fools’ Day pranks may be the most anticipated by netizens, such as underwater search, Famicom map, time-travel search, etc. Other well-known websites such as eBay, ThinkGeek, Blizzard, etc. will also publish fool pages and articles on April Fools' Day.

In China, many websites of different sizes will also publish their own April Fools' Day webpages, such as the April Fools' Day special page of ABCD database (abcd9point.com). It is worth mentioning that at present, many domestic April Fools' Day web pages of personal websites use alert prompt windows or open browser windows in a loop, which is a single-minded, uninteresting and annoying method. To deal with such web pages that have no entertainment value, just close the browser process in the process manager. What is April Fool's Day 2

The most typical activity of April Fool's Day is for everyone to make fun of each other and tease each other with lies.

Some people leave their wallets tied with thin strings on the street and pull the other end of the string in the dark. Once someone picks up the wallet, they yank it away unexpectedly. Others put bricks under broken hats in the middle of the road, and then waited to see who would kick them.

Children will tell their parents that there is a hole in their schoolbag or there is a black spot on their face. When the adults leaned over to take a look, they shouted "April Fool". He smiled and ran away. In short, every April Fool's Day, zoos and aquariums will receive many calls to Mr. Fish (fish) and Mr. Tiger (tiger), which often causes the staff to cut off the phone lines in order to reduce trouble.

On April Fool's Day, people will organize family gatherings and decorate the room with daffodils and daisies. The typical traditional approach is to decorate a fake environment, which can make the room look like Christmas. You can also arrange it like a New Year, and when guests come, wish them "Merry Christmas" or "Happy New Year", which is unique and interesting.

At April Fool’s Day parties, there is also a custom of making fake dishes. Someone once described a typical April Fool's Day recipe: first a "salad" with lettuce leaves sprinkled with green pepper, but when the leaves were uncovered, it turned out to be an oyster cocktail underneath; the second course was "roasted potatoes." , actually underneath were sweet bread crumbs and fresh mushrooms; the dishes that followed included roast chicken disguised as crabmeat and raspberry ice cream buried under a tomato salad. After the meal, guests can also enjoy candy from the pill box.

The fish feast of the day. It’s also unique. Invitations to fish feasts are usually made of small colorful fish made of cardboard.

The dining table is decorated with green and white colors. Put a fish tank and small and exquisite fishing rods in the middle. Each fishing rod is tied with a green streamer, and there is a gift for the guest, a delicate celluloid fish, or a fish basket filled with candies. It goes without saying that all the dishes at the fish feast are made of fish. What is April Fool's Day 3

What does April Fool's Day mean?

April Fool's Day, also known as Humor Festival and April Fool's Day, falls on April 1st every year. As the name suggests, April Fool's Day is a day where you can play some jokes on people around you, tease them, and enjoy "fooling others." This behavior became popular in the West in the 19th century.

There are many sources of April Fool’s Day. I will tell you the origin of April Fool’s Day that is more credible. It is said that the festival of April Fool's Day comes from the Indian "Quan Shang Festival". This festival requires couples to joke or deceive each other to achieve entertainment effects on this day.

Another theory is that April Fool’s Day came from France in 1582. The reform of the calendar was implemented in France, but it was protested by the country’s conservatives, who did not support it. And these old-fashioned people continue to give gifts and celebrate regardless of the reforms implemented by the country. The people who implemented this reform were very dissatisfied with the actions of these conservatives and felt that they were going against them. They ridiculed them and called this day "April Fool" and "Baited Fish". Later, they would Cheating each other for entertainment has become a custom over time.

This holiday custom later spread to the United States and the United Kingdom. In view of the fact that the United States at that time had no relevant legal regulations on the scale of jokes and speech, many people did not bother to post their own jokes on that day. , remarks made the rumors grow bigger and bigger, making it difficult for many people to tell the truth from falsehoods, causing people to panic. Later, the United States stipulated that April Fools' Day jokes or remarks could only be made until 12 noon.

There are many customs and habits on April Fool's Day, and each country is different. However, one thing that is similar is that on April Fool’s Day, many countries enjoy playing tricks on people.

Due to the genuine and malicious nature of this festival, there are not many jokes, but some jokes are too much and can easily cause people to panic, which will have a greater impact and turn into rumors and urban rumors. What's more, some countries will tell some jokes as a news release on April Fool's Day. For this reason, many countries have not designated this holiday as a legal holiday. It can only be regarded as a folk entertainment holiday.