Revealing the origin of Valentine's Day is the faun festival in ancient Greece.

Speaking of faun festival, many people don't know it, but speaking of Valentine's Day, everyone should know it. Originally, faun festival was the predecessor of Valentine's Day. There is also a bizarre story about the faun festival, and the editor will tell you the story of this faun festival in detail.

The so-called Valentine's Day can be traced back to ancient Greece, when the worship of Pan was very popular. Pan is a prolific god. He was described as half man and half sheep. He is violent and moody, which makes people shudder at the thought of him. In fact, the word "panic" in English literally means "of Pan", which is very vivid.

Pastoral festival

Pan should have had oral sex while guarding the herd. However, he is easily distracted. Pan had an affair with many fairies. A sculpture depicts Pan's close relationship with Aphrodite, the goddess of love, while eros, the goddess of love, hovers above them, just like a mound depicted on a Valentine's Day card.

Many Romanians worship a similar god called Funus. He is also described as half man and half sheep. On February 15 every year, the Romans would worship Funus in a carnival way. On this festival, some men in thin clothes will run around the mountain, waving goatskin in their hands. Any woman who wants to have children will dance on the catwalk. The Romans believed that if a sprinter whipped a woman, her infertility could be cured without drugs.

The custom of faun festival

Every February 15, monks gather near a cave on Palantine Mountain in Rome. It is said that the founder of the ancient Roman city (Romulus Andremus) was raised here by a female wolf. In the festival celebration, there was a young aristocrat running in the street with a sheepskin whip in his hand. Young women will gather on both sides of the street, hoping that the sheepskin whip will hit them on the head. People think it will make it easier for them to have children. In Latin, sheepskin whip is called februa and whipping is called fabruatio, both of which actually mean' purity'. This is the origin of the name February.

With the expansion of Roman forces in Europe, the custom of faun festival was brought to France and Britain today. One of people's favorite holiday activities is similar to lottery. The young women's names are put in the box, and then the young men come forward to smoke. A pair of drawn men and women become lovers for one year or more.

Pastoral festival

The rise of Christianity makes people's custom of commemorating gods gradually indifferent. The priests didn't want people to give up the joy of this festival, so they changed the festival of faun to Valentine's Day and moved it to February 14. In this way, the legend about the Valentine brothers and the ancient festivals are naturally combined. This festival was the most popular in medieval England. After the names of unmarried men and women are drawn, they will exchange gifts with each other, and women will become lovers of men within this year.