What is the origin of April Fool's Day in England?

It is said that April Fool's Day originated in Gotham Town. Gotham is a small town in Nottinghamshire, with a history dating back to 1 1 century. /kloc-in the 20th century, the king of England was John I, who stipulated that the land stepped on by the king should be owned by the king. That's how he exploited the people. According to legend, King John plans to visit Gotham.

When the news reached Gotham town, people in the town were angry and afraid, and did not want to lose their land. /kloc-in April, the king's envoy visited Gotham for the first time. People in the town collectively pretended to be crazy, some were lying on the ground foaming at the mouth, some were casting nets for fishing, and some were giggling at the king's envoy. The king's envoy went back to report the situation of King Gotham. King John decided not to go to Gotham, and the people of Gotham saved their land.

Since then, every April 1 day, people in Gotham town have commemorated this day by collectively selling fools. Over time, April 1 became April Fool's Day in Britain.

Another saying of "April Fool's Day" comes from Chaucer, a famous English poet. He wrote in Canterbury Tales that a conceited cock was fooled by a fox on the first day of April and almost lost his life.

1686, the British writer John Aubrey called this day "Fool's Holy Day", which was the first time in British history to explicitly mention this festival. On April 2nd, 1698, the earliest British newspaper (Dawks's News-Letter) reported that several people had been sent to the Tower of London the day before to watch the lion take a bath. This is of course a joke. "Watching a lion take a bath" is the earliest April Fool's joke with clear records in history.

Later, "April Fool's Day" intensified, and the British media acted as "pioneers of fools". The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror compete to play tricks on people, and everyone has become the object of playing tricks, bringing "British humor" to people all over the world.

In "I'm so laughed at by you" and "I'm so rough-faced", the British are happy with themselves. Just look at the tricks of the British April Fool's Day. April Fool's Day is also one of the indicators to measure whether a society is open enough. Because from public figures to ordinary people, they are all "thick-skinned" enough, and anyone can be as thick as a joke and make people feel very safe. Security is one of the basic needs of people.

Playing tricks on the British royal family: dignitaries in British society are the most likely targets of April Fool's Day attacks, and the British media are completely unsympathetic, whether it is the royal family or the cabinet records. Let's take a look at all kinds of confusing news that broke out during April Fool's Day in Britain.