It’s been wrong for so many years, it turns out that the English for Halloween is not Halloween.

Halloween is coming, how do you plan to spend this "ghost horse" holiday this year! ? Today, the editor will tell you about those things about Halloween~


"Halloween" is not Halloween?


When it comes to Halloween, we all say "Halloween", but you know what, after so many years, it was wrong! The editor is very responsible to tell everyone that "Halloween" is not "Halloween":

First of all, we must know that Halloween is every year November 1st and , which is a traditional Western holiday.

and on October 31st is the busiest moment of this festival, every household will dress up and participate in the carnival party.


Wikipedia on Halloween is marked like this:

(a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of October countries The eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.


, ​​Wikipedia says about Halloween like this:

From the above explanation, we can know that Halloween is just the eve of All Hallows' Day (Halloween) !

So to be precise, Halloween should be translated as "Halloween" instead of "Halloween". Therefore, Halloween actually refers to the eve of Halloween, which is the evening of October 31.

(Originally, Halloween and Christmas have "Eve", just like our New Year's Eve also has New Year's Eve)



After we figure out Halloween and Halloween, it's time to talk about the pronunciation of Halloween.

Many people read it as hello win. This is wrong. Its pronunciation should be: [ˌhæləˈwin]

hallow as a verb meaning "to make...sacred/consecrate..." 'Hallow added s in Day to show that it can also be used as a noun, meaning "saint".

Halloween is born and its origin

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31. By tradition, Halloween begins after sunset. Long ago, people believed that witches gathered together and ghosts roamed the world on Halloween.

According to tradition, the celebration of Halloween’s eve begins when the sun sets. A long time ago, people believed that witches would gather together on Halloween, and ghosts would wander around.

Today, most people no longer believe in ghosts and witches. But these supernatural beings are still a part of Halloween.

Now, most people no longer believe in the existence of ghosts and witches, but they still regard these as part of Halloween.


How to dress up for Halloween

Popular Halloween costumes include vampires (creatures that drink blood), ghosts (spirits of the dead) and were wolves (people that turn into wolves when the moon isampire). ghosts (the souls of the dead) and werewolves (people who become wolf-shaped whenever the moon is full)

Dressing up in costumes is one of the most popular Halloween customs, especially among children. According to tradition, people would dress up in costumes (wear special clothing, masks or disguises) to frighten the spirits away.

dressing is one of the most popular Halloween customs, especially popular with children. According to traditional customs, people will dress up (wear some special costumes, masks or decorations) to scare away ghosts.


Halloween traditional activities

There are many other superstitions associated with Halloween. A superstition is an irrational idea, like believing that the number 13 is unlucky! There are many superstitions about

and Halloween. Superstition is an unreasonable idea, such as thinking that 13 is an unlucky number!

Halloween is also associated with supernatural creatures like ghosts and vampires. These creatures are not part of the natural world.

Witches are popular Halloween characters that are thought to have magical powers. They usually wear pointed hats and fly around on broomsticks.

Very popular characters, people think they have powerful magical powers. They usually wear pointed hats and fly around on broomsticks.

Bad omens are also part of Halloween celebrations. A bad omen is something that is believed to bring bad luck, like black cats, spiders or bats.

is also part of Halloween celebrations. People believe that bad omen will bring bad luck, black cats, spidersOr a bat is a bad omen.


How to play Halloween?

is here, how should I play Halloween? The following four ways to play give you a sense of ritual!

1, Wear Costumes Halloween dress up

Once Halloween, Halloween dress is essential. People will hold pumpkin lanterns, put on weird ghost costumes, and dress up in all kinds of horror to attend Halloween parties.

2. Trick or Treat if you don’t give sweets

Children will be dressed up as cute little monsters going from house to house to ask for sweets, as long as they knock on the door and shout "Trick or treat!", You can get all kinds of delicious candies.

If the adults don’t give it to you, these little mischiefs will do pranks. Everyone, remember to prepare candy~

3. Play Pinata game

Pinata is a small gift with candy and other small gifts. package. Foreign children like this game very much. The gameplay is very simple: hang the pinata or stand on the ground. The children take turns to smash the pinata with sticks and grab the candy and gifts inside. All this represents good luck.

4, Scary Movies horror movies

dark horror is the theme of Halloween. People like to meet their friends to watch movies and feel the exciting atmosphere on Halloween.

If you also want to see a dark movie, I recommend the recently hit "Sleeping Mantra 2"

This movie is the "Sleeping Beauty" adaptation of the classic Disney animated film "Sleeping Beauty" The sequel to "The Curse", by Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning as the Dark Witch Marlene Fissen and Princess Arlo respectively.



Halloween is here. The point to emphasize is that you can pretend to be scary, but you must also talk about taste. Our principle is to make all ghosts happy when they see you, including the person who is reading the text message.

Hope your Halloween is masked with spooky fun ... just as mine. Hope your Halloween is masked with spooky fun ... just as mine.

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