Halloween means Hallows' Evening. It is the evening before All Hallows' Day (now called All Saints'Day), a Christian holiday, celebrated on the November 1st.
万圣节的晚上是圣徒。这是前一天晚上所有圣徒日(现在称为万圣节)，一个基督教节日，在十一月一日庆祝。
History traces Halloween back to the ancient religion of the Celtics. The Celts were the ancestors of the present-day Irish, Welsh and Scottish people. In the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31st. On the November 1st, Celtic peoples celebrated the festival of Samhain,which marked the beginning of winter and the Celtic New Year. Celts thought the division between the natural world and the supernatural world became very thin and all time and space was abruptly suspended on October 31st, and then the spirits of the died would come back and move freely looking for living bodies to possess.
万圣节前夜的历史可以追溯到凯尔特人的`古老的信仰。凯尔特人是现在的爱尔兰人的祖先，威尔士人和苏格兰人。在公元前第五世纪，爱尔兰的凯尔特人，夏天在十月三十一日正式结束。在十一月一日，凯尔特人庆祝Samhain节，这标志着冬天的开始和凯尔特人的新年。凯尔特人认为自然与超自然世界的划分变得非常薄，时间和空间会突然暂停十月三十一日，于是死者的灵魂会回来和自由移动，寻找生活的机构拥有。
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