愚人节的由来与历史

愚人节的由来与历史

愚人节的由来与历史

导语：愚人节也称万愚节、幽默节，愚人节节期为公历4月1日，

是从19世纪开始在西方兴起流行的民间节日，下面是yuwenmi小编

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ALSO KNOWN AS: All Fool's Day

ORIGIN: the exact origin of April Fool's Day isn't known, but

many think it began in France around 1582 with the introduction

of the Gregorian Calendar, which is the most widely ud

calendar today. In previous calendars, New Year's Day was

between March 25 and April 1. Many people refud to change

the New Year's celebration day and were dubbed "fools." They

were nt on "fool errands," nt invitations to nonexistent

parties and had other practical jokes played on them.

起源：四月愚人节的确切起源已不可考，不过很多人认为这个节

日是起源于1582年前后的法国，在公历被引进之后——公历就是我

们到今天还在使用的历法。在早先的`历法中，新年是在3月25日和4

月1日之间的。很多人不愿意改变新年的日子，就被叫做“愚人”。

会有人给这些人发“愚人信”，发请帖请他们参加不存在的庆祝活动，

还会成为恶作剧的对象。

HISTORY: The harassment evolved and spread to other

countries, including Britian and Scotland. In England, jokes are

only played in the morning as it is considered bad luck to play a

practical joke on someone after noon.

历史：很快就席卷了其他国家，包括大不列颠和苏格兰。在英格

兰，只有上午才能和人开玩笑，过了中午的恶作剧会被人认为是不吉

利的。

The American colonies likely learned the tradition from the

English and French.

美洲的殖民地可能是接受了英国和法国的传统。