双语阅读：万圣节的习俗和来源（一）

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Halloween as we know it today bears little resemblance to the Roman harvest festivals especially celebrated the apple harvest. 

如今为大众所周知的万圣节与曾经古罗马的丰收节略有相似之处。当时丰收节这节日是专门为庆祝苹果树的大丰收而建立的。 

The name Halloween comes from the 1500’s, and is a variation on “All-Hallows-Even”, the night before All Saints Day, or All Hallows Day.? As with many things, the Catholic Church had a holiday to coincide with a pagan celebration.?

万圣节名字的由来大约在1500年代。是由“All-Hallows-Even”演变而来。在天下圣徒之日（All Saints Day）即万圣节的前夕，天主教的教堂会以一个异教徒为批判对象举行一次集会。这就是万圣节的起源 

So what do witches, ghosts, goblins, and the like have to do with all this history? Read on to find out.

但是巫师、幽灵、鬼怪和其他诸类事物又对这段历史产生了怎样的影响？让我接着往下读。 

Corn Husks and Stalks of Wheat

谷壳和小麦的茎干

The significance of corn husks and stalks of wheat is pretty straightforward.? Halloween comes in the autumn, the traditional festival celebrated the end of summer and the end of the harvest, so these images are meant to represent the end of harvest and the beginning of winter.? Corn and wheat are symbols of agricultural change, and the change of the seasons.?

稻谷的外壳还有小麦的茎干所传达的意思是非常鲜明的。万圣节深受在秋季时分庆祝夏日离去、丰收结束的传统节日的影响。所以谷壳和麦茎就是在传达着丰收的喜讯还有冬季即将到来的消息。稻谷和小麦是所有农作物从耕种到丰收阶段的变化，同时也在向人们传递着四季交替的信息。 

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The Colors Orange and Black

主打橙色和黑色

The colors orange and black are most likely further representations of the time of year, rather than any Halloween lore or mythology.? The color orange likely represents autumn, when the leaves change from green and orange pumpkins are ripe for the picking.? As mentioned earlier, the Celtic festival marked the transition between “light” days and “dark” days – so the black likely represents those dark days of winter when there are fewer daylight hours to attend to the fields and crops.? Of course, the modern secular Halloween retailers have certainly pushed the orange-and-black as official colors of Halloween, so such an explanation seems weak, but it’s true.? Sorry, to quote some movie somewhere, “orange is the new black.”? Or pink.? Or something.

万圣节之所以是橙色和黑色作为主打色，很可能是因为在某种深层次的角度而言，这俩颜色象征了一年之中时节的变化，没必要把颜色的问题上升到学术或者神秘学的高度来探讨。橙色很可能象征着秋季。当叶子从绿色变成了橘黄色，南瓜也是如此，好像在提醒人们“我已经成熟啦，快来采我吧”。在更早一些的年份，古代的凯尔特文化下的节日把时间标记为“白色”和“黑色”。而“黑色”代表的就是冬季的时间，因为凯尔特文化发源于北爱尔兰，众所周知秋冬交际，太阳向南回归线移动，白天的时间短了，自然而然，黑色成为了冬季的代表色。现在万圣节时期零售商们售卖的流行玩具大体都是这两种色调。尽管你可能会觉得关于主打色的解释有点牵强，但这可是真的。 

Spiders

蜘蛛

As we move more into the “spooky” tales of the Halloween symbol, we’ll start with spiders.? Go to a Halloween party and you’re sure to see fake spider webs spread all over the place.? Forgoing a discussion of any potential mystical qualities a spider might have (because, ew), it is significant that spiders weave webs, which has long been associated with the passing of time, progress, and fate.? OK, so maybe that’s a little mystical too.? All in all, though, the spider’s spinning of its web is a great natural representation of the cycle of life – a spider spins its web, bugs fly into the web, nourish the spider, etc.? Also, spiders like dusty, dark places.

当我们一想起无奇不有的万圣节时，蜘蛛总是不可或缺的。如果你去参加一个万圣节晚会，我敢保证你能在墙上看到随意布置的假蜘蛛网。摒弃一切关于蜘蛛的潜在的神话故事，我想蜘蛛之所以出现在万圣节的舞台很可能是因为它编织的蜘蛛网，让人联想到了时间的流逝，生活的前进，还有命运的不可预知。好吧，我承认，讲到这里就有点神秘感了。总而言之呢，蜘蛛织网的行径在自然界是象征生命循环的伟大代表——蜘蛛编织它的网，昆虫粘在网上，成为蜘蛛的大餐等等，同时，蜘蛛喜欢满是灰尘而又黑暗的地方。

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