（Easter）, is to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ festival, western
Christianity the country all through this section. In the western church
tradition, the first full moon after the vernal equinox is on the first Sunday
after Easter. Eastern church rules, if the
full moon falls on Sunday, Easter again postponed a week. Therefore, feast on
March 22, roughly to April 25 between. Easter is the oldest one of the most
significant Christian festivals, celebrates the resurrection of Christ,
christians around the world held every year to celebrate.
Easter
decorations most representative mascot of Easter is the Easter eggs and
rabbits, the ancients used the egg as a symbol of fertility and resurrection.
Later Christian and endowed with new meaning, think it is the symbol of Jesus's
tomb, the future of life is to escape from it and was born. People to dye eggs
at Easter, red represents the blood of Jesus suffering out of, but also the
symbol of happiness after the resurrection. There is an old custom, is the
boiled eggs for street children to play games, they put the egg rolled forward,
who is the last egg to break, who will win, all his eggs.
In fact,
during the Easter activities, in addition to the Christian religious ceremony,
many customs are originated from pagan. For example, in Britain, every year at
Easter costume parade, with national style in the bagpipe band, queen Victoria
of the children dress up in the era of the palace guard, etc. New York in the
United States, Easter fashion parade will be held. In Greece, in some places,
symbolic of Jesus funeral will be held. Eat eggs, Easter time is the most
important, is also the most interesting customs. Eggs are a symbol of new life.
Ancient Scandinavia celebrated "spring flower festival", the eggs are
dyed red, meaning the sun, pray for happy life.
Easter
egg "hence, namely, the second day of the annual Easter, President of the
United States to invite the guests with children, to the White House egg roll
game. Also, some say, eggs symbolize fertility, later on, and put it as a
symbol of the resurrection of Jesus tomb. In addition, the rabbit breeding
ability strong, be people think that is a good example of ancient Egypt, the
symbol of fertility were europeans are widely used in the Easter celebration.
The
custom of the Easter egg hunt, folklore tells us, was started by a German
duchess. Allegedly, colorful Easter eggs are left by the Easter bunny for the
country children. The children look for eggs, as a kind of game.
The most
elaborate Easter eggs are not even real eggs. A Russian jeweler, Carl faberge,
made his eggs out of gold, silver and jewels. The eggs opened to show tiny
figures of people, animals, plants and buildings. The Russian emperor gave these
eggs as gifts.
The
Easter bunny is the modern version of a very old Easter symbol. The hare, a larger
relative of the rabbit, it is for Ecuador, Russia holy goddess.
The
custom of wearing new clothes on Easter began around 300 a.d., around the time
of the first Christian emperor Constantine. He ordered the members of his court
should wear their finest clothes on Easter day.
Easter
is also a family reunion, or outing day for an outing. At the feast in the
west, many countries have to fixed holidays, since the day of the college
students have spring break. At this point, it is spring, thousands of wood for
the glorious season, many places almost fallen out, or to the park, or into the
wild, enjoy the joy of the holiday.
In most
western countries, often held a grand religious Easter parade. The marchers
dressed in robes, holding a cross, barefoot. They dressed as the Christian
history characters, singing hymns celebrating Jesus' resurrection. Today
festival parade has lost its strong religious color. Festival parade is
permeated with festive atmosphere, with strong folk characteristics and local
characteristics. That is in the United States, the parade wearing jeans walking
on stilts clown, also have a lively and lovely cartoon character Mickey Mouse.
Parade in the UK, more mainly introduce local history and local conditions and
customs, the marchers masquerade as Scotland bagpipe band and the palace
guards, attracts many tourists. The arrival of Easter also makes people have
put on new clothes. The Christian will be in advance go to church christening,
and then put on his new robe, to celebrate Christ's life. Wear a new custom
keep today, because people don't wear new clothes think festivals is to
transship. During Easter, people also like to clean, according to a new life
began. Easter, as a lot of festivals have their own traditions and customs, the
people of the world in a different way to determined the death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ, to meet the coming of spring.
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