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The origin of Halloween
 


Went to the annual Halloween, Halloween is October 31 of each year, the evening dress is very like a ghost, the more scary the better. Children are busy going door to door to be candy, but did not forget to tell the "Trick or treat," .

What Halloween how come? In fact, inside the Catholic Church, Nov. 1 is All Saints ’Day (All Saints Day), the next day, November 2, compared with All Souls’ Day (All Souls Day, or translated to the memorial of the dead festival), we can say that Halloween origin.

Some Catholic believers will be alive with ultra virtue canonized in recognition of those believers, side by side for the model followed by other believers. But because believers with extraordinary virtue in fact a lot of it is just unknown, for those who did not fail no smell, the church is not to be established as a saint, it seems a bit unfair, so the All Saints’ Day, Memorial All saints canonized by the church and should be canonized, but not the canonization of believers.

Some Catholic believers will be alive with ultra virtue canonized in recognition of those believers, side by side for the model followed by other believers. But because believers with extraordinary virtue in fact a lot of it is just unknown, for those who did not fail no smell, the church is not to be established as a saint, it seems a bit unfair, so the All Saints’ Day, Memorial All saints canonized by the church and should be canonized, but not the canonization of believers.

In fact, as early centuries BC, Celtic (Celts, living in Scotland, Wales and Ireland, etc.) will be at the time of October 31, the celebration called "Samhain" festival. Because in the end of October, the boundaries between the world of the living with the dead world will become blurred, so the spirits of the dead can easily enter the world of the living, with the lunar month we opened the door ghost legends like. On that day, everyone will be wearing fancy dress, outside the parade in the hope that the outside of the ghosts to scare.

As for the origin of pumpkins, with an Irish legend about. Legend has it that in ancient times there is a man named Jack, drunk all day long. One day probably drunk again, even to Satan coax the tree, also known as Satan cut a cross in the tree, the result of Satan trapped in the trees get down. Later, Jack told about the conditions of Satan, if Satan can guarantee that he will not enter hell after death, it will get down to Satan, Satan really agree. However, he does not enter hell, but it also can not enter heaven, but to keep wandering in the dark world. Satan made him a hollowed turnip lanterns, which stood charcoal fire and let him in the darkness of the world can be found in the road.

As for the meaning of the word Halloween is derived from All Hallows Eve (Hallows refers to saints), referring to November 1 All Saints’ Day the night before.

Over 300,000 students from Chinese mainland study in U.S. universities

304, 000 students from Chinese mainland study in U.S. universities, a year-on-year growth of 10.8 percent, according to a newly released report. China continues to be the primary source of international students in U.S. universities.

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and Institute of International Education of the U.S. jointly released a survey report on Nov. 16, which shows that in the 2014-2015 academic year, a record-breaking 975,000 international students studied in U.S. universities. And the international students from Chinese mainland reached 304,000, accounting for 31.2 percent of the total and are 171,000 more than Indian students whose number ranks second.

According to the survey, among the students from Chinese mainland, the number of undergraduate students for the first time exceeded the number of postgraduate students. And the statistics from the U.S. Commerce Department shows that in 2014, students from Chinese mainland spent 9.8 billion USD for their study in the U.S.

In terms of number of students studying in the U.S., the top three countries are China, India and South Korea; the total number of students from these three countries accounts for 51 percent of the total international students in the U.S.

The survey shows that the U.S. is still a favorite destination for studying abroad. In 2014, international students brought about 30 billion USD to the country.