感恩節(jié)是幾月幾日英文
感恩節(jié)是為感謝印第安人而創(chuàng)立的,起源于美國(guó),后來(lái)人們常在這天感謝他人。每年11月的第四個(gè)星期四是感恩節(jié)(Thanksgiving Day)。
2015年11月26日 農(nóng)歷 十月十五 感恩節(jié)
感恩節(jié)(英語(yǔ):Thanksgiving Day)是美國(guó)和加拿大共有的節(jié)日,原意是為了感謝上天賜予的好收成。在美國(guó),自1941年起,感恩節(jié)是在每年11月的第四個(gè)星期四,并從這一天起將休假兩天;而加拿大與美國(guó)的感恩節(jié)時(shí)間不同,10月第二個(gè)星期一。像中國(guó)的春節(jié)一樣,在這一天,成千上萬(wàn)的人們不管多忙,都要和自己的家人團(tuán)聚。加拿大的感恩節(jié)則起始于1879年,是在每年10月第二個(gè)星期一,與美國(guó)的哥倫布日相同。
11月的第四個(gè)星期四是感恩節(jié)。感恩節(jié)是美國(guó)人民獨(dú)創(chuàng)的一個(gè)古老節(jié)日,也是美國(guó)人合家歡聚的節(jié)日,因此美國(guó)人提起感恩節(jié)總是備感親切。感恩節(jié)是美國(guó)國(guó)定假日中最地道、最美國(guó)式的節(jié)日(holiday)。
感恩節(jié)英文介紹Thanksgiving Day(感恩節(jié))
Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago.
In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World(新大陸). This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. The Pilgrims settled in what is now the state of Massachusetts. Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half the colony died from disease. The following spring the Iroquois Indians(美國(guó)紐約州東北部易洛魁族印第安人)taught them how to grow corn, a new food for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish.
In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, barley(大麥), beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited the local Indian chief and 90 Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. The colonists had learned how to cook cranberries and different kinds of corn and squash dishes from the Indians. To this first Thanksgiving, the Indians had even brought popcorn.
In following years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks.
After the United States became an independent country, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. George Washington suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Then in 1863, at the end of a long and bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln asked all Americans to set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The President must proclaim that date as the official celebration.
Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have.
In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional.
Symbols of ThanksgivingTurkey, corn, pumpkins and cranberry sauce(酸果曼沙司)are symbols which represent the first Thanksgiving. Now all of these symbols are drawn on holiday decorations and greeting cards. The use of corn meant the survival of the colonies. "Indian corn" as a table or door decoration represents the harvest and the fall season.
Sweet-sour cranberry sauce, or cranberry jelly, was on the first Thanksgiving table and is still served today. The cranberry is a small, sour berry. It grows in bogs(沼澤), or muddy areas, in Massachusetts and other New England states. The Indians used the fruit to treat infections. They used the juice to dye their rugs and blankets. They taught the colonists how to cook the berries with sweetener(甜味佐料)and water to make a sauce. The Indians called it "ibimi" which means "bitter berry." When the colonists saw it, they named it "crane-berry" because the flowers of the berry bent the stalk over, and it resembled the long-necked bird called a crane. The berries are still grown in New England.
In 1988, a Thanksgiving ceremony of a different kind took place at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. More than four thousand people gathered on Thanksgiving night. Among them were Native Americans representing tribes from all over the country and descendants of people whose ancestors had migrated to the New World.
The ceremony was a public acknowledgment of the Indians' role in the first Thanksgiving 350 years ago. Until recently most schoolchildren believed that the Pilgrims cooked the entire Thanksgiving feast, and offered it to the Indians. In fact, the feast was planned to thank the Indians for teaching them how to cook those foods. Without the Indians, the first settlers would not have survived.
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