Easter

复活节 ——节日习俗 & 意义

Customs

Easter bunny

Easter food

Easter bonus

Easter break(Good Friday holiday)

Easter fireworks

Easter flowers

Easter egg

Easter egg

Right after Christmas, Easter chocolate eggs will be put in the candy store for the kids to buy.People have to put on new clothes, which means it is a new beginning of the life.According to the traditions, people also painted the eggs with red, which represents the swan’s blood , and also it is said the red is the goddess of life from the birth of happiness

Easter egg

The traditional egg games for EasterThey put the eggs on the ground or on slop, rolling, and the one who last rupture the egg wins, the winner can get all the player's eggs

Easter egg

The rabbits have very strong ability to reproduce.People see it as a new life creator.

Easter bunny

Mutton and Ham

Easter food

Once God wanted to test Abraham for the loyalty of heart, so God ordered him to kill his only son Isaac for offerings. Abraham felt so painful, but finally, he decided to do according to the will of god. As he lift up a sword cut to his son, god sent an angel to stop him. After that, Abraham sent a sheep for offering to god. Later on, with the sheep for sacrifice for God became the section of the customs.

Easter food

All the gifts for Easter are connected with spring and rebirth.Eggs, chickens, little rabbits, flowers…

Easter bonus

It is a good opportunity to meet with family, taste different kinds of traditional food, meet friends and relatives. In Europe, people usually get two days-off for Easter.

Easter break(Good Friday holiday)

On the Easter day, people in the church light the candles to consecrate, and then send those candles to the families in the country. This day, children’s most joyful matter is to send the flame to the houses. In front of the church, they light up the branches with flame, and then run to families. The whole thing is full of happy atmosphere.

Easter fireworks

Lily

Easter flowers

Lily is the symbol the sacred and pure.In Christianity, lily is seen as “Resurrection Flower“.So , lily is also called “Easter Lily”.

The resurrection of Jesus is the center of the Christian faith.They think that “ If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is vain, and your faith is also vain.”Resurrection means the renewal of life.

Significance

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