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热心网友 时间:2022-06-01 14:49
Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.热心网友 时间:2022-06-01 16:07
每年11月的第四个星期四是感恩节 (Thanksgiving Day) 。感恩节是美国人民独创的一个古老节日,也是美国人合家欢聚的节日,因此美国人提起感恩节总是倍感亲切。热心网友 时间:2022-06-01 17:41
The Thanksgiving Day origin, concerns with the English Christianity's religious dispute.Probably in the A.D. 16 century's ends to the 17th century, the English Puritan initiated an oncoming force violent reformation, announced is separated from the national religion, sets up the church in addition, advocated eliminates the Christianity saint trade union interior the remaining influence.But, when 17th century middles, the monarchial parliament passed "Has believed in National religion Law", the Puritan started to encounter the government and the church influence brutal persecution, the arrest, the torture, the religious trial, all was threatening the Puritan every time.Is compelled the helpless, they have to move to Holland to seek asylum.But, lives under subjugation the day does not feel better.Not only in Holland, the Puritan has not been able to escape the religious persecution, moreover fully suffered the pain which the war brings and suffers.Makes them unenrable is, in the foreign land another region, the children “England's -like ecation, day-by-day light gets down far to the native land sentiment.In order to escape thoroughly the religious persecution evil clutches, retains the motherland for the next generation the language and the tradition, they again think of the big migration. Although world big, where is this crowd of horizon reces human's home to return to? Thinks it over, they went to the Americas the vision.Columbus this block which discovered in more than 100 years ago “new continent”, the vast in territory, the proct is bountiful, moreover has very many places not to have king.Does not have the parliament, not to have the executioner, the development virgin land.“The sea depends on the fish leap extravagantly, day Gao Renniao flies.” Only then in such place, they can with ease live, freely believes in the religion which, disseminates oneself likes, develops belongs to Puritan's earthly paradise together. Therefore, Puritan's renowned leader Bradford called 101 companions, in September, 1620, has mounted weight 180 tons, the length 90 foot wooden sailing ship - - in May nickname, started the Columbus expedition -like risk navigation.Regarding the navigation, this has the romantic name ships too to be rather small.Because the situation compels, they “choice”, also is in a year worst crosses the ocean season.Will harbor to the future happy expectation, in order to retrieve the right and the freedom which will lose, this group had experienced much suffering the human already was reckless. The sea winning side anxious wave is high, in May the nickname on likely a violent storm in piece of leaf, difficultly forward is drifting, all has the ship to destroy the danger nearly as necessary which the human perishes.But under everybody joint effort, the ships has not met any harm, and after navigated 66 day, safely arrives the North America mainland Codd angle on November 21, namely today US Massachusetts state Provinse sincere port.The matter recuperation, in May the nickname continues after slightly along the coastline advance.As a result of with the time difference, it has not been able to arrive predetermined destination - - Virginia's James against the wind sincere, instead after the Christmas day first day, has delivered them New England's land. Interesting is, in this fill danger expedition, all explorers only then dead.But because in the journey was born a baby, enable to arrive Americas' person not many, still was 102.The immigration all is the reverent believer, all hand delimits the cross, thanks God's caring for heartfeltly. Now, presents in front of them, is completely together the strange land, winds the winding coastline, appears is quiet, is bleak.Therefore, probably in a month, the immigrants does not dare to approach shore rashly, still take the ship as the family.They have sent out the reconnaissance team, rides the boat to seek along the route in the Codd angle bay settles down.One day, everybody was waiting for anxiously, the reconnaissance team returns to the incoming telegram to consider said, they had discovered suits the immigrants to live truely, “the heaven”.“The heaven” is today plymouth port, this is a natural good port, suits in May nickname to anchor extremely.Nearby the harbor has a fine fishery, may provide the massive marine procts.A not far away piece of rolling hill, likely together the natural blockade, surrounds this land.Under the bright sunlight, the rill which iced up is reflecting the crystal clear gloss, may provide the sufficient fresh water for the immigrants.Has opened up wasteland the fertile farmland, together neatly is arranging together.In addition, although they also watched one piece broken, sufficiently obstructed the wind to take shelter from the rain actually, helps them to pass the severe winter the house ......Looks like, all are good, moreover could not be again good.Only makes them feel is at a loss, this piece everywhere all has the humanity to live the vestige land, the unexpectedly blind person's shadow, wisp smoke from kitchen chimneys, appears is such bleak, pours seems beforehand the dissimilarity which prepares for them.Afterwards only then knew that, here is originally a quite prosperous India peaceful village.Several years ago smallpox is popular, as soon as the entire village person does not have escapes by luck, caused it to become this crowd of foreign land waffie's best refuge shelter now at last. After several days, in May the nickname crossed the Codd angle bay, has dropped out the anchor chain in the plymouth port.The immigrants are delimiting when the skiff lands, according to the ancient navigation tradition, first mounts one to stand tall and erect in the sea level big reef.In May on the nickname the salute thunders, the sounds of people are bubbling like a caldron, celebrates the new life start together.Afterwards, this reef on is called “the plymouth stone”, becomes the Americas New England first permanent colony the historical testimony. To these hope happy immigration, the first winter is unhappy.Bone-chilling cold cold wind blows which from Atlantic, looks like the devil in airborne to neigh equally, everywhere snow and ice, are whipping the crude housing heartlessly.In this world of ice and snow, the immigrants lack the essential equipment, also lacks the experience which lives on this land.In under the busy work heavy pressure, many people fell down from weariness, the tired sickness, the bad diet, the unenrable severe coldness, has caused more people not to be able to fall to the ground.Follows on somebody's heels the infectious disease, takes away many human of lives.A winter past, experienced the hardships and dangers to arrive Americas' 102 immigrant, has only been left over 50.Some people died nearly every day, all has or several nearly daily is making the funeral.Just stepped time this land happy not.Each person, the heart, all the atmosphere which despairs unprecedentedly by one kind covers.A dream, just started is the fond dream, like this broken? Each people all are thinking deeply about. On is at a loss when the immigrants, sits waiting for death, a second year spring morning, an Indian entered the plymouth village.He introces oneself that, he is the India peaceful chiefs who approaches the village sends to observe the situation.After this is the immigrants arrives the first visitor who the Americas receives.They poured out all sorts of in the extreme misery to the visitor which own origin as well as undergo.The Indian is listening silently, on the face reveals infinite pitying with the sympathy.The matter had the favorable turn in light of this, after several days, this India pacified the people his chief Ma Sa Thode has taken into the immigrant house.The chief is a generous warm person, he expressed to the immigration warm welcome, sent many daily necessities to them to make the gift.Sent most to have the experience, the most competent Indian, how taught the immigrants to live on this land, teaches them to catch fish, skills and so on hunting, cultivation as well as raising turkey. This year, the God cooperates, the good crop weather, in addition Indian's instruction and the help, the immigrants have obtained the bumper crop, finally has rushed the life difficulty, on the stability, the wealthy day, in this year autumn, has become plymouth Governor Bradford to promulgate the hold magnificent ceremony, thanks decision which God cares for, this is in the historical first Thanksgiving Day.Certainly, he had not forgotten helps people overcome their difficulties the falsehood “God” - - warmly for the immigrants, hospitable, the wisdom Indian, invites Ma Sa Thode and his under Indian especially comes to attend the holiday celebration. The Indian has accepted with pleasure the invitation, sent 5 deer to take the gift ahead of time.At the end of November one day, the immigrants chatted the banquet, on the table have chocked up manufacture and so on game and with from corn, fu melon, bamboo shoots melon, turkey which hit from the wooded mountain in which proced delicacies.Celebration altogether has carried on 3 day, daytime, the guest and host common joyful banquet, talks to heart's content the friendship.Evening, on the lawn has ignited the flaming reed fire, in the cool autumn wind, the India peaceful young fellows dances together with the plymouth colony young people, sings, the wrestling, the archery, the atmosphere is extremely warm. Today, in the American mind, Thanksgiving Day is also wants compared to the Christmas day the important holiday.First, it is one for 4 day-long holidays, causes the people heartily revelry, the celebration sufficiently.Next, it also is the traditional family reunion day.Thanksgiving Day period, lives scatteredly in the another region outside areas family member, all wants the rush home to celebrate a holiday, this has already become the nationwide custom.In addition, in an American year most takes one meal, is the Thanksgiving Day evening banquet.Is very quick in the US this rhythm of life, competes in intense state, the ordinary day diet is extremely simple.US's fast-food popular world, is a very good showing.But in the Thanksgiving Day night, each and every family all does in a big way the banquet, sumptuousness goods, makes one be flabbergasted.On the holiday dinner table, on to president, gets down to the common people, the turkey and the pumpkin cake all is necessary.These two tastes “the valuable thing” manifested the American people to recall and the ancients development difficult, recalled the first Thanksgiving Day the bosom; Date mood.Therefore, Thanksgiving Day also is called “the turkey festival”. Although the Thanksgiving Day is entire family reunion day, every year holiday period, still had the tens of thousands of people to extract the leisure, went to the plymouth port visit, the tour, reviewed US's history.Today, not only the American crosses the Thanksgiving Day, the Canadian also regards as it the routine holiday.Because this perhaps, on Canadian this broad land, also is living many English immigrant's descendant!