People have a certain perceptual knowledge about Halloween: I know that during Halloween, many public places and even the yard at home will be covered with many decorations, such as various ghosts, pumpkin lanterns, black cats, witches' brooms, etc. Every year, children wear different Halloween costumes and go door to door begging for candy with baskets of pumpkin lanterns, saying it is "trick or treat". Besides, do you want to know more? Here we briefly introduce the origin and customs of Halloween.
First, the origin of Halloween:
Regarding the origin of Halloween, the most legendary version holds that it originated in ancient western European countries before the birth of Christ, mainly including Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The ancient Western Europeans in these places were called Drouth people. The New Year in Drouth is 1 1 month 1 day, New Year's Eve. People in Drouth let young people wander among villages in groups, wearing all kinds of weird masks and carrying carved radish lanterns (pumpkin lanterns are a late custom, and there were no pumpkins in ancient Western Europe). It was actually celebrating the autumn harvest; Some people say it is "Ghost Festival". It is said that the souls of those who died that year will visit the world on Halloween. It is said that people should let visiting ghosts see the harvest and show rich enthusiasm to them. All the bonfires and lights, in order to scare away ghosts, also illuminate the route for ghosts and guide them back.
In medieval Central Europe, there was a history of Christianity destroying pagans. However, the sacrificial ceremony before New Year's Eve never really disappeared, but appeared in the form of witchcraft. That's why we have traces of witches' brooms, black cats, spells and so on on Halloween.
Second, the generation of the word Halloween:
Many ethnic groups hold a celebration party on Halloween, which is also called Halloween, Halloween, Halloween or Halloween. Finally, the agreement evolved into "Halloween" and the Chinese translation became Halloween night.
Third, the legend of "trick or treat":
It is said that the custom of children dressing up and asking for candy from door to door today originated in Ireland. Irish pagans in ancient western Europe believed that on Halloween, ghosts would gather near their homes and receive banquets. So, after the "banquet", the villagers dressed up as ghosts and wandered outside the village to guide the ghosts away to avoid evil spirits and disasters. At the same time, the villagers also pay attention to some fruits and other foods in the front yard and backyard, and feed the ghosts to prevent them from hurting people and animals or plundering other crops. Later, this custom continued and became a joke for children to make fun of this ungrateful family.
As for the jack-o'-lantern, there are at least two versions. One is that people hollowed out pumpkins to carve faces and lit candles to disperse ghosts; The other is that the ghost lit a candle to trick people into following the ghost, so people carved a mocking face on the surface of the pumpkin to tease the ghost: Hum! Only a fool will be fooled by you. Legend has it that Jack, an Irishman, was the first person to use pumpkins, so people also call Jack-o-lantern a grimace pumpkin lantern.
Fourth, it's Halloween.
Today, Halloween has completely lost its religious superstition. It became a children's program, a young people's masquerade program.
Society has always given positive guidance to festival activities: adults are required to educate their children not to do threatening pranks, and adults are also required to take their children out together (generally, adults park their cars on the side of the road and children knock on the door for candy). Adults should let their children only go to houses with holiday decorations and lights at the door, otherwise they will not be disturbed. In addition, in the process of begging for sugar, you must always stand at the gate and wait, and you are not allowed to enter the house. The sugar you get back must be inspected by Jiaotong University before you can eat it. Families receiving children are also required not to provide homemade food or unpackaged food.
Holiday arrangements in public places and at home are voluntary. Face pumpkin lantern, white net black spider, etc. They are all holiday decorations, and there is no scary ghost color at all. Some lesbians learn to buy a pair of pumpkin or ghost skull earrings to wear at this time. If the layout of any house is too horrible, it will be stopped by the relevant parties, and the media will also be exposed for the public to blame.
Halloween costumes are also full of people, not monotonous children in GREAT GHOST. There are many channels to teach people how to make Halloween costumes. For example, make the simplest ghost clothes and cover your head with a white sheet. Don't forget to buckle two holes for your eyes. If you want to play a magician, put on black pants and a black hat, and hide a fluffy rabbit between the hat and the top of your head. Also teach adults how to dress up their children as angels, white clothes and trousers, and then how to tie a flashlight to their heads from behind; They also teach children how to dress up as their favorite cartoon characters. Of course, businessmen in the clothing and props industries have more articles to do.
There is no holiday at school on Halloween. Sometimes schools come forward to organize parties, and sometimes students who are unwilling to be lonely will hold small parties themselves; Every October, friends and family send cards to wish each other a happy Halloween, which is a popular custom. Now the development of Internet makes it more convenient and economical to send Halloween cards. Some websites have designed various Halloween cards with sound animation effects, such as www.cardmaster.com, for free use.
In a word, Halloween has become a very common seasonal festival in the West. Many people regard this as the end of autumn and the arrival of winter. After Halloween, people began to look forward to Thanksgiving, Christmas and even the New Year.
Brief introduction of Halloween activity planning
The bar is on fire.
To really do an activity, you can't rely on one-time preparation. If you want to seize an instant opportunity, you must try your best to create an instant opportunity. Following this principle, I conceived a step-by-step activity arrangement plan. The program is divided into two stages: the promotion stage of Halloween activities and the arrangement stage. The publicity stage can be divided into external publicity (foreigners) and internal publicity (China people). Internal publicity should be divided into three steps. The first step, what is the real Halloween (the night of the holy spirit); The second step is the temptation of wolves; The third step is blood arrow. The arrangement of Halloween activities can also be divided into waiting; White reverie; China and South Korea make friends; Uncover the mystery; Carnival night!
First of all, the publicity part:
1. External publicity, we mainly target Korean students from NTU, NTU and NTU. The method of publicity is very simple, that is, face-to-face communication to make them interested in our Halloween. Marketing to them focuses on Chinese Halloween, telling them that they can make friends in China through this activity. But there may be some difficulties in communication, but we must overcome them. The equipment needed at this stage is only a box of 100 to 200 business cards. There are no other requirements for business cards, but the traffic routes in Tang Hui must be printed on the back and marked with words. If you feel so troublesome, you can also print leaflets in Korean and send messages to Koreans by sending orders. But if so, the effect may not be as obvious as face-to-face persuasion, and the cost will be much higher. Pay attention to face-to-face persuasion. When he says he will go, give him a seat number on his business card, which will put a predetermined pressure on them, so that the possibility of going that day will be greater. There shouldn't be too many Koreans because the seats are limited. But in fact, the more people go, the greater the sensation.
2. Internal publicity
A. The first step of propaganda concept is to publicize that the Tang Dynasty will create a passionate Halloween and play the slogan of spending Halloween with foreigners. Forms of publicity and transmission. Mainly in binjiang road's new culture Starbucks Pizza Hut. Let people know that the Tang Dynasty will prepare a unique Halloween event. Don't mention any activities, set a suspense.
B, the temptation of wolves, this stage is to attract attention in a mysterious way. From the week before Halloween, let the Tang Party hear the howl of wolves, and it is best to clearly introduce it to the ears of pedestrians. And printed a propaganda bomb named "Who's Howling", once again set a suspense for people, so that people who got the leaflet wanted to ask what the howl of the Tang Dynasty was and what kind of Holy Ghost Night would be held in the Tang Dynasty. The charging place remains the same, but the method has changed. Find one or two agents in binjiang road and New Culture respectively, and send orders to customers who patronize his store while selling clothes. It needs adhesive tape to create artistic conception. As a reward for them, it can be to give free drinks to the clerk. Even if it is economical, the effect will be good.
C, blood arrow, although this idea is sensational, it is definitely on the edge of the law. It is difficult to implement and there are certain risks. But if it is true, I believe it will attract many people. This plan is simple. Two or three nights before Halloween, a giant arrow was painted with red paint on the Wei-Jin section opposite Tang Hui. When people go to work the next morning, they can clearly see the red arrow pointing to Tang Hui. The next afternoon, leaflets were distributed. The content of the leaflet is an exaggerated description of the sudden arrow in an outsider's tone, which makes people feel mysterious again. At the same time, like the last publicity, we need corresponding tapes to inform people of this phenomenon in the form of stories.
This is the end of the publicity work before all activities are carried out. Of course, due to the unpredictability of the future, it may change with the evolution of things in the course of activities.
The arrangement of the day's activities can be divided into five stages: waiting for China and South Korea to make friends before the activities. Waiting before an activity refers to having a concept of waiting before the activity starts, making use of people's curiosity. Postpone the admission time, I think the opening time of that night should be adjusted to after eight o'clock, and the climax of the activity will be when the Halloween bell strikes twelve o'clock. If the waiting time is too long, it is possible that the curiosity of the guests will gradually decline and be replaced by boredom. Give each guest a simple mask before entering the bar.
After entering the bar, the first thing you see is that the bar is wrapped in white curtains and there is the same howling as a few days ago. The sound processing must be true, and the shadow of a wolf can be seen vaguely from the white curtain. People feel wonderful again, and their curiosity has increased! DJ announced that the most expensive guest will ((hug)) leave a mysterious gift carefully prepared by the Tang Dynasty before twelve o'clock today!
When making friends between China and South Korea, Korean guests all have seat numbers assigned to them. After the waiter takes his seat, he is taken directly to the predetermined position. China guests can take them to the table adjacent to Korean guests when they enter the door, which is convenient for them to communicate. After the table was full of guests who wanted drinks, the DJ shouted slogans to let the guests change seats at will. DJ should emphasize that all the people who come to Tang's party tonight are friends, brothers and sisters, and encourage everyone to change seats. Play light music and let the guests communicate with each other. It's best not to dim the lights at this time. DJ should tell the time and remind everyone that Tang will give you more and more surprises as time goes by!
The mystery was revealed (climax) at twelve o'clock, the DJ announced that everyone would hold their breath, and the mystery was immediately revealed. Stop the music, DJ is dealing with the gloomy sound at this time! The lights are dying out! The first time I turned on the light, there was still nothing in the bar, which caused some psychological ups and downs! The DJ explained that it was a pure mistake and he had to say it in a funny tone, which caused a burst of laughter on the field. The lights began to go out one by one again, and when it was completely dark, a few tiny rays of light were gradually emitted from the back room. There seem to be many white shadows floating in the darkness, and the light moves to the bar and disappears in the bar. The laser light suddenly turned on, shone in the direction of the bar, and immediately went out, but I have seen many things standing on the bar as virgins. The DJ played a terrible piece of music. The light under the stage in the bar turned on and took a close-up on the people standing on the stage. Slowly, the lights around came on. I saw all the people on the stage covered with a white cloth covered with blood. At this moment, the music began. People on the stage took off their white cloth, some dressed in modern clothes, and some in Tang suits. The DJ shouted slogans and personalized dances appeared on the stage. After the dance, he walked off the stage and stood around the bar. The DJ announced the highest consumption at present, and a beautiful woman came out of the back room. DJ announced that today's mystery prize is Miss XX. The beauty stepped onto the stage, smiled at the award-winning guests and fumbled in her handbag. Suddenly, I held out a puppy, which is the mystery prize tonight! Once again caused a burst of laughter on the field. After laughing, DJ shouted the slogan, Happy Halloween! The dance has begun.
DJ creating atmosphere is the key!
Note: During the whole activity, please take time to take photos of the guests and contact us to send photos later. Let the guests realize that the sincerity of the Tang Club is not available to others, and ask them to remember this activity deeply, so as to lay the foundation for becoming a tourist source of the Tang Club in the future!
Mini game
1, idioms are linked together, that is to say an idiom first, and each group or individual uses the last word to pick up the idiom ... It is interesting to watch the punishment for those who can't catch up.
Let's play bingo. A piece of paper. 100 questions. 10 × 10. First answer a line or a list of prizes. The problem is the description of the characteristics of class members. Please describe the signer of the object as the correct answer.
3. Let your classmates talk about a conversation in their hometown. The more classic, the better.
For example, there was a passage in a Chinese Odyssey. . . . . .
Pull a lot of ropes in the middle of the field, and then select some people so that they can't touch the ropes. Then these people blindfold, take off the rope and watch their wonderful performance, but only once. It would be boring if everyone knew.
5. Let's dance. I just learned a "court circle dance" from a foreign teacher two days ago (my own name), which is very suitable for everyone to dance together. Anyone who can't dance can learn.
6. Write a note to send a blessing (everyone writes it anonymously on the note to the host, then please take turns to extract it and read the blessing aloud. )
7. Prepare a few pieces of paper in advance, with various occupations or sports written on it. Then let everyone smoke one, and don't let others know. Then perform separately, can't talk, and let others guess what occupation it is.
8. Divide into two groups, and prepare some small pieces of paper with some movie names written on them, preferably action movies or special ones, and then draw lots in groups for the other party to guess. The Matrix, Spider-Man and Superman are all very interesting.
9. grab a chair. Divide into two groups, 6-8 people in each group, one chair less than the number of people. Then everyone turns around the chairs, grabs the seats when they hear them sit down, and one person is eliminated in each round. The final is 1/8 ... in turn, and the last remaining person wins. The loser has to perform a program or participate in the next competition.
10, you can choose two rows of people, a group of three, two of them blindfolded and fed each other with chopsticks, and the rest can watch.
Buzz ~ ~
1 1. First, prepare some questions and a newspaper.
Rule: A man and a woman stand in the newspaper and begin to answer questions.
Answer the wrong question, and the newspaper will continue halfway.
Answer the question correctly and ask the next question.
When men and women answer questions, their bodies should not touch anything except newspapers.
There are always 20 questions. When the problem is completed, men and women can still meet the previous rules and prizes will be awarded at the end of the game.
12, considerate
Divide into two groups, 3~5 people in each group, and arrange in two rows.
People can't talk to each other, so they can only express themselves by actions.
13, triathlon
Eating hamburgers+drinking beer+blowing balloons continuously.
Finally, close your eyes and rotate 15 times.
The fastest person will be rewarded.
14, Xiao Jiujiu game, quite fun!
For example, people standing in a circle say four 9s from one of them, the next person answers 36 quickly, she goes on to say six 8s, the next person answers 48, and so on. ...
Whoever makes mistakes and loses will be punished:)
15, step on the balloon. A group of 2-3 people, each with a balloon tied to its foot. Let them step on each other and see which group has more balloons left on their feet after a certain period of time.
16 Truth or dare.
Hehe, a game that feels good.
17, a group of ten people
The gap between men and women
Two groups of people pass playing cards with their mouths.
The victory that ends first.
18, if you have a computer and projector.
It's good to have a classic movie dubbing.
19, newspaper fashion show! Grab the chair! God of food competition!
20. Every X is a multiple of X. The number with X can't be said, but should be expressed by squatting.
For example: x = 3
Then a few people lined up and said:
1, 2, (squat), 4, 5, (squat), 7... 1 1, (squat), 14 ...
2 1. My previous guess was "99 multiplication table".
22. Buy Oreos, then scrape off the cream in the middle and apply toothpaste!
Let people eat, don't let him know in advance, see how he reacts, hahaha!
23. Each person is divided into two baked sweet potatoes, and four people compete to see who eats first! !
24. Send two pieces of paper. Everyone wrote down the happiest and most unhappy things today.
Then read it out. . .
You don't have to write your name
It's fun to read!
25, three and a half sentences!
~ the essence of tradition, the effect is great
Four people cooperate with the fourth person for half a sentence (in fact, it's just a finishing touch)
Words should be compiled according to the situation of the unit.
26. Write words on paper first, which can be divided into many categories, and then describe what a person means on the face, but you can't take that word. The other one guessed behind his back.
Hey, I understood as soon as I said it. Just like Lucky 52, I didn't open the one upstairs. It's just a suggestion to help you anyway.
27. At both ends of a table, worship three bowls vertically, each containing 1/3 flour. Put a ping-pong ball in each of the two bowls near the table, and then stand on both sides to see who blows it into the third bowl first.
This game can adjust the atmosphere and is very funny. . . .
28. The man is the wounded and the woman is the nurse, wrapped in a roll of paper (one for each person). They were mummified from head to toe, and whoever wrapped them best and strictest won the prize! Frog wars
Equipment site:
Both indoor and outdoor flat venues are acceptable, with a group of 12 ~ 16 people (even numbers are preferred).
Mat is half of the total number, 16 wool balls (equal to the total number).
Two boundary ropes
Rules:
1. At a distance of 6 ~ 8m, mark the starting and ending points with boundary ropes.
2. Ask the partners to count off in the order of 1, 2, 1, 2, and divide the whole group into two teams. One group attacked first, giving each person a mat, and the other group defended, giving each person two wool balls (soft balls), and both sides retreated behind the starting point and the finishing point respectively.
From the starting line, the attacker must take off with his feet together, and the mat will replace the lotus leaf. If he stands on the mat, the opponent can't attack with the ball. The mat can be used to block the ball.
The defender must stand outside the line and attack with the ball, and the inside attack is invalid.
The person who was hit must go back to the starting point.
6. Time 5 minutes, count how many people successfully touch the ground, then exchange equipment, attack and defense.
Sharing points:
1. Is your team engaged in guerrilla warfare or group warfare? Why?
2. What's the difference between different offensive and defensive strategies?
3. What role do you play in the task? What are the factors that determine the role arrangement? What are the contributions of different roles to the team?
4. Have your needs been noticed? Have you ever asked for personal needs? What help did the team provide? Is this the same as (or different from) your usual work life? For example ~
5. In this process, how do you view the performance of the team or individual? Which ones are great? Is there any phenomenon that the team usually ignores?
6. Will the performance of competitors affect the team? What is this?
This game is suitable for the end of the party and set off a climax.
Requirements: 30 -50 participants are preferred and divided into 4-5 groups.
Props: tray, background disco music, and the prize can be a beautiful candy (which can be divided)
The host asked everyone to sit in groups (there must be men and women)
Tell everyone the rules of the game.
Each group first chooses a receiver and stands on the stage with a tray.
Other team members provide items and put them in the tray according to the owner's requirements. The first team to collect all the items wins.
Judging from the background music,
The host began to read out the articles, each of which was prepared for the players at a certain time interval and slowly accelerated.
Collect articles in daily life, such as glasses, watches, belts, socks, lipstick, money, etc. And put some difficult items at the end, such as pills, candy and a dime.
Smart hosts can also choose something temporarily.
We did it once, and the most difficult choice of host turned out to be white hair, and the boss suffered a head injury. ...
Task: The captain instructed the team members to transport all the balls in the red bucket to the blue bucket. Note that the player's hand can't touch the ball during the whole process; You can't move buckets, you can use the items in the venue.
Rule: (Take 15 as an example)
15, choose 1 as the team leader and stand at the designated position;
Choose two vice captains and stand at a distance of 0/0 meter from the captain/kloc-;
The rest 12 people, 3 people in each group; Stand 5 meters away from the vice captain, facing the captain, and stand in a row; Tie your legs together and cover your eyes.
Put a yellow bucket behind each group at 1 m, and there are 30 ping-pong balls in the bucket;
Put two groups of tools at 1 m in front of each group.
Put two blue buckets between the vice captain and the captain.
All the players are ready. Give the task card to the captain. The activity begins.
Props: 4 paper cups, 8 spoons, 8 pairs of chopsticks, 4 forks, 1 task card. 1 title card (can be used as a distraction for the vice captain)
Soul mate, let me guess better than you.
Prop: the theme of the game (it can be a performable idiom or word)
Participants: two people in a group, and multiple groups can participate.
Rules of the game: At the beginning of the game, two people face each other (one is planning the performance and the other is the word guessing), and then the host writes the idioms or words of the performance on a piece of paper for the performer to show to the word guessing. When the performer completes the performance and the guesser can guess the idioms or words of the performer's actions, it is regarded as passing. Note: actors can explain them in words, but they can't say what they are doing.
Looking for treasures
Prop: "Treasure" (usually a piece of paper)
Participants: collective
Rules of the game: prepare the "treasure" first (that is, the note can say "show, win the prize, etc." ), and then distribute the treasure in various hidden places. Then, the treasure hunters began to look for "treasure". Treasure hunters who find the "treasure" are not allowed to open the "treasure" at will, and the host will give prizes. The owner rewarded the owner according to the contents of the "treasure". For example, if the treasure says "meow three times like a cat and reward two apples", then the owner of the "treasure" must do it according to the contents of the "treasure", and then the owner will give corresponding rewards.
Blow flour
This is a prank game, which can play tricks on two people at the same time.
Props: proper amount of flour, one ping-pong ball and one spoon.
How to play: First, find two players (such as the loser or winner of the last game, telling them that if they win this game, they will not be punished/rewarded) and stand face to face on both sides of a table.