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复活节资料英语版
Easter
is
one
of
most
ancient
most
meaningful
Christianity
holidays. What it celebrates is Christ's
reactivating, the world's the Christian
must hold the
celebration
every
year.
Easter
also
symbolizes
the
rebirth and the hope. After the time
is the vernal
equinox month
circle first Sunday date.
复活节是最古老最有意义的基督
教节日之一。它庆祝
的是基督的复活，世界各地的基督徒每年都要举行庆祝。复
活节还象征重生和希望。时间是春分月圆后的第一个星期日。
Easter
is
a
convergence
of
three
traditions.
Pagan,
Hebrew
and
Christian.
Although
the
observance
of
Easter
was
at
a
very
early
period
in
the
practice
of
the
Christian church, a serious difference
as to the day
for its observance soon
arose between the Christians
of Jewish,
and those of Gentile descent, which led to
a long and bitter controversy.
Pagan Origins
The Pagan
origins of the holiday according to a
Venerable
Bede,
English
historian
of
the
early
8th
century, the name
Easter, like the name of the days of
the
week,
is
a
survival
from
the
old
Teutonic
mythology.
According to Bede
it is derived from the No rse Ostara
or
Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom
the
month
of
April,
and
called
Eostur-monath,
was
dedicated.
The
Greek
myth,
Demeter
and
Persephone,
with
its Latin counterpart, Ceres and Per
sephone, conveys
the idea of a goddess
returning seasonally from the
nether
regions
to
the
light
of
day.
This
is
in
conjunction
with
the
festival
of
spring,
or
vernal
equinox,
March
21,
when
nature
is
in
resurrection
after
winter.
The origin of the rabbit icon, or
Easter Bunny,
comes from the fact that
rabbits are notable for their
capacity
of
abundant
production
of
young
especially
at
this
time
of
year.
The
use
of
Easter
eggs,
has
its
roots
in the characteristic
of eggs laid in great numbers in
the
spring
being
colored
like
rays
of
the
returning
sun
and the northern lights
or aurora borealis. There is
also a
long tradition of decorating Easter eggs and
giving them at Easter. See The History
of Easter Eggs
for more information
about this tradition.
Hebrew Origins