愚人節也稱萬愚節，英文為April Fool's Day。是西方也是美國民間傳統節日，節期在每年四月一日。愚人節已出現了幾百年，對于它的起源眾說紛紜。一種說法認為這一習俗源自印度的"詮俚節"。該節規定，每年三月三十一日的節日這天，不分男女老幼，可以互開玩笑、互相愚弄欺騙以換得娛樂。

　　April Fool's day, also known as the All Fool's day, English as April Fool's Day. The west is also American traditional folk festivals, the festival on April 1st. April Fool's day has been there for hundreds of years, Public opinions are divergent. its origin. An argument that this practice originated in India, "Li Quan festival". The provisions of the section, the annual festival on March 31st that day, regardless of men and women,old and young, can each make fun of each other, the fool fool for entertainment.

　　起初，任何美國人都可以炮制駭人聽聞的消息，而且不負絲毫的道德和法律責任，政府和司法部門也不會追究。相反，誰編造的謊言最離奇、最能騙取人們相信，誰還會榮膺桂冠。這種做法給社會帶來不少混亂，因而引起人們的不滿。現在，人們在節日期間的愚弄欺騙已不再像過去那樣離譜，而是以輕松歡樂為目的。

　　At first, the Americans can be cooked any news of the frightful to the ear, but not negative the slightest moral and legal responsibility, the government and the judiciary will not be prosecuted. On the contrary, who fabricated lies the most bizarre, most people believe that fraud, who will receive the laurel crown. This approach has brought a lot of confusion to the society, thus caused dissatisfaction. Now, people during the holiday season the fool fool has no longer as outrageous, but for the purpose of easy pleasure.

　　今天，愚人節已經發展成為一個國際性節日，差不多在整個歐洲和北美都流行。蘇格蘭稱這一天的受騙者為"布谷鳥"，似乎和農業女神仍有些關系。法國人則叫作"四月魚"這大概是因為小魚在四月剛孵出，糊里糊涂地見餌就吞，容易上鉤的緣故吧!

　　Today, April Fool's day has become an international holiday almost throughout Europe and North America are popular. Scotland called the day of the fool is the "cuckoo", appears and the goddess of agriculture still has some relation. The French were called "April fish" this is probably because the fish just hatched in April, see bait swallowing in disorderly fashion, easy. Because of it!