感恩節是美國人民獨創的一個古老節日,也是美國人合家歡聚的節日,因此美國人提起感恩節總是倍感親切。感恩節是美國國定假日中最地道、最美國式的節日(holiday),它和早期美國歷史最為密切相關。起源于馬薩諸塞普利茅斯的早期移民。這些移民在英國本土時被稱為清教徒,因為他們對英國教會的宗教改革不徹底感到不滿,以及英王及英國教會對他們的政治鎮壓和宗教迫害,所以這些清教徒脫離英國教會,遠走荷蘭,后來決定遷居到大西洋彼岸那片荒無人煙的土地上,希望能按照自己的意愿信教自由地生活。
Thanksgiving is an ancient festival American original people, is also the American family reunion holiday, so the Americans brought Thanksgiving always feel warm. Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national holidays in the United States (holiday), the early history of the United States and is most closely connected. The early settlers of Massachusetts originated in Plymouth. These people were called pilgrims in the UK, because of their religious reform of the Church of England is not completely satisfied with, and the king and the Church of England for their political repression and persecution, so the pilgrims from the Church of England, went to Holland, then decided to move to the other side of the Atlantic that desolate land, hope in accordance with the wishes of their religious freedom in life.
1962年9月,“五月花號”輪船載著102名清教徒及其家屬離開英國駛向北美大陸,經過兩個多月的艱苦航行,在馬薩諸塞的普利茅斯登陸上岸,從此定居下來。第一個冬天,由于食物不足、天氣寒冷、傳染病肆虐和過度勞累,這批清教徒一下子死去了一半以上。第二年春天,當地印第安部落酋長馬薩索德帶領心地善良的印第安人,給了清教徒谷物種子,并教他們打獵、種植莊稼、捕魚等。在印第安人的幫助下,清教徒們當年獲得了大豐收。首任總督威廉·布萊德福為此建議設立一個節日,慶祝豐收,感謝上帝的恩賜。同時,還想借此節日加強白人與印第安人的和睦關系。1621年11月下旬的星期四,清教徒們和馬薩索德帶來的90名印第安人歡聚一堂,慶祝美國歷史上第一個感恩節。男性清教徒外出打獵、捕捉火雞,女人們則在家里用玉米、南瓜、紅薯和果子等做成美味佳肴。就這樣,白人和印第安人圍著篝火,邊吃邊聊,還載歌載舞,整個慶祝活動持續了三天。
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