Thanksgiving Day Facts 關于感恩節的那些事

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Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States， which falls on the fourth Thursday of November. Several other places around the world observe Thanksgiving Day as well but not on the same date. In Canada， Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday of October. Thanksgiving has its historical roots.

11月的第四個周四是美國的感恩節，這是國家法定假日。世界上的許多地方也慶祝感恩節，但是時間不同。在加拿大，人們在十月的第二個周一慶祝感恩節。感恩節有很深的歷史淵源。

How Thqnksgiving Dqy WqS born？

In the United States， the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is traced to a documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts.It was held for a good harvest. At that time， Pilgrims and Puritans who began emigrating from England in the 1620s and 1630s carried the tradition of Days of Thanksgiving with them to New England.Several days of Thanksgiving were held in early New England history that have been regarded as the“First Thanksgiving”.Around 90 native Americans attended at that time.

感恩節是如何誕生的？

在美國，據記載，現代的感恩節傳統一直可以追溯到1621年在普利茅斯舉行的慶祝儀式，普利茅斯位于今天的馬薩諸塞州內。儀式是為了慶祝豐收。在1620年到1630年間，那時，朝圣者和清教徒開始移民到英國并且將感恩節的傳統帶到了新英格蘭。在新英格蘭的歷史上，人們花好幾天慶祝了感恩節，這被人們認為是歷史上第一次感恩節。有大約90個當地人參與了慶祝。

Official Celebration

As the president of the United States，George Washington established the first nationwide Thanksgiving celebration in America on November 26， 1789. There was no national Thanksgiving Day for several years， but many states had Thanksgiving holidays.

On October 3， 1683， President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday on November as the national Thanksgiving Day.

In 1939， President Franklin D.Roosevelt moves Thanksgiving Day one week earlier to boost the Christmas shopping season. Two years later，Congress rules that the fourth Thursday in November will be observed as Thanksgiving Day and a federal legal holiday.

官方慶祝

作為美國的總統，喬治-華盛頓在1789年的11月26日創建了第一個全國性的感恩節。后來好幾年沒有舉行全國性的感恩節，但是很多州都有感恩節假期。

1683年10月3日，總統亞伯拉罕·林肯將11月的最后一個周四定為全國性的感恩節。

1939年，富蘭克林·D.羅斯福總統為了刺激圣誕節購物季，就把感恩節提前一周。兩年后，議會決定將11月的第四個周四定為感恩節，作為國家法定假期。

Why Turkey（the bird） shares the Same name with Turkey （the country）？

In the former days， Europeans liked having guinea fowl imported to the continent. English called the fowl Turkey because it was imported by Turkish merchants. Later on， when Spaniards came to America， they found a kind of bird tasted like those guinea fowls. When these birds were sent to Europe， English called them turkeys as well.

為什么火雞和土耳其是一個英文名？

在過去，歐洲人很喜歡吃進口的珍珠雞。因為珍珠雞是由土耳其商人進口來的，所以英國人叫它“Turkey”。后來，當西班牙人到了美國，他們發現一種鳥嘗起來很像珍珠雞。他們把這些鳥帶到了歐洲，英國人便也把這種鳥叫做“Turkey”。