关于感恩节的那些事

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国的感恩节，这是国家法定假日。世界上的许多地方也庆祝感恩节，但是时间不同。在加拿大，人们在十月的第二个周一庆祝感恩节。感恩节有很深的历史渊源。

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.

感恩节是如何诞生的？

在美国，据记载，现代的感恩节传统一直可以追溯到1621年在普利茅斯举行的庆祝仪式，普利茅斯位于今天的马萨诸塞州内。仪式是为了庆祝丰收。在1620年到1630年间，那时，朝圣者和清教徒开始移民到英国并且将感恩节的传统带到了新英格兰。在新英格兰的历史上，人们花好几天庆祝了感恩节，这被人们认为是历史上第一次感恩节。有大约90个当地人参与了庆祝。

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.

官方庆祝

作为美国的总统，乔治·华盛顿在1789年的11月26日创建了第一个全国性的感恩节。后来好几年没有举行全国性的感恩节，但是很多州都有感恩节假期。

1683年10月3日，总统亚伯拉罕·林肯将11月的最后一个周四定为全国性的感恩节。

1939年，富兰克林·D·罗斯福总统为了刺激圣诞节购物季，就把感恩节提前一周。两年后，议会决定将11月的第四个周四定为感恩节，作为国家法定假期。

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.

为什么火鸡和土耳其是一个英文名？

在过去，欧洲人很喜欢吃进口的珍珠鸡。因为珍珠鸡是由土耳其商人进口来的，所以英国人叫它“Turkey”。后来，当西班牙人到了美国，他们发现一种鸟尝起来很像珍珠鸡。他们把这些鸟带到了欧洲，英国人便也把这种鸟叫做“Turkey”。