英美文化节日：愚人节的来历故事
<p>愚人节来源于一个神秘故事。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="origins">origins</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="April">April</span> <span word="Fools">Fools</span>’<span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="shrouded">shrouded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mystery">mystery</span>, <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="say">say</span>. <span word="Themost">Themost</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="theory">theory</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="France">France</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="calendar">calendar</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 15<span word="gOs">gOs</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Year">Year</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="January">January</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="match">match</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Roman">Roman</span> <span word="calendar">calendar</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="spring">spring</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="March">March</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="April">April</span>.</p><p>专家称，愚人节的起源笼罩着神秘的面纱。最流行的说法是，法国在十六世纪初更改了历法，这样新年就出现在一月份，和罗马历法保持一致，而不是之前的落在三月底或四月初的初春。</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="word">word</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="traveled">traveled</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="celebrate">celebrate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Year">Year</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spring">spring</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="dwellers">dwellers</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> "<span word="April">April</span> <span word="fools">fools</span>", <span word="the">the</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="goes">goes</span>.</p><p>然而，历法更改执行得非常缓慢，很多乡村地区的人们仍然是在春季欢度新年。于是，这些乡村的人们就被称为“四月傻瓜”，故事就此传播开来。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="Boese">Boese</span>, <span word="who">who</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="studied">studied</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="origin">origin</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="theory">theory</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="completely">completely</span> <span word="wrong">wrong</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span>,<span word="legally">legally</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="Easter">Easter</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="associated">associated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="April">April</span> <span word="first">first</span>”</p><p>但是，伯泽在研究了这个节日的起源后说:“这种说法完全是错误的，因为按照法定节日，法国人民欢度新年是在复活节，所以这和四月一号根本没有任何联系。”</p>
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