(its Easter Sunday) at the vernal equinox the first Sunday after the full moon, is the anniversary of the Christian religion purpose is to honor Jesus Christ in the 30 to 33 years after he was crucified on a cross between the day of resurrection on the third day, is a symbol of rebirth and hope.On April 24, 2011, on March 22, according to the lunar calendar, on Sunday for Easter in 2011.

The origin of Easter is actually the Christian Easter all the country's major holiday, its importance in some countries even more thanChristmas.According to the bible, Matthew, Jesus Christ on the cross of resurrection on the third day after the death of the victim, and therefore the vernal equinox festival (March 20 or March 21) on the day to see the full moon or see the first full moon after the vernal equinox, the first set to Easter Sunday.If the full moon happens to appear on the first Sunday, Easter again postponed a week.Therefore, Easter time is roughly in the March 22 solstice between April 25.

(the original English sentence is: "its, anniversary of the Resurrection of Christ, observed on the first Sunday after a full moon on or after 21 March.")

[note: the original, Easter day, through the three calendar (calendar, the Chinese lunar calendar, week) merge, no wonder it could be so uncertain!]

Easter time of year did not determine the specific which day is Easter, and Western Europe and eastern orthodox Easter date is not basically the same, here we give priority to with Western Europe the date of Easter, Easter date from 2009 to 2020 are as follows: on April 12, 2009, April 4, 2010, on April 24, 2011, April 8, 2012, March 31, 2013, on April 20, 2014, April 5, 2015, March 27, 2014, on April 16, 2017, on April 1, 2018, April 21, 2019, on April 14, 2020.

Easter gift Easter gift with spring and regeneration of relationships:eggs, the chicken, smallThe rabbit, flowers, especially lily is the symbol of this season.Easter eve, the children for friends and family to egg coloring dressing up.Some of these eggs boiled too old, some just empty eggshell.On Easter Sunday morning, the children will find the bed before Easter basket filled with chocolate eggs, the Easter bunny, fluffy chicken and baby toys, etc.It is said that the Easter bunny egg will hide in indoor or let the children to find a blade of grass.The annual White House egg roll activities are often television broadcast.Legend Easter eggs are eggs of the rabbit, in fact, the rabbit won't lay eggs, so the Easter eggs (its egg) are eggs, some people like the eggs with a variety of faces or decorative pattern, and these folk customs is originated from the Christian.

Easter customs in most western countries, often held a grand religious procession.The marchers dressed in robes, holding a cross, barefoot.They dressed as the Christian historical figures, singing carols celebrating Jesus' resurrection.Today festival parade has lost its past strong religious color.Festival parade permeated with festive atmosphere, with strong folk feature and local characteristics.In the United States, the parade that is wearing a jeans walking on stilts clown, also have a lively and lovely cartoon characterThe mouse.Parade in the UK, more is given priority to with local history and local conditions and customs, the marchers masquerade as Scotland bagpipe band and the palace guards, attracts many tourists.The arrival of Easter also makes people have put on new clothes.The Christian baptism will go to church in the first line, and then put on his new robe, to celebrate the newborn of Christ.Wear a new custom preserved, because people think holidays don't wear new clothes to the firm.During Easter, people also like to clean thoroughly, said the new life began.

The German government regulations Easter rest two days.In the festival, family reunion, taste all kinds of traditional food, meet friends and relatives to congratulate each other.Symbol of life eggs, fire, water, became the Easter rabbit mascot.Eggs and rabbit in the west is a symbol of new life and prosperity.Egg color symbol of the sun, dye eggs red symbol of a happy life.In the Easter, parents to be specially made for children eggs, rabbits, the shape of the chocolate candy.Relatives and friends to give each other between the eggs.Some towns in eastern Rhine river middle reaches and hessian, remains the "egg tree" this ancient custom.People put hundreds of eggshell painted pictures, strung into egg chain, hung on the pine trees on Easter day, made from egg tree, adult children around the egg tree singing, dancing, to celebrate Easter.While the girls in the Alps by giving red eggs to express their love.On Easter day, girl if gave a young man three red eggs, said girls to boys courtship.

Easter food in Europe, because have lent (40 days before Easter) because of the fast, before each Easter dinner, first to be ordained;In the seventh century, therefore, have ordained the description of the lamb, and then more grease and ham ordained.

However great lent to fast is forbidden to eat eggs.In the twelfth century, began to have eggs ordained;So on Easter, catholics take eggs painted red, a priest, please, also used as a gift to our friends, this is why Easter is now one of the earliest origin to send eggs.In addition to the eggs, and other foods, such as butter, cheese, bread, ordained.In etiquette in st teach ceremony before the reform, still retained the lamb, eggs, bread to the bible.

In many European countries, the main meal of the resurrection Sunday all eat lamb, because when the ordained the lamb, can let a person of Moses with the blood of the lamb, led the israelites out of Egypt, and the lamb (later known as the Passover lamb) is the figure of Jesus: he is the holy lamb of god, through the blood left him on the cross, to wash the human sin, from the slavery of the devil.Eggs also symbolizes spring and the beginning of new life.The Christian era, more have a layer of religious meaning: symbol of the resurrection of Jesus out of the tomb stone.While the bread made christians think that Jesus is the eternal life of live food.In many European countries, Easter usually make other special Easter bread, a word of Jesus Christ and the cross painted on bread, or the design of the lamb, in honor of Christ.

Easter description (English)

A Sunday between March 22 and April 25

The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. All in some way or another are a salute to spring, marking re-birth. The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word Easter is named after Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox (春分).

People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations (命名). Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected (復活). Protestant settlers brought the custom of a sunrise service, a religious gathering at dawn, to the United States.

This year Easter will be celebrated on Sunday April 11, 2004. On Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy. He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week. Children hunt for the eggs all around the house. Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts, and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize.

The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit. Long ago, he was called the Easter Hare. Hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that All life comes from an egg. Christians consider eggs to be the seed of life and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Why we dye, or color, and decorate eggs is not certain. In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts.