每年的4月1日，是西方许多国家的人们最开心的日子之一，因为这一天是闻名世界的“愚人节”。这一天，人们尽可以发挥自己丰富的想象力，哄骗、取笑、愚弄别人。而且，不管这样做之后出现什么样的后果，人们也不负任何法律责任。现在这一节日也开始在我们中国流行，尤其是在大学生中间。由此看来，愚人节不仅仅是西方人的事情，也影响到东方。
Every year on April 1st, is one of many western countries the most happy day, because this day is world famous "April Fool's day". On this day, people can play their own rich imagination, cajole, teasing, fool others. But, no matter do appear after what kind of consequences, people will not take any legal responsibility. Now this festival also began in our Chinese popular, especially among the college students. In view of this, April Fool's Day is not only the Western things, also influence to the east.
愚人节又称万愚节，已经有几百年的历史了。关于他的起源，众说纷云。其中最为流行的说法认为愚人节起源于法国。
April Fool's Day is also called the feast of fools, has a history of several hundred years. About his origin, the audiences said numerous Yun. One of the most popular saying that April Fool's Day originated in france.
十六世纪的法国，人们在4月1日这天过新年，互赠礼物，举办晚会，庆祝新年。当时的庆祝方法与现在相差无几。1582年年，法国国王查理九世决定采用一种新的历法——格高利历法，新年改在1月1日。在新历法的推行过程中，各地仍有一些人或是不原意接受新历法，或是不知道这一日期的更改，仍然在4月1日这天过新年。其他的人便捉弄他们，赠送他们假礼物，邀请他们参加假庆祝晚会，骗他们去跑腿，或使他们对某种根本不存在的事情信以为真。这些受骗的人被称为“四月愚人”。
In sixteenth Century France, people in this day April 1st New Year's day, gifts, a party, to celebrate the new year. Then celebrate method and now not much difference between. By the year 1582, the French king Charlie nine world decided to adopt a new calendar -- Gregory Calendar, new year's change in January 1st. In the new calendar implementation of process, there are still some people around or is not willing to accept the new calendar, or don't know how to change the date of the new year, still in April 1st day. Others played tricks on them, giving them false gift, and invited them to false celebration, leading them to run errands, or that they don't exist for certain things for Gospel truth. If you believe is called "April fool".
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