A Sunday between March 22 and April 25
The meaning of many different cutom oberved during Eater Sunday have been buried with time. Their origin lie in pre-Chritian religion and Chritianity. All in ome way or another are a "alute to pring," marking re-birth. The white Eater lily ha come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word "Eater" i named after Eatre, the Anglo-Saxon godde of pring. A fetival wa held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox (春分).
People celebrate the holiday according to their belief and their religiou denomination (命名). Chritian commemorate Good Friday a the day that Jeu Chrit died and Eater Sunday a the day that He wa reurrected (复活). Protetant ettler brought the cutom of a unrie ervice, a religiou gathering at dawn, to the United State.
Thi year Eater will be celebrated on Sunday April 11, 2004. On Eater Sunday children wake up to find that the Eater Bunny ha left them baket of candy. He ha alo hidden the egg that they decorated earlier that week. Children hunt for the egg all around the houe. Neighborhood and organization hold Eater egg hunt, and the child who find the mot egg win a prize.
The Eater Bunny i a rabbit-pirit. Long ago, he wa called the" Eater Hare." Hare and rabbit have frequent multiple birth o they became a ymbol of fertility. The cutom of an Eater egg hunt began becaue children believed that hare laid egg in the gra. The Roman believed that "All life come from an egg." Chritian conider egg to be "the eed of life" and o they are ymbolic of the reurrection of Jeu Chrit.WWw.hAOZUowEn.com
Why we dye, or color, and decorate egg i not certain. In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Peria egg were dyed for pring fetival. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated egg were given a gift.