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== Origin of Thanksgiving Day == | == Origin of Thanksgiving Day == | ||
The British Puritans, who fled to the Netherlands to escape the persecution of the Church of England (Anglican Church) in 1620, set out on a rough voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower. They arrived in Plymouth, a port city near Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States today.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/plymouth-colony |title=Plymouth Colony |website=Encyclopedia.com |publisher= |date=June 8, 2018 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> <br>When they arrived in the new continent after 65 days of sailing, what waited for them was cold weather and food shortages. Forty-four out of 102 people who rode the Mayflower died. At that time, Native Americans came and helped them. The Wampanoag tribe gave food to the Puritans and taught them how to cultivate crops. The following year, in the fall of 1621, the Puritans invited the Native Americans to celebrate their first harvest; they caught a turkey for a festival and gave thanks to God. This day is known as the first Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Since then, a harvest festival, which had been observed as a folk custom in each country, has become a church holiday due to the influence of Thanksgiving Day which was officially enacted in the United States.<ref name="파이낸스">{{인용 |url=https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving#:~:text=In%201621%2C%20the%20Plymouth%20colonists,by%20individual%20colonies%20and%20states. |title=Thanksgiving 2022 |website=History.com |date=October 27, 2009}}</ref> | The British Puritans, who fled to the Netherlands to escape the persecution of the Church of England (Anglican Church) in 1620, set out on a rough voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on the [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mayflower-ship Mayflower]. They arrived in [https://www.britannica.com/place/Plymouth-Massachusetts Plymouth], a port city near Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States today.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/united-states-and-canada/us-history/plymouth-colony |title=Plymouth Colony |website=Encyclopedia.com |publisher= |date=June 8, 2018 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> <br>When they arrived in the new continent after 65 days of sailing, what waited for them was cold weather and food shortages. Forty-four out of 102 people who rode the Mayflower died. At that time, Native Americans came and helped them. The Wampanoag tribe gave food to the Puritans and taught them how to cultivate crops. The following year, in the fall of 1621, the Puritans invited the Native Americans to celebrate their first harvest; they caught a turkey for a festival and gave thanks to God. This day is known as the first Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Since then, a harvest festival, which had been observed as a folk custom in each country, has become a church holiday due to the influence of Thanksgiving Day which was officially enacted in the United States.<ref name="파이낸스">{{인용 |url=https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving#:~:text=In%201621%2C%20the%20Plymouth%20colonists,by%20individual%20colonies%20and%20states. |title=Thanksgiving 2022 |website=History.com |date=October 27, 2009}}</ref> | ||
==Dates and Characteristics of Thanksgiving by Country and Denomination== | ==Dates and Characteristics of Thanksgiving by Country and Denomination== | ||