in the 16th century, people celebrated new year`s day from march 25 to april 1. later, king charles ix changed new year`s day to january 1. but some people who lived in countryside did not the news; they still celebrated new year on april 1, so others laughed at them and called them april fools.
"愚人节的起源"英语作文译文:
愚人节是可以向别人开玩笑的节日。没人知道它是从什么时候开始的，但人们认为它起源于法国。
在16世纪，人们从三月25日到四月一日庆祝新年。查尔斯九世国王后来把新年的那一天改在了1月1日。但一些住在农村的人由于消息闭塞不知道这一变化，仍然在4月1日庆祝新年。于是人们嘲笑他们并把它们叫做"四月的傻瓜"