Happy April Fool's Day - 阳光彼岸

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2008-04-01

Happy April Fool's Day - [Read Life]

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Today is April Fool's Day! Did u tell a joke to others?Have u ever been fooled by ur friends? If u were, don't be angry.Just enjoy yourself by the interesting joke and be a lovely "foolish" man for one day.It will add colour to ur daily life. Then do u know the origin of April Fool's Day? I will tell u as following:

"April 1 In sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was observed on April first. It was celebrated in much the same way as it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of the night. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January first. There were some people, however, who hadn't heard or didn't believe the change in the date, so they continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April first. Others played tricks on them and called them April fools. In France today, April first is called Poisson d'Avril. French children fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs. When the young fool discovers this trick, the prankster yells Poisson d'Avril!

Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on the first of April. One common trick on April Fool's Day, or All Fool's Day, is pointing down to a friend's shoe and saying, Your shoelace is untied. School children might tell a classmate that school has been canceled. Whatever the trick, if the innocent victim falls for the joke the prankster yells, April Fool!

Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and not meant to harm anyone. The most clever April Fool joke is the one where everyone laughs, especially the person upon whom the joke is played.American humorist Mark Twainthe has siad that the first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year."

April 1st also make me think of a special person,Brother Zhang. Leslie Zhang died 5 years ago.He told a big joke to the whole world on April Fool's Day. His death was a myth .No one knows the reason why he chose suicide,but it's the truth that many people felt sad about his death. Pehaps he felt bored with his previous life.Maybe he had no courage to face himself.Or he just wanted to leave his youth and the best image to the world. Anyway we should respect him and his chioce!

To my mind, Leslie Zhang's whole life was a legend! He has left his charming smile, his wonderful voice and songs and his excellent movies to us . That's enough!