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The origin of "seven days a week" in English!

The universal seven-day week was first established by Constantine the Great. He officially declared the seven-day week on March 7, 321 AD, a system still in use today.


The seven days of the week have its name in Babylon. In the seventh and sixth centuries BC, the babylonians had a weekly system. They divided the month into four weeks, seven days a week, or one week.


The ancient babylonians founded the week system, first spread to ancient Greece, Rome and other places. When these seven names came to Britain, the anglo-saxons changed four of them with the names of gods in their belief, and replaced Mars' -day, Mercury's-day, Jupiter's-day and Venus'-day with Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, respectively.


Thus formed the names of the seven days in a week in today's English: Sunday (sun god day), Monday (moon god day), Tuesday (war god day), Wednesday (Lord god day), Thursday (god of love day), Saturday (earth god day)!


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Sunday: sun

Monday :moon

Tuesday: Turk; Tuesday; Tuesday; Tuesday; Tuesday; Tuesday

Wednesday (god's day) :wed(wed)

Thursday: thurible -Jupiter(zupit)

Friday: friar

Saturday: Saturn.

Today, I found that Saturday actually corresponds to the sun and the moon. Then I looked up the corresponding words of other weeks and found that they could correspond to the information constructed in my mind. Mars, mercury, Jupiter, Venus, these names can also find information related to the dream of red mansions, such as ven, which I heard.

Week, us; Let's hear it for us.


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The system of universal seven-day days in all countries of the world was first formulated by Constantine the Great. He officially announced 7 days as a week on March 7, 321 AD. This system has been in use ever since.


The name seven days a week originated in Babylon. In the 7th and 6th centuries BC, the Babylonians had a week. They divide the month into four weeks, seven days a week, or one week.


The weekday system established by the Babylonians first spread to places such as ancient Greece and ancient Rome. After the seven names were passed to Britannia, the Anglo-Saxons transformed their names with the names of the gods of their own faith, replacing Mars's-day, Mercury's-day, and Jupiter's with Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, respectively. Day, Venus'-day.


This forms the name of one week and seven days in today's English: Sunday (Sun God Day), Monday (Moon God Day), Tuesday (God of War Day), Wednesday (God's Day), Thursday (Raytheon Day), Friday (love God Day), Saturday (Tushen Day)!


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Sunday (Sun God Day): sun

Monday (moon god day) :moon

Tuesday (God of War): turk (Turkish horse)

Wednesday (the main god day): wed (married)

Thursday (Raytheon): thurible (incense burner) - Jupiter (zupit)

Friday (Eros Day): friar (male monk)

Saturday (Tushen Day): saturn (Saturn, Saturnia)

Today, I found out that Saturday and Sunday actually correspond to the sun and the moon, and then check the words that can be matched in other weeks, and find that the information constructed in the mind can be matched. Mars\mercury\jupiter\venus\ These star names can also find information related to the Dream of Red Mansions, such as ven as I smell.

Week, we; seven, color.


现在世界各国通用一星期七天的制度,最早由君士坦丁大帝(Constantine the Great)制定。他在公元321年3月7日正式宣布7天为一周,这个制度一直沿用至今。


一周七天的名称最早起源于古巴比伦(Babylon)。公元前7至6世纪,巴比伦人便有了星期制。他们把一个月分为4周,每周有7天,即一个星期。


古巴比伦人创立的星期制,首先传到古希腊、古罗马等地。这七个名称传到不列颠后,盎格鲁-撒克逊人又用他们自己的信仰的神的名字改造了其中4个名称,以Tuesday 、Wednesday、Thursday、Friday 分别取代Mars's-day 、Mercury's-day 、Jupiter's-day 、Venus'-day。


这样就形成了今天英语中的1周7天的名称:Sunday(太阳神日),Monday(月亮神日),Tuesday(战神日),Wednesday(主神日),Thursday(雷神日),Friday(爱神日),Saturday(土神日)!


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Sunday(太阳神日):sun

Monday(月亮神日) :moon

Tuesday(战神日): turk(土耳其马)

Wednesday(主神日):wed(嫁娶)

Thursday(雷神日): thurible(香炉)-Jupiter(zupit)

Friday(爱神日): friar(男修道士)

Saturday(土神日):saturn(土星,农神)

今天才发现星期六日居然对应日月,然后查其他星期能对应的单词,发现和以住脑海中所建构的信息都能对应上了。mars\mercury\jupiter\venus\这些星名也都能找到与红楼梦相关的信息,比如ven即如是我闻等。

week,我们;seven, 色闻。

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