What day does the weekend refer to

Weekend refers to Saturday and Sunday.

Weekend initially referred to the day of Saturday, the current practice in China is a five-day workday, Saturday and Sunday as a day of rest, and slowly developed into the current weekend refers to Saturday and Sunday. The weekend is different from the last day of the week, the last day of the week is Saturday, and Sunday is the first day of the week.

With the introduction of the five-day work week, the weekend refers to the last two days of the week. The weekend, as the name implies, is the very end of the week, a date that may be referred to differently in different cultural regions. According to traditional Chinese custom, the week is usually said to be from Monday to Sunday, which means that Saturday and Sunday are weekends. A week is the same as a week, a unit of time.

Origin of the Weekend

1. The week is divided into working hours and weekends, and in most parts of the world, the working week runs from Monday to Friday, while weekends are Saturday and Sunday. Friday night is often referred to as the start of the weekend. In some Christian traditions, Sunday is a day of rest and worship, and the Christian Sabbath is only one day a week.

2. With the growth of industry and the accompanying reduction in the total number of hours worked per week. The concept of today's weekend first appeared in the early 19th century in the industrial areas of northern England. A two-day weekend was adopted in most countries, and on the basis of predicted social and economic benefits, proposals continue to be made to reduce the number of days or hours worked per week, with 2.5 days off per week already being proposed in China.

3, the week as a time cycle first originated in Babylon, the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great formulated, he formally announced on March 7, 321 AD 7 days for a week, this system has been used to the present day. In ancient times in China known as the seven Yao, the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty when introduced to China.