Rings wedding - a symbol of marriage.Loving people give them to each other and are a sign of sincerity and devotion.According to historians, this tradition came from the ancient Greeks.According to another version - in ancient Egypt.In those days, decoration finger was symbolic and was not valuable.They make such decorations of hemp or reed.In the Middle Ages, European rulers, and even counts and dukes to issue decrees about which finger to wear a ring.
In each country, this tradition was different.For example, in England in the late seventeenth century it was made to wear a ring on his thumb, and in Germany the knights wore it on the little finger.At the same time the common people do not adhere to strict rules as to which finger to wear a wedding ring.Over time, the material for making rings changed.They were decorated with carved, inlaid with precious stones, to combine different types of metals.
So, wear a wedding ring finger at the moment?Now the tradition of exchanging rings has not lost its original meaning.The form of decoration, which has no end and no beginning, symbolizes endless love.Valuable metals are used to make jewelry, considered a symbol of purity and nobility of intentions.Appearance and design amazing variety of decorations.If before the traditional wedding is usually regarded as a smooth ring, it is now more often choose complex in design and decoration design.
Bargains tendency to consider other types of inlaid metal or a combination of several kinds thereof (for example, yellow and pink gold), as well as "chaotic" a scattering of precious stones.While gold ring with pearls traditionally symbolizes purity and chastity of women.
Currently, there are differences in how to wear a finger engagement ring.For example, the Orthodox wear it on the ring finger of his right hand, because the hand is considered "correct" more important.This tradition is followed in Central and Eastern Europe (the former Soviet Union), as well as in Germany, Spain, Norway, Austria, Greece, Georgia, India, Chile and Venezuela.Armenia, Turkey, France, Ireland, Great Britain, Croatia, Slovenia, the USA, Mexico, Canada, Sweden, Korea, Japan, Syria, Cuba ring worn on the ring finger, but on his left hand.In these countries adhere to the following proposition: to wear a wedding ring finger, the one closer to the heart.However, not everyone shares this opinion.According to Jewish custom, the bride wears a symbol of faithful love on the index finger.Incidentally, in ancient Russia did the same.Gypsies in customs ring worn on a chain and worn around the neck.It is known that widows wear jewelry on a finger of the other hand.In other words, if we are married ring on the right, the widows and widowers - on his left hand.The situation is more complicated in the case when a man divorced.Many do not wear a "reminder" of marriage (in the literal sense of the word), and some put the ring after a divorce on his left hand.There are no clear rules.
