Updated on June 06, 2023
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In France, the wedding ring or band must be worn on the ring finger of the left hand. This is why our fourth finger is called the 'ring finger', in reference to the wedding ring, more commonly called a band or wedding ring. However, traditions and customs regarding on which hands and fingers the wedding ring or band should be worn vary according to different times, countries, and religions.
As everyone knows, a wedding is the most beautiful day in a couple's life, but it is also an important step in the love life of a man and a woman.
To symbolize this major event, the wedding ring or band, is the jewel that is exchanged during the ceremony to seal the love between two people.
This custom dates back to antiquity, and today, the wedding ceremony with the exchange of rings is still just as important worldwide. As evidence, many people consider the wedding ring or band to be the most important and symbolic piece of jewelry in a man's and a woman's life.
What are the origins of this custom ?
This custom dates back to the time of ancient Greece and Egypt, where specialists then believed that a vein directly connected the left ring finger to the heart. Elle It was called the "Vena Amoris": the vein of Love. That's why the wedding ring was placed on the left ring finger, so that the ring would be directly connected to the heart of the wearer.
The second explanation comes from a religious custom dating back to the Middle Ages. During the ceremony, when the groom recited his wedding vows, he presented the ring to his bride at the level of the index finger before reciting "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit". The story logically ended at the level of the ring finger where he therefore placed his wife's ring.
YAre there any other beliefs associated with this custom ?
The tradition of wearing the wedding ring on the left ring finger is also a tradition shaped by popular culture.
For example, in Asian belief, each finger of the hand represents an important member of your life. The parents would be the thumb (the first element of your life), the index finger for siblings (the second), you are the middle finger (the central element), and the little finger for children (the smallest). The ring finger, on the other hand, represents your other half.
Another belief shows that the ring finger and the little finger are the two least used fingers on the hand. Therefore, the risk of damaging the ring is less if elle is worn on one of her two fingers and the pinky being small, the ring would have had too little surface to decorate.
The practice of wearing the ring on the left hand also comes from popular culture, the fact that there are far more right-handed people than left-handed people on earth, so the ring has less chance of getting damaged on the left hand.
Finally, etymologically speaking, the ring finger refers to the term ring, which gives an additional explanation to this custom.
Why is the wedding ring worn on the left ring finger?
In France, as we have seen above, the wedding ring should be worn on the ring finger of the left hand. But do you know why? This tradition comes from antiquity. According to ancient knowledge of anatomy, the Greeks believed that the vein of the ring finger of the left hand was the only vein directly connected to the heart, it was also called. Vein of love (and to this day, it is still called the vein of love). That's why the Greeks began to wear a ring on the ring finger of the left hand, to prove and seal their love, where the vein of love is present.
In Asia, and more specifically in China, the wedding ring is also worn on the ring finger, but for a different reason. Indeed, the belief is that each finger of the hand represents a member of your family. The thumb would therefore be your parents, the index finger your siblings, the middle finger yourself, and the little finger your child. The ring finger, as you may have guessed, represents your beloved. To understand this tradition, you can test it with your two hands.
- Put your hands together, leaving your fingers vertical.
- Bend your middle fingers (representing yourself) inward.
- Leave the other fingers of each hand stuck together as at the beginning.
- If you try to separate your thumbs as you would your parents, they will open without a problem, because your parents free you to live your own life.
- If you try to separate your index fingers (your siblings), they will also separate easily, because they grew up with you, but will live their own lives and start their own families.
- If you try to separate your little fingers, representing your children, the result will be the same, because just like your parents, you will let them go when they are grown up to live their own lives.
- And finally, try to separate your ring fingers (your partner). Is it difficult? That's normal, because you are united by a unique bond like the two ring fingers on your hands. A beautiful metaphor !
In all countries, is the wedding ring worn on the left hand?
You may not know this, but in some countries, the wedding ring is not worn on the left ring finger, but on the right ring finger, as in Spain, Poland, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Russia or Germany.
Why? There are many explanations and hypotheses that do not allow us to determine the truth from the false. But many believe that it is linked to the country's religious traditions, as in Germany where Catholics wear the wedding ring on the left and Protestants on the right.
In conclusion, the wedding ring in France is most often worn, by tradition, on the ring finger of the left hand. As we have seen previously, this is not the case for all countries.
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