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Why is a wedding ring always worn on the third finger?
Modern "authorities" on etiquette
follow their predecessors in matrimonial procedure, in urging that the wedding
ring always be worn on the third finger.
Before medical science
discovered how the circulatory system functioned, people believed that a vein of
blood ran directly from the third finger on the left hand to the heart. Because
of the hand-heart connection, they chose the descriptive name vena amori, Latin
for the vein of love, for this particular vein.
Based upon this name,
their contemporaries, purported experts in the field of matrimonial etiquette,
wrote that it would only be fitting that the wedding ring be worn on this
finger. By wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand, a married
couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each
other.
为什么结婚戒指总是戴在第三只手指上？
现代礼仪权威在婚姻程序上遵循他们前任的有关规定，坚持结婚戒指要戴在第三只手指上。
在医学发现人体血液循环系统如何工作之前，人们认为静脉血管的血液是从左手的第三只手指直接流向心脏的。由于手指与心脏相连，人们给手指的这一特殊的血管起了个描绘性的名称，拉丁文名为Vena
amori,
意为"爱情静脉"。
在此名称的基础上，他们的同时代人，那些号称婚姻礼仪方面的专家们写道：结婚戒指只适合戴在这只手指上。将婚戒戴在左手的第三只手指上，意味着夫妻双方象征性地宣告他们的爱情天长地久，他们定能白头偕老。
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