Why do we wear the wedding ring on our 4th finger....

Till recently based on the articles I have read in the past I was thinking that the veins in our fourth finger are closer to our heart. So we wear the wedding rings in our 4th finger.

Few days back I got a mail which talks about the 'Chinese' theory relating to this. It was a really interesting read. Let me put it down here for you guys!

Chinese Explanation:

1. Thumb represents your parents
2. Second (Index) finger represents your siblings
3. Middle finger represents yourself
4. Fourth (Ring) finger represents your life partner
5. Last (Little) finger represents your children

Open your palms face-to-face and then bend the middle fingers and hold them together back-to-back. Secondly open and hold the remaining fingers from the thumb tip-to-tip as I have shown below.


Now try to separate your thumbs which represents your parents. They will open because your parents are not destined to life for rest of your life! They will leave you sooner or later.

Join the thumbs and separate the index fingers which represents the sibblings. This will also open because your brothers and sister would have their own families and will have to lead their own separate life.

Now join your index fingers and separate the little fingers which represents your children. They will open too because children will grow up, get married and settled down someday on their own.

Finally join your little fingers and try to separate your ring (fourth) finger which represents your spouse. You will be surprised to know that you cannot do it because husband and wife are meant to be together all through their lifes :)

If you are not able to follow the steps properly :) check out this movie in Metacafe

Hope this would have been an interesting read for you too!