Abstract: Engagement is an important ceremony that must be passed before marriage. An engagement ring is a ring that a man gives to his girlfriend to determine their willingness to marry. Buying a ring from the other person before marriage is an engagement ring, and the ring exchanged at the wedding is a wedding ring. So, which finger does the engagement ring wear? What is the difference between an engagement ring and a wedding ring? In fact, engagement rings are very different from wedding rings. There are also many considerations in choosing and wearing them. Let's get to know.
Which Finger Does the Engagement Ring Wear?
In Western cultures, people regard the left hand as a symbol of good luck. Generally speaking, the wedding ring and engagement ring should be worn on the left hand, while the engagement ring is worn on the middle finger of the left hand, just one step away from the ring finger representing marriage. When a girl wears the ring finger on the middle finger of her left hand, it has the meaning of engagement. It is a romantic sense of ceremony. An engagement ring is a pledge and commitment made by boys to girls. Generally speaking, Boys don't wear engagement rings, so we don't have to worry about the way boys wear engagement rings. But at the wedding ceremony, the wedding ring is one for each man and woman and is worn on the ring finger of their left hand.
The engagement ring is mainly a single beautiful diamond. Generally, at the carefully prepared engagement ceremony, the man will wear such an engagement ring for the woman. It is a keepsake for the man to express his love to his girlfriend and spend his life together. Therefore, the buyer generally defaults that the man buys the engagement ring. As the engagement ring is a promise made by the man to the woman, its design will be more luxurious, and the ring materials will also be more sophisticated. However, in general, the engagement ring is not often worn by the woman in her married life but is only worn with clothes when attending important occasions. The engagement ring can not be engraved with characters and marks, while the wedding ring is usually engraved with special symbols.
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What's the Difference Between an Engagement Ring and a Wedding Ring?
1 Different Quantity
2. Different Styles
The style of engagement ring is different from that of wedding ring. The design of engagement ring will be more luxurious. After all, it can impress girls. The style of the wedding ring is more simple and elegant. After all, the marriage life is long and long, from the initial vigorous gradually into plain, and simple design can show the real meaning of marriage, but also more practical and not easily outdated.
3. Different Ways of Wearing
The engagement ring is worn on the middle finger of the left hand, which means that they are in love or engaged, while the wedding ring is worn on the ring finger of the left hand, which means that they always cherish each other. Of course, there is also a custom in China that men are left and women are right. The man will wear the ring on his left hand and the woman will wear the ring on her right hand. On the one hand, it is for convenience, and on the other hand, it is also the influence of traditional culture.
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4. Different Meanings
An engagement ring is an expression of love for each other, and it also means the establishment of an engagement relationship between the two parties. The wedding ring is the witness of the love between the two parties, and it is also the promise of the future life. In order to show the difference of the wedding ring, some boys will also customize some meaningful diamond rings.