Mostpeopleknowthataweddingringissymbolicofthebondofloveandcommitmentbetweentwopeople.Butnoteveryoneknowsaboutthehistorybehindthissmallyetpowerfulsymbol.Thehistoryoftheweddingringgoesbacknotjusthundredsbutthousandsofyears.Noothercurrentlypracticedweddingtraditionhasbeenaroundaslong.

TheEgyptianswerethefirstrecordedcivilizationtousetheweddingring.InEgyptianhieroglyphics（象形文字）acirclerepresentedeternitybecausethere'snobeginningandnoend.Onceawomanacceptedtheringshebecamethe“property”ofthepersonwhogaveittoherandshewasinasense“his”.Thefirstweddingringcouldhavebeenmadeofbraidedgrassorhay（whichwouldhavebeenchangedoften）ivoryboneorleather.Eventuallymetalwasusedbutthefirstweddingbandswereinthecompletelynaturalstateandrough.Howevertheweddingringsalwaysexpressedthesameeternalandlastinglove.

TheEgyptiansworetheweddingringonthelefthandbecauseitwasbelievedthatavein(静脉)inthelefthandwentstraighttotheheart.Thistraditionisstillcommonlypracticedtodayinmostpartsoftheworldlargelyforpracticalpurposes（mostpeoplearerighthanded）.Itiswornonthefourthfingerofthelefthand.Buttherearesomecountriesandgroupswhichdonotfollowthistradition.IntheJewishfaiththeweddingringisputontheindexfinger.RomanCatholicstraditionallyworetheirweddingbandontherighthandandinmanycountriesandregionsinEuropesomepeoplestillfollowthistradition.

Itisinterestingtonotethatinthelonghistoryoftheweddingringitisonlyinthelastcenturythatmenbegantowearthem.Howevernowbothmenandwomenshowtheirloveandcommitmentbyexchangingringsontheirweddingday.

Onceyoubeginshoppingforringsyoumaybeamazedbythechoicesthatawaityou.Thereareseveraldifferenttypesofmetals:traditionalgoldwhitegoldplatinumandtitanium.Youcanhaveaninscriptionputontheinsideofthebandifyoulike.Somepeopleareevenchoosingatattooband.Thestylesvaryfromasimpleyetelegantbandtoanelaborate(精巧的)ringcoveredwithjewels.Ifyoudonotbuytheweddingandengagementringsasasetyouwillwanttobesurethestylescanmatchperfectly.Choosecarefullybecausethischoicewillneedtostandthe