Thursday, July 16, 2009

Mengapa Cincin Kawin Ditaruh di Jari Manis?

Ikuti langkah berikut ini, Tuhan benar-benar membuat keajaiban (ini berasal dari kutipan
Cina):
1. Pertama, tunjukkan telapak tangan anda, jari tengah ditekuk ke dalam (lihat gambar).

2. Kemudian, 4 jari yang lain pertemukan ujungnya.

3. Cobalah membuka ibu jari anda, ibu jari menwakili orang tua, ibu jari bisa dibuka karena semua manusia mengalami sakit dan mati. Dengan demikian orang tua kita akan meninggalkan kita suatu hari nanti.

4. Tutup kembali ibu jari anda, kemudian buka jari telunjuk anda, jari telunjuk mewakili kakak dan adik anda, mereka memiliki keluarga sendiri, sehingga mereka juga akan meninggalkan kita.

5. Sekarang tutup kembali jari telunjuk anda, buka jari kelingking, yang mewakili anak-anak. Cepat atau lambat anak-anak juga akan meninggalkan kita.

6. Selanjutnya, tutup jari kelingking anda, bukalah jari manis anda tempat dimana kita menaruh cincin perkawinan, anda akan heran karena jari tersebut tidak akan bisa dibuka. Karena jari manis mewakili suami dan istri, selama hidup, anda dan pasangan anda akan terus melekat satu sama lain. Cinta suami isteri kekal abadi.

7. Sedangkan jari tengah mewakili kita.


Why Wedding Ring Worn on The Fourth Finger?

There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese…
Thumb represents your Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your-Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner
And the Last (Little) finger represents your children


Firstly, open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold them together - back to back.

Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip (As shown in the figure above).

Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing the parents), they will open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong, and have to leave you sooner or later.

Please join your thumbs as before and separate your Index fingers (representing siblings), they will also open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their own separate lives.

Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (representing your children), they will open too, because the children also will get married and settle down on their own some day.

Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers (representing your spouse).

You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT....., because Husband & Wife have to remain together all their lives - through thick and thin!!

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