Of course, this is not surprising. China culture has a history of 5,000 years, so it is inevitable that the meanings of Chinese words will change. What I want to show you today is. Grave, tomb, burial, mausoleum? The true meaning of, these four words have the same general meaning, they are all places where the deceased lived after death. However, if we look at it separately, each word has a different meaning.
What is the first word 1? Grave? Generally speaking? Grave? However, these two words are used together, grave? And then what? Tomb? Have different meanings. Is it recorded in the Book of Rites? The highest soil is the grave. ?
Therefore, the real grave actually refers to the mound that rises on the ground. Moreover, this tomb has special significance in ancient times. The reason why such an ordinary cone-shaped earthen bag is piled on the buried coffin is to express the injustice in this person's heart.
Of course, with the change of time, this meaning has long since disappeared. Now? Grave? It just means a grave with a mound.
What is the second word? Tomb? This word is actually a pictophonetic word. What is the upper part of the word? Mo? What's the second half? Earth? ,? Mo? What do these two words mean when the sun sets? Buried at dusk? .
The reason for using this word is that the ancients thought that the deceased could be buried with the sun, and could be buried with the sunset and submerged in the grass, which had something to do with the geomantic omen at that time.
So the cemetery and the cemetery are actually completely different. The cemetery will only dig a hole where the coffin can be buried, and will not pile soil bags on it like the cemetery. It also means that the deceased didn't have any grievances before his death. However, now the word grave is often used together and has lost its original meaning.
The third word? Month? This word is also a pictophonetic word. Is it recorded in Shuowen? Grave, high grave? In other words, the scale of burial is far better than that of graves. So in ancient history, the graves of ordinary people were rarely called? Month? . Generally speaking, people with high status, such as princes and nobles, or people who have made great contributions to the country, can only be called graves when they die.
In addition, it often appears in film and television dramas? Crown burial? In a word, if you can't find the bones of the dead, bury their clothes and symbolically build a cemetery to show respect for the dead. The famous cenotaph is Yang Guifei, Huangdi, Yuan Chonghuan and others.
The last sentence? Ling? In fact, this word is very representative. Go to tourist attractions to play. If there is an ancient emperor buried there, what is the attraction based on? Ling? To name, such as Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, Ganling Mausoleum, Ming Tombs and so on.
So? Ling? In ancient history, it refers to the tombs of emperors and empresses, because? Ling? What does this mean? Dedicated ascension passage? So when these emperors died, they would build their own special cemeteries.
Sure, now? Graveyard? Not only refers to the emperor's mausoleum, but also people who have made important contributions to the construction of new China will be called after their death? Graveyard? . For example, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and Martyrs Cemetery in Nanjing. From these four words alone, we can see that the ancients attached importance to the cemetery and the particularity of Feng Shui culture.