Tombstones are made of marble and white marble, which can't stand the wind and rain and are easily weathered. Now it is replaced by granite series, which is exquisite, bright and hard. Among the granite with rich colors and solid texture, Indian red, pearl white and Shanxi black are most favored by customers. Indian red symbolizes noble, gorgeous and fiery years and brilliant career.
The significance of setting up a monument:
It is the key point to build a tomb to establish a monument. According to geomantic omen, they are all oriented by the direction of gravestones, which is an important link of good or bad luck in a cemetery. We should carefully consider the size of the tombstone, the size of the text, and the time when the tombstone broke ground. Under normal circumstances, it is buried first and then erected.
There are two reasons: after burial, it is necessary to leave a period of time for rain and soil to combine, so that the imaginary square can become a real square, which can avoid the depression on the ground when building a monument. After burial, set aside a period of time for the family to consider the contents of the inscription. Especially for the evaluation of celebrities, the importance of sentences should be carefully considered. For example, the emperor shunzhi, founded in the Qing Dynasty, was buried in the second year of Kangxi, and a monument was erected in the sixth year of Kangxi. The second generation Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty was buried in the first year of Yongzheng, and a monument was erected in the fifth year of Yongzheng. It is true that ordinary people buried and erected monuments at the same time.
Above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tombstone