However, the moon is full of rain and shine, and people have joys and sorrows. This matter is old and difficult, and no one can escape.
Therefore, when a person comes to this world, he will leave one day. Once he leaves, it is the greatest misfortune of his loved ones.
Since the primitive society, people have been in awe of life.
The more civilized human beings are, the more they cherish and respect life, and the more they care about family ties. When death is inevitable and parting has happened, as survivors, life will go on, and they will move on despite their sadness.
When relatives leave, the bits and pieces of getting along will always surge in my heart, or miss or reminisce, and there will be no end.
After the relatives are buried, they should make a mark, write down their lives and express their grief and awe. This is the origin of the tombstone.
When you cry for a long song, it is after the pain is repaired. In many places, tombstones were erected three years after the death of their loved ones. There is also a stress in this way, that is, after calming down, he can comprehensively review his life and write an inscription.
According to research, the custom of tombstones began in the Western Han Dynasty.
There are still holes in the upper part of the early tombstones, and the top is often square-pointed, called Guishou, and some are arc-shaped, and also engraved with cloud patterns, also known as dizzy heads.
Early tombstones were simple, with only a few words. Just write the name of the deceased, that's all.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was even more specific, writing down the life stories of the deceased and singing praises.
It is not China's patent to respect the dead and erect a monument for them. Filial piety and inheritance are not unique to China. Many countries and nations have this habit, and so does the Confucian cultural circle in East Asia. For example, the following tombstones in Japan largely follow the ancient examples, and the top is also in the shape of an obelisk.
However, in old China, erecting a monument after death was the patent of the rich and noble, and the working people would not enjoy such treatment, not because they didn't want to, but because the conditions were not allowed.
Many times, ordinary people can't even afford food and clothing, even coffins. Everything will be fine if you pack a straw mat, let alone spend money to erect a monument.
Even in the 1960 s, many places not only were not allowed to erect monuments, but also had no money to erect monuments. All of them are made of cement board or brick, and the inscription is enough.
It was not until the reform and opening up that the people became rich, and food and clothing were not a problem, let alone a monument. But a few years ago, in order to save cultivated land and change customs, there was a grave sweeping wind, and all the tombstones fell to the ground overnight.
In many places, monuments have been erected with great fanfare, including bands and programs, as well as banquets and gifts.
China is a country with rules. Everything has its own format, and inscriptions are no exception. You can't go wrong in how you write it. Moreover, writers and sculptors are mostly old pedants and pedants, who know the rules and know how to do it.
The problem comes out. Although the tombstones we see are similar in format, the colors of the inscriptions are different. Some are white, some are red, some are gold and silver, and some are unadorned. What is the reason? What is there to say?
Generally speaking, most of our stone tablets are blue stones and stone faces. After the inscription is carved, it is very natural without modification, and it can withstand feng shui and sun exposure, so most people do it.
Some people are high-profile and like to use various colors. First of all, they are eye-catching and have no special meaning in order to highlight the key points.
In some places, surnames are painted red and other fonts are painted black; Some people will paint part of the name of the deceased red and other parts black; Others painted her husband's name red to highlight his dominant position.
Some nouveau riche or their children become officials, local tyrants and honor their ancestors to show off their nobility and uniqueness. These people are often good at playing with flowers. Not only did they repair the graves well, but they also repaired the tombstones very high, built pavilions and inscribed them in gold font.
In short, people are not short of money and do things willfully.
In Lingnan area, many local tyrants also have the habit of buying graves for the living. Since you can buy graves for the living, some people will erect monuments for the living.
In the Kanto area, the man died and his wife was still alive. The tombstone should be engraved with his wife's name, but in order not to make people misunderstand, the names of the living people were made red and blacked out a hundred years later.
If the woman goes first and the man is still alive, make the man's name red.
In some places, the names of the deceased people are painted red first, but the names of the living people are not painted until a hundred years later.
This also saves two monuments, saves trouble and money, and saves resources.
To put it bluntly, the color of epitaphs varies from place to place. One says that there is no authoritative statement, no red-headed documents and no special regulations, just like people's hair styles and clothes, whoever wants to do whatever they want.
For example, the famous singer Ka Kui Wong has been dead for more than 20 years. In order to express that he will live in his heart forever, fans scribbled red letters on his tombstone. When his brother first saw it, he was still very sad. Students in Ka Kui Wong said that for such a long time, fans have not forgotten Ka Kui Wong. You should be glad, don't be angry.
Look, the tombstone is also in red font, and a place has a description of a place.