Examples of folk tombstone inscriptions

Next, let's talk about the basic writing of the cemetery inscription:

First, the form of tombstone and the type of grave.

There are basically only two forms of tombstones: vertical tombstones and horizontal tombstones.

Vertical tombstone, in which all the inscriptions are written from right to left and from top to bottom;

In a horizontal tombstone, the text of the inscription is evenly arranged in a row of two words from left to right and from top to bottom, and the time and name of the person who erected the monument are directly written from top to bottom;

There are basically two kinds of graves: killing the game and the graves of the dead.

A life-saving grave refers to a grave built one year or several years in advance when the elderly are still alive and healthy. They are collectively called "life-saving graves", which are a good form for future generations to honor their elders and express their blessings. They are active graves.

Dead graves refer to graves built by old people who are about to die of illness or after death, as well as stone tablets erected afterwards. Folk collectively referred to as "grave sweeping" is a passive grave sweeping.

Second, the difference between making a birthday grave and building a grave.

Building a tomb depends on whether the owner of the tomb is alive or dead. Not only the name of the tomb is different, but also the writing of the inscription is different. The main differences are as follows:

1, different tomb names:

Building a grave in the world is called "building a longevity grave".

Building a grave after death is called "building a grave".

2. The last two words of the inscription are expressed in different ways:

When building a tomb in the world, it is customary to write "a father, a father, a man, a virtue, and a family's life domain". The last two words are "life domain", not "the tomb".

When you build a grave after death, it is customary to write "the tomb of father, father, a man and a man", and the last two words are written as "the tomb of", so it is not appropriate to write "Shouyu".

3. The font color of the inscription is different:

When a tomb is built in the world, the inscription font will be written in red, and the name of the deceased will be written in black unless there is a deceased in its descendants.

In the inscription font, if there are living ones, their surnames and names should be written in red; The surname and first name of the deceased should be written in black to show the difference between the living and the deceased.

4. The tomb-building ceremony is different:

In an ancient tomb under construction in the world, in an empty ancient tomb, several protective bricks, a bottle of oil, a bottle of water, an incense burner, a 12 Buddha statue of the Chinese zodiac and 24 coins should be placed in two caves. If there are several sons (or children) in each hole, put a few bricks, that is, each descendant can get a piece, and then put it in the urn, and then take it home and put it under the rice jar, hoping to wish future generations a prosperous family business and a prosperous population. Before putting bricks into the grave, they must spend the night in the grave owner's house.

When the tomb is built after death, brick guards, oil, water and incense burners are no longer placed in the tomb of the deceased, but only 24 coins are placed to burn the Buddha for 12 years, and cement concrete is mixed with Buddha ash to seal the tomb. Of course, if the other spouse is still alive, bricks, a bottle of oil, a bottle of water, an incense burner, a 12 Zodiac Buddha and 24 coins can still be placed in the grave.

Third, the writing format of tombstone inscriptions

Tombstone inscriptions generally consist of four parts: time, writing, inscription and word limit.

1. Time: the time when the mausoleum was built. Write on the right side of the tombstone, not on it, often starting from two-thirds of the whole tombstone. The font should be smaller.

2. Text: Just write the names of two tomb owners. Old-fashioned tombs only write the husband's name and the wife's surname, and most of them are not written in the middle, only on the left; On the tombstone of a modern grave, husband and wife write side by side, the man on the right and the woman on the left. Generally speaking, it is written like this: "A loving father, a male and a female, matches a family's life domain (or tomb)" 12 is arranged in two columns, and the word "life domain" must be twice as big as other words, and it is in the middle of the left and right columns. It is also suggested that the number of words in the text should not be paired. If it is singular, it should be changed to the first word "the life domain (or tomb) of a loving father, a public and a family". "Father, a man, a man, a man" is arranged in two columns. In old-fashioned tombstones, the word "Confucianism" is common after the female surname. Women with this word are usually husbands with more than seven titles or wives of noble families, and ordinary wives generally do not have this title.

3. Inscription: refers to the person who invested in the construction of this tomb. Even if the investor is the owner of the tomb, it is advisable to write the names of his descendants. Common ones are: "filial piety, filial piety, filial piety, filial piety, filial piety, filial piety, filial piety, filial piety, filial piety, filial piety". If there is no son and only one daughter, it is suggested to write "filial piety to a woman and a man"

4. Word limit: The total number of words in the inscription, including time, must be 5 times 1, that is, 16, 2 1, 3 1, 36, 4 1 ... No more than one word is allowed, and one word is indispensable. Use "die of old age" or "Jin Mu soil and water".