What words are written on tombstones?

First: title name, xiankao, xiankao, xiankao, xiankao, xiankao is a word we often use, xiankao means that no one in the family has a higher status than the deceased, so xiankao is used here. , Kao is a male honorific. Xiankao means that if there are people with higher status than the deceased who have not yet passed away, they can only use Xiankao. The only difference between Xianwei and Xianwei is that this is the meaning of female.

Second: Date of birth and death. This is the time period in which a person leaves traces in this world. Generally, it is written as "Born on ** month ** day of **** year, and finally ***" "*Year**Month**Day", this series of characters should pay attention to the combination of birth and age. The year is generally written normally, plus the year, month and day of birth, there are nine characters, and a maximum of three characters can be added.

Third: The writing method of the person who set up the monument. The person who established the monument generally chooses the writing method of son, grandson, and great-grandson. This part needs to have a number of lines consistent with Hesheng Lao, and uses a vertical writing method, such as "filial piety grandson" Yang**" can be changed to "filial grandson Yang**".

Extended information:

In order to engrave more words, its shape evolved into square and rectangular, and it began to be buried inside or outside the tomb. Referring to the house architecture, the top of the stele was decorated with a stele cap. Animals, plants or landscape patterns are engraved, and the body of the stele is engraved with the biography of the deceased. It indicates that he was buried alone with his wife, concubines, sons, daughters, etc.

Attached is the feng shui geographical location of the Yin Mansion (i.e. the tomb) (indicated by the heavenly stems and earthly branches). Middle-class families can erect medium-sized tombstones, while poor families can only erect a small stone monument with a name, or a pottery brick monument, or plant some kind of evergreen tree as a mark.

As a result, tombstones have gradually transformed from practical products into cultural works of art, and their functions, shapes, textures, and decorations have become more diverse. Celebrity tombstones pay more attention to the use of fine stones such as granite and marble for the body of the monument. There is a statue of the deceased on the top of the monument or a porcelain image of the deceased inlaid in the center of the monument. Tombstones have become "certificates of honor" and decorations that record the deceased's family lineage and meritorious deeds. This is in line with the Chinese people's social custom of honoring ancestors, benefiting future generations, and lasting fame through the ages.