The format of tombstone and the writing of inscription
1, time.
That is, when building a tomb, write it on the right side of the tombstone, not on it, and always start writing from two-thirds of the whole monument. The font should be small.
2, the text.
The name of the owner of the tomb should be written by two people. Modern tombstones are lovers lined up. Men live on the right and women live on the left, which are located in the middle of the left and right columns respectively. The number of words in the text should not be double, but singular.
3. signature.
In particular, even if the investor is the owner of the tomb, the person who invests in the construction of the tomb should write the names of his children or grandchildren. It is common for a dutiful son to write "filial daughter, a certain, grandson, a certain, a certain, a certain, respectful" when he has only one daughter.
4. The number of words is limited.
The total number of words in the inscription, including time, should be doubled, that is, 16, 2 1, 3 1, 36, 4 1. You can't add a word, you can't miss a word. We must use "life and death" or "Jin Mu earth fire" respectively.
The origin of the tombstone:
In the Han dynasty, the vertical stone had another function, that is, it was used as a burial tool for holding funerals. Because the tombs of aristocratic bureaucrats were deep at that time, when coffins stopped beside the tombs, they often erected monuments at the four corners of the tombs, so tombstones appeared.
Zheng Xuan, a master of Confucian classics in Han Dynasty, pointed out that this monument is made of a big tree and looks like a stone tablet. Before and after the stop, at the four corners of the tree, Lulu was in the middle, and the coffin was wrapped in wisps. The son of heaven has six strands and four monuments.
China's tombstone originated from a kind of "monument" used for pulling coffins for burial in ancient times. It was originally made of wood without words. Since the Han dynasty, people have written the life stories of the deceased with ready-made woodcuts and praised the deceased. There is also a round hole in the middle of the plate, which is called "wear". In this way, the tombstone was formally formed.