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What does horseradish on the tombstone mean?
The meaning of orientation!
Solution:
The Book of Changes divides the earth plane into eight parts-due east divination; Due west ~ exchange divination; Due south ~ away from the hexagrams; Due north to kangua. Collectively referred to as "four positive hexagrams". There are also "four-corner hexagrams"-southeast ~ hexagrams; Southwest ~ Kungua; Northeast China ~ divination; Northwest ~ dry divination.
These eight directions are "gossip".
Adding heavenly stems and earthly branches to "Eight Diagrams" forms "Twenty-four Mountains", that is, twenty-four directions. Each direction is 15 degrees, and 24 directions * * * form a 360-degree circle.
The inscription "Ding Shangui Lane" on the tombstone means that the tomb sits south to north.