What does Huangqing mean on the ancient tombstone?
"Huangqing" on ancient tombstones is a formal honorific title for the Qing Dynasty. It is a word that will appear in the format of inscriptions, proving that the owner of the tomb was from the Qing Dynasty, and "Huangqing" is generally called "Daqing".
"Huang" is great. From self. From the beginning. The first king, the great king of san huang. So "imperial Qing" means "Qing".
in addition to expressing the relationship with the monument-setters, sometimes the words "Qing", "Huang Qing", "Huang Ming", "China", "Republic of China" and "Huang Qing to be presented" appear at the top of the list. Although all these show the sense of belonging of the ancestors who admitted that they died in a foreign land, their political stance is obviously different.
In particular, the inscriptions of "Emperor Qing" and "Emperor Ming" used by the deceased in the same era, or the inscription of "Emperor Qing to be presented" on the tablet of the leader of the anti-Qing and rehabilitation organization, all indicate the change of political stance. Some of these tombstones will engrave the official titles given by the Qing Dynasty or the local government to the people in the tomb, or the private donation number of the social party, at the top of the names in the list, so as to illustrate the glory before life in the tomb.
Extended information:
"Huangqing" is a common format of inscriptions in the Qing Dynasty, which does not mean that it is related to the royal family of the Qing Dynasty, but indicates that it is the Qing Dynasty.
The graves for funeral relatives can be remembered clearly for one or two generations, but not after three generations, especially after migration and war. How to solve it, people have come up with many ways.
At the beginning, people were buried from the dead. Inspired by the garden stake used to maintain the coffin rope, wooden stakes and bamboo poles were inserted in front of the tomb, and fibrous things (paper or silk, etc.) were tied to indicate the date and time of birth and death of the dead, which was called "Ming Jing" (or "Ming Jing"). But it is easy to be damaged, so people try to find another way: rich people use stone pillars instead of wooden pillars, and engrave the name, birth time and official rank of the deceased on the stone pillars.
In order to carve more characters, its shape evolved into a square and rectangle, and it began to be buried inside or outside the tomb. Referring to the building construction, the top of the monument was added with a monument cap, decorated with animal, plant or landscape patterns, and the monument body was engraved with the resume of the deceased. Indicate that it is buried alone with his wife, concubine, son and daughter. The geomantic geographical orientation of the inscribed yin house (that is, the tomb) (indicated by heavenly stems and earthly branches).
As a result, tombstones are gradually transformed from practical objects into cultural works of art, and their functions, shapes, textures and decorations are more and more diversified. Celebrities' tombstones pay more attention to the high-quality stone materials such as granite and marble, and there is a statue of the deceased on the top of the monument or a porcelain statue of the deceased embedded in the center of the monument. Tombstones have become "certificates of honor" and decorations to record the family lineage and merits of the deceased. This is in line with the social fashion of the Chinese people that glorifies their ancestors, benefits future generations and lasts forever.