Who do monument builders usually write?

Tombstones are rich in writing content. Including geomantic omen, native place, name, identity, date of birth, date of death, descendants, monuments, burial or reburial date.

1. Feng Shui situation, the left side of the tombstone is called Longbian, which is an important part of the monument. Write mountain direction, mountain line and gold thread here. For example, "Li Guishan divides gold into two parts: direction and meridian." Its purpose is to inform future generations that in the event of natural disasters, floods or war damage, future generations can still find the original feng shui direction and rebuild the monument according to the feng shui situation on the monument.

2. Native place, in the cemetery where there are many immigrants, especially those who died in other places, the names of the native provinces, cities and counties should be engraved in the most conspicuous places at the left and right corners of the tombstone, and some only engrave the names of the regions and villages. This is a nostalgia for hometown, and it also provides convenience for future generations and relatives and friends to find graves when they visit graves.

3. The name is written in the center of the tombstone. This is called "winning the list". When writing the name of the tomb owner, the number of words is related to the good omen of Feng Shui. In order to show respect for elders, many honorifics were added in the past, such as: father called Kao and Xiankao, mother called Cong and Xiancong, male added Gong and Jun Fu, and female added Jia and Ru. Moreover, the number of words depends on the five words "birth and death". Among them, it is lucky to fall on the words "longevity" and "old" of six, seven, eleven, twelve, sixteen and seventeen. It is unlucky to fall on the word "illness" or "death" or "suffering". Therefore, when drawing up the words in the table, try to use the numbers in auspicious format. For example, "Cheng Xin Jiang She No.19 Zheng Feng Doctor Exam Quan Yuan Qiu Fu Jia Juncheng" is 2 1 word long, which is in line with "fate" and the most auspicious. If the names of husband and wife are written on the tablet, they will be arranged in the order of left respect and right inferiority, male left and female right.

4. Date of birth, date of death, written on both sides of the list, or according to the male left and female right, it is best to write the date completely. It is very difficult to find out the date of birth and death of ancestors every few generations because of the long time and the cancellation of household registration.

People who set up the monument, including children, relatives and friends, and groups, should be written on the tiger face of the monument, that is, on the right. All children should write it down, and the dead children can box their names. Or according to seniority, from left to right. There are also people who don't want to be named, and they can write children's respect or worship.

6. The time to build or rebuild the mausoleum is engraved on the side of the tiger in the monument. There are many written records of time in China, including the AD and the lunar calendar, most of which are written on the winter solstice and Tomb-Sweeping Day. The year and date are mostly dry. A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Man, Ghost and Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Shu and Hai in the heavenly stems together represent the date or month of the calendar. Such as Jia Zi and Yi Chou.