Tombstones Meaning

A tombstone is a stone tablet standing in front of or behind a tomb with words about the name, deeds, etc of the deceased. 

Cemetery Tombstones (Basic meaning)  

A memorial carrier made by humans to the burial place of the deceased, usually made of stone material, but also made of wood, metal and other materials.  

In ancient China, "tombs instead of graves" were only buried underground, without marks on the surface.  Gradually, there were graves with earth on the ground, and then there were tombstones.  

After death, if you want to set up a tomb, most of them have tombstone.  Tombstone inscription generally engraved with the deceased's name, birthplace, achievements, the date of death and the name of the monument and the relationship with the deceased.  Inscriptions should be written with respect and affection for the dead.  In the twenty-two years of the republic of China "Henan Tongzhi · Sui County interview · Yuan Ke li Tombstone" : "Yuan Shangshu can be set tombstone, in (Sui Zhou) city south four li Xu, Liu Dian village east li Xu.  The monument eight feet high, dumplings chi, the next Pras, high about zhang Yu, still called the system.  

Burial culture has a history of more than 2,000 years in China, and burial culture is also accompanied by worship.  Ancestor worship can express one's inner longing to the ancestors, but also express gratitude for being descendants.  

At the same time, the significance of the existence of the tomb is also to let us clearly remember our birth, to keep the memory of their ancestors, but also let the descendants cultivate respect for their ancestors, the so-called "ancestral recognition", that is the reason.  

The dead are gone, the living should be.  The significance of the existence of tombstone is the memory and remembrance of the deceased, and tombstone is also the comfort of the living and the carrier of emotional sustenance.