What Does Headstone Symbolize

A tablet in front or behind a Headstone bearing the name, history, etc of the deceased.

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 Headstones for Graves Near Me.

After death, if you want to set up a tomb, most of them have tombstone. Custom Headstones inscription generally engraved with the deceased's name, birthplace, achievements, the date of death and the name of the Burial Headstones 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."

In order to carve its shape and evolved into a square, rectangular, began to be buried in the tomb or outside the tomb, referring to the housing construction, the top of the monument with the monument cap, decorated with moving, plants or landscape patterns, the body of the monument engraved on the resume of the dead. Thus, tombstones are gradually transformed from practical articles into cultural works of art, and their functions, forms, textures and decorations are also more diversified. Celebrity tombstone more pay attention to the stele body with high quality stone such as hua Gang rock, marble, the top of the monument has a statue of the dead or in the center of the monument inlaid with the porcelain of the dead. The tombstone became a badge of honor and decoration to record the lineage of the deceased's family and deeds of merit. This is very in line with the Chinese people to honor their ancestors, benefit the future generations, immortal social customs.