As the saying goes, when people die, they stand on a monument. In ancient times, what was the significance of erecting a monument? First of all, there are some things on the tombstone that need to be clarified. In ancient times, after meeting the requirements of setting up a monument, people would find someone to carve a tombstone for the deceased, which may be puzzled by many people. What should be engraved on it? The birthday of the deceased should be engraved with the exact time of death. If it is to erect a monument to an ancestor, you can look up the genealogy, which is generally recorded, but now many families may not find the genealogy or record it. And if it is a relative who died soon, this will be recorded when the deceased dies, which is very convenient to find.

Also engraved with the names of the descendants of the deceased, the names of the descendants. However, in some places, it is still controversial whether the names of daughters, divorced and remarried deceased are engraved and how these names are arranged. Fortunately, these are things that people can decide for themselves, as long as the family members negotiate clearly. Of course, in ancient times, there were still many things to set up monuments. Like the font of a tombstone. Whether it is a white tombstone or a black tombstone, as long as the red font appears on it, it means that the person on it is still alive.

For example, if parents are buried together, but for example, only the father is dead, but the mother is still alive, then people will paint the names of the living with red paint. As we all know, people will die, but surnames still exist, so in order to distinguish them, surnames and names of living people will be painted red. When one tomb is together and another is dead, people will use black or white paint instead of the previous red font. So this is why the color of words on some tombstones in rural areas is changing. There are many reasons.

Finally, the stone materials of ancient tombstones are also very particular. Tombstones are made of marble and white marble, which can't stand the wind and rain and are easily weathered. Now it is replaced by granite series, which is exquisite, bright and hard. Among the granite with rich colors and solid texture, Indian red, pearl white and Shanxi black are most favored by customers. Indian red symbolizes noble, gorgeous and fiery years and brilliant career; Pearl white symbolizes purity, elegance, gorgeous life and endless sorrow; Shanxi Black symbolizes the solemn, dignified and immortal spirit and deep homesickness.