Tombstone Letters Engraving
To the inscription of tombstone letters engraving, the characters size should conform to the lucky number on Lu Ban ruler. As usual, big characters are 10cm or 10.5cm, small characters are between 3cm or 4cm. 10cm means money and treasures will be plentiful, 10.5cm means enjoy a life of ease and comfort, 3cm imply prosperous, 4cm imply succeeded in the imperial examinations. These letters size are coordinated with gravestone body by right proportions, also has auspicious meanings. The family member could get consolation mentally. Grave monument material selection:
Marble, white marble in the past cannot go through wind and rain, and are easily weathered. For now, headstones have been replaced by granite series of exquisite texture, good brightness and hardness. In wide range of colorful and solid granite materials, India red, pearl white, Shanxi black are more popular. Indian Red symbolize noble, gorgeous, flaming times, and brilliant career; Pearl White stands for pure, quietly elegant, magnificent life, endless grief; Shanxi Black signify solemn, serious, imposing, immortal spirit, deep yearning.
To the graves writing, it is machined by granite sintered diamond tools. And if rich in content, including: geomantic omen condition, native place, name, status, date of birth, children and grandchildren, tomb stone makers, burial or reburial date.
1. Geomantic Omen Condition:
The left of is called dragon side, it is the important parts of gravestone body. It needs to write the direction which a grave faces, the degrees, and gold points. The purpose is to tell the later generations that even if meet natural disasters of rush of flood, or war damage, the descendants can still find primary geomantic direction and reset up grave monument according to geomantic omen condition on the headstone.
2. Place of Birth:
In cemetery of more immigration, especially the people who die in other lands, it should engrave national origins of province, city and county name, on the most conspicuous place of tombstone left and right corner. Some only cut area and village name. This is to show the profound affection to hometown; when relatives, friends, and later generations sacrifice, renovate and search the tomb, it can provide convenience too.
3. Name:
Written on the center position. When write tomb host name, the letters number are relevant to geomancy auspicious omen. To respect the elders, it added many respectful words in the past. For example, father and mother are called deceased parents; man added lord, etc. Besides, the words quanti recycling applied based on "birth, senility, illness, death and bitterness". Number six, seven, eleven, twelve, sixteen, seventeen in "birth" and "senility" are propitious; If in "illness" words are regarded as medium; If "bitterness", it is thought ominous. So try to use propitious form numbers when letters engraving relief in ball end diamond tools. If cutting husband and wife names, it should list according to "honorific left, humble right", man left and woman right.
4. Date of Birth:
Engraved on the two sides of names, still based on the man left and woman right. It is best to write complete date of year month day. Because after certificate cancellation, a long lapse of time and generation passing, it will be very difficult of find birth date of ancestors.
5. People who build the headstone:
People includes offspring, relatives, friends teams, all should be carving on the right. And all of sons and daughters should lettering. Deceased children can be framed surrounded. It is also on the basis of age hierarchy and seniority, put in order from left to right. If people do not want to reveal the real name, it can be carved children bowed with PCD router bits.
6. Tombs make or rebuild time:
It is engraved on the right. There are many records about time, AD, the lunar calendar; Season mostly writing winter solstice, tomb-sweeping day; The years are designated by the heavenly stems and earthly branches. Some of the scholars also divide 4 seasons equally by 12 months, every month has its name. Such as January is called Meng Chun, February called Zhong Chun, and so on. They are tooling using 3d diamond tools sets.
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