The first part mainly describes the post, occupation and experience of our ancestors, including work and life. The second part of the text begins with the appellation of ancestors and the description of their names. The third part, identity, name, time, etc. The name of the person who built the monument.
Now the epitaph introduces the tombstone of the epitaph of the deceased's life Generally, it includes name, native place, family background, experience, works, year of death, burial place, and finally, inscriptions, mostly in verse, three characters, four characters, five characters, seven characters or Sao style. Most of them were written by the descendants of the deceased.
In the old days, the front of a tombstone was marked with the name of the person in the tomb, the person who erected the monument and the time when it was erected. Most of these monuments were erected by the descendants of the deceased. There are also students who set up tombstones for teachers, sons-in-law for parents-in-law, husbands for wives, wives for husbands and friends for tombstones.
Extended data
epitaph
Epitaphs often consist of three parts: title, text and inscription.
1. Title
Appellations generally consist of ancestral names and literary names.
2. Text
Generally speaking, the content of epitaph text includes three aspects. First, we should briefly introduce the main life experiences of our ancestors; The second is to evaluate the main achievements and social values of ancestors; The third is the significance of writing a monument, and at the same time expressing condolences for the unfortunate death of our ancestors.
sign
The inscription shall indicate the name of the unit that erected the monument and the name of the author, and shall be dated in words. It should be pointed out that some epitaphs have been written under the title, so only the date of writing can be indicated.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia inscription.