Steps to replace ancestral graves with new monuments

Steps to replace ancestral graves with new monuments

The steps of replacing ancestral graves with new monuments, after the ancestors died, future generations will find a geomantic treasure house for them to bury their ancestors and erect tombstones, but in modern times, many people have gradually diluted the concept of erecting monuments. Let's take a look at the steps of replacing the ancestral graves with new monuments.

Steps to replace ancestral graves with new monuments 1 1. Choose an auspicious day, burn incense and bow down before changing.

2. In order to be consistent with the previous monument.

3. After changing, burn incense and bow down.

Old monuments should be broken and filled.

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In ancient China, the "tomb instead of grave" was just buried underground, and there was no sign on the surface. Later, there was a grave with dirt on the ground and a tombstone.

After death, if you want to build a tomb, most of them must have an epitaph. Epitaphs generally record the name, place of origin, achievements, year of death, name of the person who built the monument and the relationship with the deceased. Writing an inscription should be full of respect and affection for the deceased. In the 22 nd year of the Republic of China, the Yuan Keli Tombstone, an interview with Suixian County, Tongzhi County, Henan Province, said: "Yuan Shangshu can set a tombstone, which is in the south of Suizhou City and the east of Liudian Village." The monument is eight feet high and is still called the system, about ten feet high.

You can remember the graves of bereavement for one or two generations, but not after three generations, especially after migration and war, you don't know where the ancestral graves are. How to solve it, people have come up with many ways. At first, people buried the dead. Inspired by the wooden stakes used to maintain the coffin rope, they inserted wooden stakes and bamboo poles in front of the tomb and tied fibrous things (paper or silk, etc.) ) to indicate the date and time of birth and death of the deceased, which is called "Ming Jing" (or "Ming Jing"). But it is easy to be damaged, so people try to find another way: the rich use stone pillars instead of wooden pillars, and engrave the name, birth time and official rank of the deceased on the stone pillars.

Step 2 of changing ancestral graves into tombstones. Pay attention to and avoid replacing tombstones.

Setting up a monument is a very important link in the geomantic omen of the Yin House, because the stone tablet is engraved with the only life introduction of the deceased, and only through the stone tablet can others know the life of the buried person. In addition, the stone tablet also influenced the geomantic omen of the Yin House. Then, do you know what are the stresses and taboos of changing tombstones in Feng Shui? Let's take a look at the following five points:

1, change Qingming to auspicious day. However, this day must not conflict with the lives of those who change the monument and those present. It is suggested that it is best to find a Japanese teacher to choose an auspicious day.

2, when changing, you must burn incense and make it clear to your ancestors.

3. It is very important to measure the exact orientation of the tombstone before replacing it, so that the new tombstone can be consistent with the orientation of the previous tombstone, otherwise it will have an impact on Feng Shui.

It is also very important that the old monuments that have been replaced must be broken and buried.

5. When finished, just burn the paper to say goodbye.

Generally speaking, the custom of changing tombstones varies from place to place. You can change tombstones according to your local customs. If you don't know, you can ask the local elderly for details.

Explain seven feng shui taboos about setting up tombstones.

Tombstone is equivalent to the gate of the yin house, and it is the throat that absorbs the breath of the outside world. Its orientation is related to good or bad luck, so the orientation of the monument cannot be arbitrary when it is erected. In the plain (called Pingyanglong in Feng Shui), there are few real mountains and water, and the external atmosphere is generally weak. The power of setting up a monument to change good or bad is also small, and the effect of setting up a monument is far less obvious than that in mountainous areas. There are several elements in building a monument.

First, choose a date.

Choose an auspicious time according to the mountain where the monument is erected. If a monument is erected in Tomb-Sweeping Day, it should be erected in the first week and the second half of Tomb-Sweeping Day. If you set up a monument at another time, you must choose the right time. Why didn't you choose the exact time to erect the tombstone before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day? There are two periods in a year to choose the date of feng shui. At one time, before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, all matters about burying haunted houses, such as adding soil, erecting monuments and planting trees, were not taboo, which is why people concentrated all matters about burying haunted houses in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Second, the positioning is reasonable.

This operation is very professional, and it needs to be accurately positioned with a compass according to the position of running water, the height of terrain and the position of pits and ponds.

Third, the texture and color of the flat surface.

The stone tablet is the best material and has long weathering resistance. The color of the surface of the tablet should be black or gray. Black and gray have a dignified feeling, and the color is cold and turbid. It is also suitable for dark houses, not bright colors. This tablet is brightly colored. Among them, according to the direction (front) of the monument, the south should be gray but not black, and the east and southeast should be black but not gray.

Fourth, the size and shape of the stone tablet.

It shouldn't be too high or too short. Generally it should not be too low, but the abdomen is too high and the neck is too high. Not as high as possible. Most people's tombs are not too big. Unlike the tombs of emperors, tall monuments stand in front of caves, which puts pressure on the tombs and affects the future of future generations. Tombstone shape, rectangular, regular, not too narrow or too wide. If the tombstone is short and wide, people will be short and fat.

Fifth, the location of the tombstone.

Tombstones stand at the head and foot of the coffin. Standing at the head of the coffin, known as the Yinbei, is beneficial to Ding Yansi, and standing at the foot of the coffin is beneficial to family wealth. However, it should be noted that the distance between the tombstone and the grave should not be pressed to the coffin, but to the head of the coffin. Later head diseases, such as headache, stupidity and mental illness, will be crushed to the foot of the coffin, and later people will get foot diseases and leg diseases. In addition, the foundation of the tombstone should be solid to prevent the tombstone from tilting due to soft subsidence in the future, otherwise it will be violently dismissed from office and left home, and future generations will walk askew.

Sixth, the monument.

Generally, tombstones have stone seats. After the rammed foundation is in place, the pedestal can be erected. If there is an incense table, it must be placed in front of the memorial tablet. Never use the incense table as a memorial tablet. If you put the tombstone on the incense table, you will fail.

Seventh, the inscription

Stone tablets are generally engraved with the name of the tomb owner, the name of the person who set up the monument (usually descendants), the date of setting up the monument, and so on. Stone tablets must be carved in a concave way, not in a convex way. Secondly, the number of words should be over the ecliptic. The ecliptic originated from Taoism in Zhang Ling coincides with the date of 12. According to calculation, the single digits of the total number of words are 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9. It's better to cross the white road. According to calculation, the single digits of the total number of words are 1, 2, 6, 7. But there is no need to stick to the number of words. Furthermore, the font should not be running script or cursive script, but solemn Wei Bei, official script and regular script. In the mountain grave, if the drinking water image (drinking water image refers to the shape of an animal around the cave site, such as ant land, centipede land, tiger land, cow land, civet cat land, tiger mountain land, dragon playing beads, phoenix spreading its wings and so on. Drinking water is a special content in geomantic omen), so it is not appropriate to set up a monument. There should be special content when offering sacrifices, such as tiger land and meat when offering sacrifices.

The third step is to replace the ancestral grave with a new monument. Does it affect future generations if there is no monument?

Before deciding whether to erect a tombstone, let's find out what a tombstone is. Tombstone can be simply understood as the head of the grave, which is the carrier to record the owner's information or merits, and the memorial carrier for people to bury the dead. Usually the tombstone is made of stone, wood, metal and other materials.

In geomantic omen, the tombstone is like the gate of the Yin House, which is an important part of the Yin House and the throat of the Yin House cemetery.

It can be seen that the monument is one of the important links in the geomantic omen of Yin House, and it is very necessary and indispensable in a complete burial procedure.

There are many points to pay attention to in the geomantic custom of setting up a monument, such as the date of setting up a monument, the materials of setting up a monument, and the inscription on the tombstone.

If a cemetery does not erect a monument, it will easily lead to the saying that there is no tomb, which will have a bad influence on the fortune of future generations of the family.

In addition, in fact, the original intention of the tombstone is to play the role of a marker. Generally speaking, the graves of deceased ancestors can be remembered clearly for one or two generations, and it is difficult to guarantee that they can remember clearly after three generations, especially after migration, war and other turmoil, they don't know where their ancestral graves are.

So people have come up with many ways. When people buried the dead, the garden piles used to maintain the coffin rope were inspired. Put wooden stakes and bamboo poles in front of the tomb and tie paper or silk to indicate the date of birth and death of the deceased. In ancient times, it was called "Ming Jing" or "Ming Jing".

However, such marks are easily damaged, so people try to find another way. Some wealthy families use stone pillars instead of wooden pillars, and engrave the name, birth time and official rank of the deceased on the stone pillars, and then gradually evolve into tombstones.

Therefore, in general, the monument to the grave can also remind future generations that it is necessary to worship ancestors here, which is also a memory of ancestors and is also conducive to the fortune of future generations.

Therefore, if the monument is not erected, it will have an impact on future generations, including health, fortune and family luck.

Under what circumstances can't a monument be erected?

In feng shui, not all cases can be erected. Under some special circumstances, it is impossible to erect a monument. In geomantic omen, it is not appropriate to set up a monument in the following situations.

1, it is not appropriate to erect a monument to the dead.

If a person dies unexpectedly or suddenly, then such a person should not erect a monument after death, otherwise it will have a bad influence.

2. It is not appropriate to set up a monument when you die young.

If a newborn baby dies, or a person dies in adolescence, it is not appropriate to erect a tombstone. Generally speaking, untimely death refers to those who died before 18 years old, including those who died due to physical reasons. This situation is not suitable for setting up tombstones.

Without the latter, it is not appropriate to erect a monument.

In geomantic omen, it is usually inappropriate for people without descendants to erect monuments.