Is there any norm to erect a monument to ancestors?

Pay attention to the size of the stone tablet, pay attention to the inscription, choose the date of erection of the stone tablet, and manage it after erection.

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. It better match the cemetery. Ordinary people's graves are not too big. Tall monuments standing in front of caves will put pressure on graves, but will affect the future of future generations, and future generations will not prosper. Tombstone shape, rectangular, regular, not too narrow or too wide. If the tombstone is short and wide, people will be short and fat. And these are all things that need attention.

Stone tablets are generally engraved with the owner's name, year of birth and year of death, and in addition to this information, there are also the names of the people 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. The font should not be running script or cursive script, but solemn Weibei style, official script and regular script. But it also depends on local customs and the habits of stone carvers. If tombs are to be built, most of them must have epitaphs. Epitaphs are generally engraved with the name, industry, achievements, year of death, the 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. And these can be decided according to your own mind.

Monuments are also auspicious and cannot collide with each other. In order to be accurate, it is best to ask a master who knows Feng Shui to take a look at it for you, and calculate it in combination with your family's birth date, zodiac and other factors. When choosing the date of feng shui, there is a period of time in a year when you don't need to choose a date. One of the time periods is adding soil, erecting monuments and planting trees before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day. For the grave, all things about haunted houses are always avoided, which is why people concentrate all things about haunted houses in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

After the tombstone is erected, pay attention to protection. When you have time to pay homage, you should pay attention to cleaning up the weeds and trees around the tombstone. Monuments should not be crooked, bird droppings should be wiped clean, and cracks should be repaired or replaced.