Tombstones are an essential item in funerary culture, often inscribed with the life of the deceased. Different places have different requirements for the purchase of tombstones, and the way of burial is also different. Over time, a unique funeral culture among various ethnic groups in China has been formed. Different burial cultures also gave birth to different shapes and materials of tombstones, and an art based on burial culture was gradually formed.
Tombstone is an art of color matching. In this world, the colors of the stone are rich and varied, although not as powerful as nature, as a product of nature, it is also rich and diverse. Red, yellow, blue, green, cyan, black, and white, these colors can be found in different stones, different shades, and different colors. When making a tombstone, what kind of stone to choose and how to match it all need to reflect the designer’s artistic thought. Different collocations bring different visual effects, you say it is not art?
Tombstone is a kind of geometric art. A set of modern tombstones are assembled from various shapes of accessories. Square, circle, triangle, peach, cylindrical, spherical, and other shapes are integrated, and finally, we have a set of tombstone products that meet the aesthetics of modern people. Large-scale attic-style, pavilion-shaped tombstone-shaped, and even built using the principles of modern architectural theory and ancient Chinese architecture, you say it is not art?
Tombstones are an art that has been alive since ancient times. If you pay attention carefully, the structure of each set of traditional Chinese tombstones is in line with the principles of feng shui; dragon and phoenix carvings, pine crane patterns, orchid patterns, etc. on the tombstones are the crystallization of people’s thinking and art in history. Each set of tombstones may use professional Hui’an stone carving skills: round carving, relief carving, line carving, and shadow carving skills in the production of portraits. These traditional folk crafts have been passed down from ancient times to the present. Do you think it is not art?
The reason why tombstones can make some people feel panic is that some film and television dramas and folk novels lead to fantasy in people’s minds, and fear comes from people’s hearts and is a conditioned reflex for receiving relevant information from the past. People should face up to the people who are engaged in this industry. They are not so unlucky, nor do they deal with gloomy things all day long, so everyone avoids them. This is just a normal occupation. We should also face up to the commodity of tombstones. Fundamentally, it is just an art that is piled up in the name of tombstones.
