Details on Gravestone

[philiptancl]

In term of providing the ancestral village in China and ease in locating the the family branch within the jiapu/zupu, the gravestone below probably ranks among those with the greatest amount of details:



Besides the details of the ancestral place in China right down to the name of the ancestral house, it even provides the family branch and the generation number of the deceased with respect to the progenitor.

For the benefit for future generations, especially among the Overseas Chinese, maybe we could consider emulating it.

[helen]

Phillip - do you know how much it costs for every gold leaf character? Not only that, we locals would not have anything like that amount of information. That's why we're still looking.

On the plus side, this trip to Guangzhou - my Mother's brother and sisters are taking me to where my Maternal Grandparent's ashes are. The first time I have been there during Ching Ming. Last year we went to the temple, where the photos are - I wasn't aware that there were 2 places I had to go to.

[philiptancl]

Helen,

Those Chinese characters were not done from gold leaf but painted with gold paint. I made some inquiry from the family concerned and I was told the grave set-up (excluding the cost of land) cost about Malaysian Ringgit 20,000 (about US$6.400). The deceased was a fourth generation descendant in Malaysia.

Yes, while some of us are still searching but many in this Forum may have also already established their ancestral place in China as well as similar details. It is to those who have that I was addressing.

Philip