西安碑林存藏着泰汉以来的各种著名碑石2000余块;其中有建国后考古工作者在西安地区陆续发掘出的唐代墓志铭400余块,对研究唐代政治、经济和文化艺术具有极其重要的价值。 一、墓志铭的作用 古代的石刻墓碑,有埋于地下和立于地上二种:埋葬于地下的才称之为墓志铭,立于地上的则称之为墓碑文或墓表文。 墓志铭的最初作用是记墓,即对死者有所怀念,又恐陵谷日久 Xi’an Beilin has preserved more than 2,000 pieces of various famous steles since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Among them, more than 400 pieces of epitaphs of the Tang Dynasty unearthed by archaeologists in Xi’an after the founding of the People’s Republic of China were studied in the study of the political, economic and cultural arts in the Tang Dynasty Extremely important value. First, the role of epitaph Ancient stone tombstones, buried in the ground and stood on the ground two kinds: buried in the ground is called the epitaph, standing on the ground is called the tombstone or tombstone. The initial function of the epitaph is to remember the grave, that is, the memory of the deceased, but also a long time