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Tombstone tourist (otherwise known as a "taphophile", "cemetery enthusiast", ''cemetery tourists'' or "grave hunter" or "graver") describes an individual who has a passion for and enjoyment of cemeteries.〔Rogak, Lisa (2004), ''Stones and Bones of New England: A guide to unusual, historic, and otherwise notable cemeteries'', Globe Pequat ISBN 0-7627-3000-5〕 This involves epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, photography, art, and history of (famous) deaths. The term has been most notably used by author and biographer Scott Stanton as the title of his 2003 book and his former website〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians: Scott Stanton, Robin W. Stanton: 9780965996693: Amazon.com: Books )〕 on the lives and gravesites of famous musicians. Cemetery tourists can be interested in the historical aspects of cemeteries or the historical relevance of its inhabitants. The Central cemetery in Vienna Zentralfriedhof, the Recolleta cemetery in Buenos Aires La Recoleta Cemetery carry a large array of famous inhabitants and their tombs, that make the cemeteries significant tourist destinations. Also genealogy tourists make considerable effort to search out cemeteries and their records, to verify grave records, and ancestral burial locations. ==History== For centuries, people have made pilgrimages to the burial sites of religious icons and leaders. In fact, such was common during medieval times when people went to gravesites or to shrines to venerate saints. In China, the ancient tradition of Ancestor Worship〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ancestor Worship )〕 also involved a veneration of dead relatives with visitations to shrines and gravesites. During the 19th century, garden cemeteries〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=London's Victorian Garden Cemeteries )〕 began to appear that encouraged a visitor to stay and visit in the cemetery. Famous among these is the Père Lachaise cemetery〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cimetière du Père Lachaise -Visite virtuelle - Cemetery's virtual tour - Jim Morrison - Edith Piaf )〕 in Paris, France, which continues to invite tourists to visit and see elaborate memorials not only to the world famous, but to lesser known individuals. Cemetery records have also been a way of verifying genealogical data. Making gravestone rubbings〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City of the Silent - Tombstone Rubbings )〕 was in practice for centuries as a way of providing this documentation and appreciating the carvings on the tombstones. Among genealogists, scouring cemeteries looking for the graves of dead ancestors is a common and longstanding practice with individuals often relying on limited and outdated information to find burial sites. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tombstone tourist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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