Study Of Administrative Place Names In Shanxi Province Based On The Perspective Of Geography

Place names is a synthesis of the history, geography, language,culture and other factors, known as "living fossils". Shanxi has along history, diverse terrain, is one of the birthplaces of Chineseculture. In more than one hundred years ago, our ancestors live inthis land, labor, reproduction, these left a deep imprint in the placenames in Shanxi Province, place names in the name also has its owncharacteristics. 11 prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province, 119counties (cities, districts), 1196 township administrative placenames, to the adoption of research Shanxi Province, place namescan be more clear and intuitive understanding of the local naturaland human geography of Shanxi, can also to understand the namingrules of the place names of Shanxi Province, near the mining cultureof Shanxi and place names from the future and changed its name toprovide a reference. This paper is divided into eight parts, the introduction of Shanxitoponymy status is briefly introduced and the research method andresearch purposes; second, the three part mainly throughclassification to explore Shanxi at or above the county leveladministrative division name and town level administrative divisionname naming rule; according to the fourth part two or three partsdiscuss the summed up Shanxi province administration the fifth partis the characteristics of place names; names and the proper namesof place names of Shanxi; the sixth part mainly in Shanxi provincethrough the existing name reveals the natural and human history ofgeographic information; seventh, the eight part are somereflections and conclusions. In addition to use paper literature, alsousing chart to show the geographical distribution features, exploreShanxi naming rule and contains the historical and geographicalinformation, in order to cause people to culture of place names andnames protection. In addition, this paper tries to use the existingplace names in the analysis of the existing problems, thestandardization of names for the Shanxi to provide reference.