A Study Of Cultural Features Of Chinese Geographic Names

Geographic name is a kind of cultural phenomena. Academic study of the relationship between geographic name and regional cultures is an important issue in cultural linguistics. This paper explains features of culture in Chinese names by arranging, adding up, and summing up plenty of documents. It demonstrates to us the birth, concept and cultural meaning of geographic names. This paper also analyses features of Chinese geographic names and reveals features of culture. Meanwhile, it discovers—geography, history, economy, religion, military—cultural contents and cultural features that exist in Chinese geographic names.