Cultural Geography Fossils-A Study On Henan Administrative Region Names

Place-name is Complex about history, geography, language, culture, and so on , Hailed as "living fossils". Henan province is one of the birthplace of Chinese civilization With many different types of terrain and long history. For thousands of years , natural and cultural changes have left a deep imprint in the place-names of Henan Province, the place-name of henan province also has its own characteristics. Therefore, through research Henan Province place-name can be more clear intuitive understanding of the natural and history Geography changes,and can also understand how to naming place-name. we can reveal the cultural heritage about place-name and provide reference for naming names.This paper is divided into four parts, Introduction About Henan place-names status quo, Part 1 mainly through literature to explore areas of Henan county level and above place-names and township-level administrative Region of the naming names, Part 2 through reasach the place-name of morden times to reveal the natural and human geography information Which contain in place-names, The last part is about the use of place-name and some thinking abou it. In addition to use paper documents Also use charts and maps to reveal the geographical distribution of place-names, Exploration of naming names and the history of geographic information which contained in place-names , To pay attention to resach and protection about place-names.