A Study Of Regional Names On The Cultural Perspective Of Hebei ProvinceHebei Toponymy With Cultural Insights

Content: Culture of regional names is attached to the geographic names and reflects acertain period or a regional historical culture connotation. Culture played a significant role insociety. Hebei is a big province of economy and culture. It is necessary to learn from thetraditional culture to revitalize Hebei culture and promote its cultural industry. As a regionaldivision, there are tens of thousands of residents of the settlement in Hebei province. Hebeihas a long history, which provides the possibility of exploring and mining its traditionalculture. There is theoretical and practical significance of revealing the historical and culturalcharacteristics in Hebei regional names.Through literature summary and the analysis of the typical examples, this thesis probesinto the culture of Hebei regional names based on the predecessors’ cultural study andChorography.The regional names have special cultural attribute. The first chapter is a generalintroduction to the attribute of the regional names including the attributes of geography,linguistics, ethnology, sociology, politics and strategics.The attributes of regional names are inseparable with human social activities and adaptto the development of human consciousness. The second chapter mainly discusses the socialcommon mentality of regional names and the ways of naming.The regional culture of socialcommon cultural identity is the psychological foundation of Hebei regional names. Based onCognitive psychology, the regional names can be divided into11categories. They are thenatural geographic entities, Natural resources, Surnames, Ancestral homes, Settledcircumstances or events, Occupations, Historical characters or events, Military organizations,directions and numbers, Temples and Legends.The Regional names are influenced by the human social ideology. Chapter Three gives adetailed analysis of regional culture in Hebei regional names. Regional names are the marksof social changes. The historic changes of regional names can reflect the distribution of landform and the changes of social systems. Regional names record the ideological features ofHebei culture. They also reflect the academic, scientific foundation of Hebei culture and thewidespread religious beliefs in Hebei. Regional names are the product of the development ofcivilization.Through the discussion of regional names in Hebei culture. The thesis presents theconclusion that Hebei culture is the important constituent part of Chinese traditional culture.So it is important to regulate the direction of Hebei cultural development to make it moredynamic. The Study has shown that Hebei province has a good foundation on economyculture and education. Regional names have shown the advantages and disadvantages of theeconomic development, which provide a practical basis under the new historical condition.Regional names are the social product in certain society. Some of regional names retainparticular cultural phenomena. The major findings are further emphasized in the thesis. Thelimitations of the study and the suggestions for future study are also laid out.