The Naming Research Of The Natural Scenery In China Tourism Scenic Spots

There are many tourism scenic spots in China. The rich tourismresources show us a beautiful natural scenery and the Chinesehistory and culture about 5000 years. With the reform and openingpolicy, China economic and the tourism industry have beendeveloped rapidly. Many provinces (cities, municipalities) regardthe tourism industry as the leading industry, develop the tourismresources and the tourism planning. In China tourism scenic spots,there are many kinds of the scenery, for example, pavilions,terraces, open halls, mountains, brooks, caves. Their names aredifferent.From the perspective of geography, the naming research of thescenery is very important in the tourism planning and resourcesdeveloping. In recent years, everywhere is developing the newscenic spots. But their naming problem is serious. Only good namingcan make the scenic spots interest and attract the eyes of the largenumbers of tourists. Although some domestic scholars have startedto research the naming problem of the China scenic spots, theresearch results does not become a system. According to this, thisthesis researches the naming problem of the natural scenery in China tourism scenic spots by using the method of literature,statistics, classification, inductive method, analysis method andthe application of humanistic geography, tourism geography,toponymy, landscape geography, statistics and other relateddisciplines basic theory. The statistics are 10804 related term fromthe Gazetteer of the People’s Republic of China, Chinese FamousPlace Dictionary, the Gazetteer of Chinese History and the Chineseclassical poetry gazetteer.After the statistics, it can be found the distribution of thenatural scenery and analysed the reason firstly. Secondly, itanalyses the naming methods and word formation about themountain, peak, hole, cave, rock, stone, spring, waterfall, lakecreek,10 types of natural scenery. Finally, it draws the conclusionabout the naming principles and naming rule of the natural sceneryin China tourism scenic spots. The naming natural scenery shouldfollow the principles about the agreement both the name and thetourism scenic spots, respecting the history, outstanding thefeature, avoiding the duplication, elegant words and not long words.The naming rule of the natural scenery includes to the namingmethods according to the shape and form, the feature and position,the direction and place name, the number, rank and size, the color,sound and taste, the weather and climate, the rock and landforms,the plant, animal and mineral, the temperature, the history andlegend, the surname and people’s name, the praise and meaning,the religion, the use. The naming method of the natural scenery canchoose a way to directly named, also can use a variety of ways ofcomprehensive nomenclature. The above issues through the research tell us the namingprinciples and naming rule of the natural scenery in China tourismscenic spots. It has important theoretical significance not only toother geography related research, at the same time has the verystrong practical significance. It can not only provide some objectivebasis for the naming problems of the tourism planning anddevelopment to bring more economic benefits, but also provide theguidance for the campus landscape and residential landscapenaming.