The Study Of Luzhou Prefecture Names In Qing Dynasty(1724-1911)

Place names are the names given to a certain number of physical and human geo-physical entities,the number and extent of which expand as the scope of human activity expands.As early as before the birth of the word,human beings had begun to record names in different forms for the purpose of distinguishing their position.Text appears,the increasing number of names,naming also showed a variety of features.As the two basic factors that affect the formation and naming of place names,the natural environment and social changes have their advantages and disadvantages in different historical stages and in different regions.The long history and industrious Chinese people have created a splendid civilization.The characteristics of a vast territory and a multi-ethnic nation have branded the origin and changes of geographical names in China with distinctive features.On the capital of the city of Wang Ji,under the country village Guo,the formation and evolution of place names are not the same.As the last dynasty of the Chinese feudal society,the rapid development of politics,economy and culture affected the inhabitants and their daily life and production changes.To a certain extent,this series of impacts is mapped to names and changes of names,including the inheritance and change of old names and the emergence of new names.Luzhou Prefecture is located in the junction of North and South,across the Huaihe River,the Yangtze River two basins,which makes Luzhou Prefecture both natural landscape and cultural landscape both North and South characteristics.Qing Dynasty,Luzhou Prefecture initially led by Inaction,Lu'an two states,Hefei,Lujiang,Shucheng,nest,British Hill,Huoshan six counties.Since the rezoning of Yongzheng two years ago,the territory of Luzhou Prefecture has been fixed and has been under the control of Wuwei Prefecture,Hefei,Shucheng,Lujiang and Chaozhou Counties.Luzhou prefectures jurisdiction of the territory of a large number of names,it is unrealistic to collect all the names,so the local history as an important reference material is more feasible way.There are a large number of local gazetteers preserved in the Qing Dynasty.Although the levels of compilation in different regions are uneven,the history of the whole area is still relatively complete.Local magazines and magazines under the jurisdiction of Luzhou Prefecture complement each other,collecting a large number of names,and explain the origin of some of the names,providing ideas for deducing the origin of names.Luzhou prefecture natural entity class names are mainly mountain-based topographic names and river-based hydrographic names.Among them,the name of mountain and many more are named after the visual appearance,which is also a common form named after the mountain name,while the name of the famous person in history partly enriches the historical background of the place.Most of the major rivers are related to flow through the region,and springs,wells and other small names are mostly due to historical figures,myths and legends named.These place names mainly retain the historical natural environment information of Luzhou Prefecture,and mining of humanities information is equally important.The birth and evolution of place names are closely related to the local agriculture,industry,commerce,military affairs and transportation in Luzhou Prefecture.As history has changed tremendously in these aspects,it is difficult to see the grand occasion of the year.The relative stability of place names provides abundant historical materials for us to study the social situation of Luzhou Prefecture during the Qing Dynasty.A large number of common names preserve the most unique local historical information.Luzhou Prefecture agricultural land names mostly with the local water conservancy construction,which to some extent illustrates the frequent history of floods and droughts of the local history of hidden dangers.Commercial place names are mostly located near the traffic thoroughfares,and the study of these place names can reproduce the flourishing storehouses on the Luzhou mansion in the Qing Dynasty.Military names kept the war in Luzhou Prefecture at that time.The outbreak of the war led to the migration of the population and the historical phenomenon of multiple names being renamed.The existence of a unique generic place name in another area in the present district is precisely the proof of the demographic transition in history.Luzhou Prefecture,these humanities and historical information are hidden in place names,the study of the names of Luzhou Prefecture in Qing Dynasty helps us to restore the original appearance of history,provide historical reference for the protection of future place names.