Place Names And Culture Of Counties And Cities (Districts) In Henan Province

Place name is the name agreed by people for the region.It is a kind of language symbol.It is also the result of human spiritual and cultural activities and a cultural symbol of human beings.Mining the cultural connotation behind Chinese place names can help us understand the national history,culture and psychology in different historical periods.Henan belongs to the Central Plains region with a long history and profound cultural heritage.From the perspective of cultural linguistics and toponymy,this paper explores the cultural connotation of the material,system and spirit behind the county(District)names.The article is divided into five parts.The first part: introduction.This part mainly introduces the general situation of Henan Province,the reason for choosing the topic,the significance and value of the topic,the research status,the research methods,the source of the corpus and the description of the situation.The second part: the phonetic analysis of the place names of Henan counties and cities(districts).It is mainly a quantitative analysis and description of the number of syllables,flat tone collocation and elegant pronunciation of Henan county and city(District)place names.The number of syllables is mainly disyllabic,followed by monosyllabic place names,and trisyllabic place names are the least.In the aspect of flat and tonal collocation,most of the place names are full flat and flat(alternate),while the place names of full flat are less.In addition,in the process of the evolution of place names,some place names have the phenomenon of homophony and elegance.The third part: the vocabulary analysis of Henan county(District)place names.The first is to analyze the vocabulary structure of Henan county(District)place names;The second is to discuss its naming and classification according to semantics,that is,physical geography and human history.In terms of vocabulary structure,from the perspective of toponymy,Henan place names mainly have two structural forms: "proper name + general name" and "proper name + general name + general name",of which the former is the largest,accounting for 63.79%;From the linguistic point of view,Henan place names are mainly composed of compound words,of which the number of positive types is the largest,followed by the United type.According to the semantic classification of place names,they can be divided into physical geography and human history.Among them,natural geography accounts for 40.23%,and Humanities and history account for 59.77%.The fourth part: the cultural connotation of Henan county(District)place names.On the basis of the language description in the previous two chapters,this chapter explains its cultural connotation from three aspects: material,system and spirit.From the material point of view,the place names in Henan Administrative Region reflect the activities and products of human transformation of nature.The cultural information it reflects is mainly reflected in the ancient road traffic,historical buildings and production activities.From the perspective of system,the place names in Henan Administrative Region reflect the way of human activities to transform society.The cultural information it reflects is mainly reflected in the taboo system and the administrative division system.From the spiritual level,Henan place names contain rich spiritual culture.He is mainly reflected in the following aspects.The first is to advocate the aesthetic pursuit of symmetry,harmony and rhythmic coordination and the aesthetic interest of avoiding vulgarity and seeking elegance.The second is to recognize the orientation of nature.The third is to advocate the value orientation of faith and "loyalty and filial piety".The fourth is to pray for a better life and social stability.The fifth is to attach importance to the religious belief of ancestors and totem.The sixth is to respect the ancient consciousness of respecting the ancient.The fifth part: conclusion.Summarize the research content of this paper,and point out the achievements and shortcomings.