广东省清远市村名与地理环境因素

The Village Names and Geographical Environment Factors in Qingyuan City,Guangdong Province

地名蕴涵着丰富的文化内涵,它不仅代表命名对象的空间位置和方位标记,也是一个地方的风貌特征与文化记忆,更是历史信息的载体和中华民族的遗产.通过对广东省清远市的村名进行研究,运用文献查阅、数据统计等地理学研究方法对这些村名进行分类,研究得出广东省清远市的村名与当地的自然及人文因素都有着密切联系.从空间上看,山、水、植物和土壤一类的自然类村名都表现出与当地地形地貌的一致性;姓氏类的人文村名在各县市都有一部分,分布没有明显的规律,但都反映了当地的地方文化.

The place name does not merely contain the information, such as spatial location and the orienta- tion mark of the object, yet reflect the style and features and cultural memory of the object, more important, the historical carrier and legacy of China. After studying the village names of Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province by geography research methods using literature review, data and statistics, the authors classify these name of the vil- lage accordingly and find out that these village names are closely linked with the local natural and human factors. Spatially, those natural village names, which contain mountains, water, plants and soil, show consistency with the local topography; the humanistic names, which contain surnames scatter partially in the cities and counties, reflect the local culture, though there is no obvious pattern in the distribution.