玉龙雪山新考

A New Study of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

玉龙雪山,自古与丽江的民族历史文化密切相连。作为国家的基础地理信息,需要考辨玉龙雪山称谓的含义、来历及其历史沿革。唐以前对玉龙雪山有“耸雪山”“雪山”“雪岭”等称谓,唐代改称“松外龙山”,元代又称“丽江雪山”,衍至明代中期就明确称为“玉龙雪山”。

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain has been closely related to the national history and culture of Lijiang.As the national basic geographic information,we need to study the meaning,origin and historical development of its name.Jade Dragon Snow Mountain had ancient names as“Song Snow Mountain”,“Snow Mountain”and“Xue Ling”before Tang Dynasty,it was called as“Song Wai Snow Mountain”in Tang Dynasty,“Lijiang Snow Mountain”in Yuan Dynasty,and then it had the exact name of“Jade Dragon SnowMountain”in the mid of Ming Dynasty.