Chinese Place Names and Diverse Cultures: A Series of Chinese Culture Books

Author: Guo Jinruo
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The relationship between Chinese and culture is complex and covers a wide range of topics, requiring multi-faceted exploration. This series of books focuses on the cultural connotations of several types of words in Chinese, such as communicative etiquette expressions, place names, color words, and popular slang. In our exploration, we emphasize both the multiple internal connections of these words with traditional culture, as well as the relationship between their semantic evolution and social and historical changes. At the same time, we also pay great attention to the many new changes these words have undergone in modern society. It is well-known that since the reform and opening-up, both Chinese society and culture have undergone tremendous changes. The new information age has brought about many online slang terms, and the campus is with a new generation of young people, giving rise to some campus slang. The prosperity and development of the economy have led to rapid expansion in urban construction, resulting in many new place names, street names, and new terms for residential areas, as well as many new changes in communicative expressions and color words. All of these new words or new linguistic and cultural connotations that emerge with the new era, new culture, and new trends are well reflected in this series of small books.