Fuzhou place name

Author: Li Xiangliu, Li Da (editors)
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: Place names, as products of human production and social life, are linguistic and textual designations given by people to geographical entities with specific directions, scopes, and morphological features, becoming tools for mutual communication. The main features of this book include:
1. Focus on the introduction of roads, streets, lanes, alleys, courtyards, new villages, as well as towns and natural villages. It covers both bustling old lanes like Nan Street, Zhu Zi Fang, and De Gui Lane, and secluded small villages such as "Qu Kong Village with Only Three Households," striving to explain the origins and evolution of place names;
2. Explanations and clarifications of place names, citing relevant historical records where necessary, with detailed and factual arguments to correct misunderstandings, such as "The 'Dong' in 'Shang Dong and Xia Dong' is Not 'Tong'" and "From 'Cha Bei' to Cha Hui Village";
3. The colloquial and elegant forms of place names, with careful distinctions made, especially the reasons for homophonic rhymes or near-sound substitutions in (Fuzhou) dialect, highlighting the local color.