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Another identity of the place name with characters “Da” or “Xiao” in Chongqing

2017-09-22 09:47:00

Chongqing Map: Place Names with Character “Da” or “Xiao” (Picture provided by Chongqing Urban Planning Bureau and released by CQNEWS)

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Xiaoxi (literally means ‘small stream’), Dashu (literally means ‘big tree’) and Dashi (literally means ‘big rock’) commonly seen in ordinary life have other identities in Chongqing. The Chongqing Urban Planning Bureau and Chongqing Public Service Platform of Geographic Information jointly published the Chongqing Map: Place Names with Character “Da” or “Xiao”. They collected the names of forty places in Chongqing that have the character “Da” or “Xiao”, to show people the beauty of the place name culture of Chongqing.

We usually use “Da” or “Xiao” to depict the appearance of things or degrees in Chinese. There are 40 places in Chongqing that have the character “Da” or “Xiao” in them. Of these, 33 names are characterized by the character “Da”, while only 7 place names have the character “Xiao”.

In the Chongqing Map: Place Names with Character “Da” or “Xiao”, some place names were formed according to the surroundings, such as the catchy “Daxi”, “Dahe”, “Dashi” and “Xiaodu”, which originated from the stream, river, stone and ferry respectively. Some place names with the character “Da” describe the local cultural landscape or prevailing traditional custom, such as “Daguan” and “Damiao”. Some villages and towns even combined the character “Da” with some propitious characters, such as “Daan”, “Datong”, “Dade” and “Dayou” to show their best wishes to the society and households. Part of such special place names in Chongqing are listed below.

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Editor:Jiang Yiwei