Protect the "living fossil"

The twenty -sixth meeting of the Central Committee of the Central Comprehensive Deepening Reform Commission in the near future emphasized that it is necessary to put the protection and protection of historical and cultural heritage in a more important position, in -depth research on the establishment of historical experience in my country's administrative divisions, and renamed the administrative division carefully, and do not change the name of the old place at will.

The place name is directly associated with a specific humanistic or natural geography, which contains deep cultural connotations. As one of the most commonly used social and public information, it not only plays the functions of management, services, and military, but also has historical commemorative and cultural heritage. As early as 2007, the Ninth United Nations Geographic Standard Conference and the 24th UNIBS Expert Group Meeting determined that the place name belonged to the intangible cultural heritage and applied to the Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Geographical name culture is a unique cultural heritage and spiritual wealth that needs to be protected, inherited, and used well. Since the founding of New China, my country has successively promulgated a series of rules on strengthening the standardization of place names and the construction of rule of law, which has played an important role in the protection of place names. With the advancement of urbanization, there are also some problems in the protection of place name culture, which are mainly manifested in the historical place names in the transformation of the old city. After the withdrawal of the county and the county, some ancient counties have been changed; some rare characters in some place names have been unreasonable.

my country's newly revised "Regulations on Place names" will be implemented on May 1st this year. The regulations have repeatedly mentioned the "excellent Chinese culture" and "Chinese historical context", and especially emphasized the "protection of place name culture". The regulations stipulate that "the naming, rename, use, and cultural protection of place names shall comply with laws, administrative regulations, and relevant state regulations to reflect local geography, history and cultural characteristics, respect the wishes of the local people, and facilitate production and life." "It has important historical and cultural values The place name that reflects the historical context of Chinese history is generally not renamed. " At the same time, it also clarifies the responsibility of governments at or above the county level in the protection of place name culture. The regulations protect the ground name culture in the framework of the rule of law that follows the times and is more tight and easy to implement, which is conducive to eliminating the random "foreign names" in the naming of the place names, chaotic names, and better protecting the cultural culture.

At present, the protection and inheritance of my country's place name management and place name culture has entered a new historical period. Geographic culture has become an important resource and area for protecting and inheriting the excellent Chinese culture. While serving the economic and social development of urban and rural areas, people's daily life, cultural tourism, and international exchanges and exchanges, place name culture will continue to strengthen the self -confidence in Chinese culture and promote the prosperity of my country's cultural prosperity Essence (Author: Wang Zhijun; Editor: Cao Xuewen)

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