Abstract：In traditional farming society, names of farmland that used to refer to different plots show unique characteristics of agricultural culture. They are a kind of rural agricultural language resource to be revitalized. This study collected farmland names in Huaiyang District which is a typical traditional agricultural area located in the southeast of Henan Province. After analyzing the collected names of farmland plots, it is found that these terms are mainly used on the basis of rational information related to the farmland. There are two main categories of names: location-motivated and farmland-attribute-motivated. The analysis shows that names of farmland retain rich rural history and culture as well as agricultural knowledge and farming experience. From the perspective of cultivating civilized rural cultural practices and reshaping rural cultural ecology, it is suggested that, with proper consideration of the reality of language life in local agriculture, farmland names should be codified, and farmland language landscape should be developed to protect and inherit these agricultural place names. These names may not only preserve the traditional agricultural experience and carry rural historical memories, but also repose local nostalgia and contribute a unique value and role to China’s Rural Revitalization Strategy.
郑亚豪. 豫东南耕地名称价值与规划研究[J]. 语言战略研究, 2022, 7(1): 75-83.
Zheng Yahao. Study on the Value and Codification of Farmland Names in Southeast Henan. , 2022, 7(1): 75-83.
