Landscape Feature and Evolution of Plants Place-names in Beijing Area

With identification and stability, place-names act as the carrier by which local people get familiar with the city. The reflection on landscape feature and identification in specific historical periods of place-names, named after plants, are concluded as the locality. In past studies, plant geographical names are a branch of the classification of geographical names. The study of geographical names focuses more on the integrity and system rather than research on plant geographical names. From the perspective of geographical name planning, this paper studies plant place names separately, studying the characteristics of natural style and historical evolution of ancient capital Beijing, exploring the regional value of plant landscape in urban planning, and reflecting on the current situation of urban planning in Beijing. The results show that the names are highly concentrated in the central city, mainly in the east and west disctricts of Beijing. These names gradually reduced from central city to surrounding area. The change of plant place-names is closely related to urban construction and cultural development. There are four landscape types, including streets, gardens, mountains and rivers, and wilderness.