我自小喜好地理,这喜好一直延续到现在。比如,我每到一个地方,总会收藏一份当地的地图。去的地方多了,便发现许多地名虽说早有耳闻,但只有身临其境才会明白,所有的地名都不是凭空叫响的,其来历写成一本专著也不为过。比方说我就发现,在中国越是缺水的地方,其地名越是和水有关联。比如说甘肃、宁夏和内蒙古西部的一些地区都是缺水的地方,但要是论地名中的“水分”却是全国最“充沛”的。拿甘肃的酒泉为例,乡镇一级的地名里就有甜水井、苦水井、三眼 I like geography since childhood, this preference has continued until now. For example, every time I go to a place, I always collect a local map. To go more places, we found that although many names have long been heard, but only immersive will understand that all the names are not empty-handed, and its history into a monograph is not an exaggeration. For example, I found that the more water-scarce in China, the more its place name is related to water. For example, some areas in Gansu, Ningxia and western Inner Mongolia are water shortages, but “water” in geographical names is the most “abundant” in the country. Take the Jiuquan in Gansu Province, for example, township level names have sweet wells, bitter wells, three eyes