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Why are some villages called "camps" and others called "villages"?

Many village names are composed of two or three words. A name has only one word, and more than four words are not too many. Generally speaking, the names of villages are generally called Zhuang, Cun, Ji, Dian, Qiao and so on.

Zhuang nationality is the surname of most people. Most villages are big families, such as Dongzhangzhuang, Nanzhangzhuang, Xilizhuang, Beilizhuang, Dawazhuang and Xiaowangzhuang. Most of these village names have only one surname, and a few have two surnames.

Name a village after a person. As village names, there are some village founders or pioneers, and there are also some village celebrities. Name a village after a person. Such as Chenhe Village and Wangping Village. Militarily, there are villages, camps, castles (pavilions), docks, platforms, villages, stations and so on. The ancient military facilities, communication sites and important garrison sites were all preserved because of the place names. For example, Fengguantun and Baiguantun in Fengguantun Town. There are temples, temples, temples, halls, pavilions and so on. Such as Mengmiao, Liumiao, Dashi and Wenchang Pavilion.

Some villages were renamed Market Villages, such as Haoji, Zhou Ji, Ji Tao and Lishi. Before the name of a village, its name includes size, east, west, north, south and so on. Most of them are related to the name of a village. Villages with the same surname are all named after their own surnames, which often leads to repeated village names. In order to treat it differently, there should be big and small topics about population and village size, such as Xiaolizhuang or village ruins, such as Nanlizhuang and Beilizhuang.