地名是人们对地形、地物共同约定的一种语言代号。地名的命名,是在人类活动中逐渐形成的,它与人类的活动领域、文化风貌和居住环境有着密切的关系。东北地区的“屯”相当于关内各地的“庄”、“村”、“寨”等。这些“屯”作为农民生活的聚落体,现在称为自然村。一般来说,一个自然村规模为数十户,而一个行政村包括几个这样的自然村。东北地区的屯名大多形成于上个世纪末和本 Place names are a kind of language codes that people agree on the topography and the earth objects. Named place names are gradually formed in human activities, and it has close relationship with human activities, cultural style and living environment. The “Tuen” in the northeast region is equivalent to “Zhuang”, “Village” and “Zhai” all over the territory. These “villages”, as settlements for peasant life, are now called natural villages. In general, a natural village is a dozen, while an administrative village includes several such villages. Most of the Tuen names in Northeast China were formed at the end of the last century