民族团结的象征与“石柱”地名考

民族地区地名蕴含着丰富的历史民族文化信息，是民族地区宝贵的文化遗产。部分地名具有深厚的民族平等团结的历史文化内涵，对树立民族团结的心理基础产生了积极的影响，为维护民族地区的稳定作出了积极的贡献。位于武陵山区的重庆市石柱土家族自治县得名于北宋时期记载民族盟誓所建造的“天圣石柱”和“成平石柱”，是民族平等团结的活化石，其所承载的民族平等、共同发展的目标以及和谐处理民族关系的准则，奠定了民族团结的基石，维护了石柱自治县民族关系长期的稳定，对促进武陵山区土家族地区的稳定产生了积极的影响，是民族地区宝贵的精神财富。

A Symbol of National Unity and Historical Textual Research of Shi Zhu County

National and racial information of long history is contained in name places in ethnic minority areas and it has long been the precious cultural relics in these areas. Some of these names have profound meanings of racial integration and national unity, which has a deep and positive effect on the psychology about the national unity and has had greatly contributed to the stability of the ethnic groups. Shi Zhu Tu Jia Autonomous Minority County of Chongqing is located in Wuling Mountainous Areas; its name, coming from ＂Tian Shen Stone Column＂ and ＂Xian Ping Stone Column＂, where the Han nationality and other ethnic races established their friendly contract to live harmoniously for ever in the North Song Dynasty, is a vivid reflection of the national unity and is also one of the most important relics of the ethnic regions. They have long represented the basic principles of dealing with the conflicts among ethnic groups and the goal of development of the minority areas and it has too laid the foundation of the stabilities of ShiZhu Autonomous County, which plays a positive role in the areas of Tujia Minorities and it is a great treasure in the ethnic regions.