“乡”字在中国,是重要的表述符号,使用频率很高。“乡”字与人的出生地、初居地和祖籍地密切相关。人的出生地、初居地与祖籍地,按区域分,大到国,中到省、市、县,小到乡、村。可是人们对自己的出生地、初居地和祖籍地,经常使用的名词,则大多与“乡”字相关联,而不使用“省”、“市”、“县”、“村”。这比如,表述自己的出生地、初居地和祖籍地,叫家乡、乡梓、吾乡;客居他方,称自己的 “Township ” word in China, is an important symbol, the use of high frequency. “Country ” word and the person’s place of birth, place of origin and ancestral home is closely related. People’s place of birth, first home and ancestral home, according to the region, big country, in the province, city and county, small hometown, village. However, most of the commonly used nouns for their place of birth, place of origin and ancestral home are mostly associated with the word “township” without using “province”, “city”, “county” “,”village". This, for example, expresses one’s own place of birth, first place and ancestral home, called hometown, hometown, hometown;