科学名词对中华文化起着传承和丰富的作用。许多科学名词的定名都折射出一段可歌可叹的中华文化发展的历史。我国史籍积淀源远流长,早在3000年前的《诗经》中就有“高岸为谷,深谷为陵”的记载,这“谷”与“陵”即表达了亘古不变的地学概念,世人至今仍为先人的智慧和文化所折服 Scientific nouns play a role of inheritance and enrichment of Chinese culture. The naming of many scientific nouns reflects a remarkable history of the development of Chinese culture. The historical records of our country have a long history. As early as 3,000 years ago, there were records in the “Book of Songs” of “the high bank as the valley and the deep valley as the mausoleum”. The “valley” and the “mausoleum” express the eternal concept of the earth science. Impressed with the wisdom and culture of our ancestors