How do people in Ruzhou speak Nanyang dialect?

People from Ruzhou come to Nanyang or people from Nanyang come to Ruzhou with the same accent. I am not the only one who discovered this mystery.

There are nearly 400 places from Ruzhou to Nanyang, separated by mountains and rivers. It should be the pronunciation, but the customs are very different. Unexpectedly, the pronunciation and customs between the two places will not change. Just like a native of the same place. This aroused great curiosity in me, and listening to local accents became the greatest pleasure.

In essence, there are different dialects in Nanyang area. The differences between the three western counties (Xixia, Xichuan and Neixiang) and the three eastern counties (Tongbai, Tanghe and Sheqi) are quite large. , it’s clear as soon as you hear it. Ruzhou dialect is almost a fusion of Nanyang dialect. The first half of a sentence may be Tanghe dialect, but at the end you can hear the local accent. It's amazing.

Walking around the streets of Ruzhou is like being in the city of Nanyang. All kinds of dialects, slang, and even pronunciation are highly consistent in both places. It's like they were trained in the same language school. I told this discovery to a local friend in Ruzhou, and he shook his head firmly and said, this is impossible, the dialect of neighboring Yichuan is different for us, let alone Nanyang, which is hundreds of miles away. I asked him again, have you been to Nanyang? He shook his head firmly, no. No wonder.

The Wanluo Ancient Road from Nanyang to Ruzhou is not a road to local accent.

During the Song and Ming dynasties, Nanyang ruled Ruzhou for more than 200 years. Had Ruzhou become independent later, this leadership would have continued. The greatest achievement under the rule is the unification of politics, economy, marriage, and the integration of folk customs. From Banzha, Daying, Luyang, Nanzhaodian, Yunyang, Shiqiao to Nanyang, the long Wanluo Road has suffered for the people of Ruzhou. People in Ruzhou need to go to Nanyang to handle food, taxes, labor, etc. The road is long and difficult. "If you pay food in Nanyang, the children will call you mother."

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The two people talk the same thing and eat roughly the same things. Steamed buns, steamed buns, flatbreads, starched noodles, etc. are all familiar faces on the table. There are also unique ones, the most popular ones are Ruzhou Fenpi. The vermicelli is made of mung bean and is as thin as a cicada's wings. It has chewy texture and is delicious to eat. However, there are similar ones in Nanyang, such as Sheqi Fenpi and Tanghe Liangfen. In addition, there are innovations here in Ruzhou. I personally tasted a bowl of sesame leaves stewed with old tofu. This is a pioneering food and it tastes really good. However, when I saw the sesame leaves, I thought of Nanyang and the sesame seeds there. Leaf noodles.

Occasionally I heard a few swear words on the streets of Ruzhou. The wording and pronunciation were very Nanyang.

It felt like a master.

A marriage between a person from Ruzhou and a person from Nanyang is guaranteed to lead to happiness. If we can talk together and eat together, we can definitely work together. Occasionally there would be a small quarrel, and the other party would say, "Rile, what are you pretending to be? It will be done immediately."

At that moment, I suddenly thought, if only the water of Beiru River and Baihe River could merge together.