Friends who can speak Minnan can tell me what this joke means.

You can translate it yourself in Minnan universal pinyin.

It is said that Minnan dialect originated in the Yellow River and Luoshui Valley, moved to southern Fujian in the Western Jin, Tang and Northern Song Dynasties, and originated in Quanzhou, Fujian.

At present, they are mainly distributed in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province Province, northeastern Fujian, southeastern Zhejiang, Chaoshan area in Guangdong (Shanwei, Jieyang, Shantou and Chaozhou), western Guangdong (Zhanjiang, Maoming and Yangjiang), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Zhongshan and Hong Kong), Hainan Island and most Chinese-inhabited areas in Southeast Asia. There are more than 70 million people who use Minnan in the world.

The word "Minnan dialect" has broad and narrow meanings. In a broad sense, it refers to the collection of Minnan languages, and in a narrow sense, it only refers to the Minnan languages of Fujian and Taiwan Province. Scholars in Taiwan Province Province and the West believe that it is a language, belonging to the Min branch of Sino-Tibetan language family. In the classification of continental linguistics, it belongs to a kind of Min language in Chinese language family.

Minnan dialect in Chinese mainland is called Quanzhou dialect, Zhangzhou dialect, Xiamen dialect, Fujian dialect, Heluo dialect, Chaoshan dialect, Leizhou dialect, Shanwei dialect (ancient Henan dialect) and Xuelao dialect. In Taiwan Province Province, it is also called Taiwan dialect, Heluo dialect or Fulao dialect, while overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia are called Minnan dialect or Zan dialect (Taiwan dialect writes Zan Nong dialect).

Minnan daily language records Minnan culture.

Fujian's culture can be roughly divided into castle peak culture and marine culture. Although Minnan culture also has Qingshan culture, it seems to be dominated by marine culture. Minnan dialect vocabulary is the symbol and crystallization of Minnan culture. Here are a few examples:

Frant Gwo: Because there are so many people and so few land in southern Fujian, many people go abroad to make a living for their livelihood. "Going abroad" means going abroad. Why do you call "going abroad"? To answer this question, it is necessary to research the word "Fan". "Fan" is a complete hieroglyph, which means the foot of an animal.

Stepping on an animal's foot once is "A". In addition, it is also the ancient word "Fan", which means "Fan country" and "Fan country" outside Kyushu, probably because there are abundant aquatic plants and wild animals in outland, and few people live there. As a result, a series of related words appeared, such as "writing in big letters" (passport), "Ke Fan" (overseas Chinese), "Fanpo" (foreign wife) and "Fankou" (foreigner).

Many things imported from foreign countries also label it "Fan". For example: sweet potato (sweet potato), vermicelli powder (foreign flour), vermicelli fire (matches), tomato (tomato), vermicelli millet (sorghum) and so on. Nowadays, Minnan has become a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China, with expatriates all over five continents, which has made great contributions to the construction of hometown.

Take off sandals: It is the custom of Quanzhou, the hometown of overseas Chinese, also called "welcoming guests". It means that when relatives come back from overseas and travel long distances, they need to take off their sandals to welcome the dust. In fact, returned overseas Chinese wear more leather shoes, which means that Ren Quan travels farther and wears more sandals. Relatives and friends who come to wash the dust, or send pig legs, or send meat buns, or send chicken and duck wine. Newlyweds will hold a banquet to show their respect.

After receiving gifts, foreign guests will give back thread pills, needles, cloth, umbrellas, towels, soap, soap, powder and so on. And send a foreign currency, which is called "seeing the guests off".

Seeing the river off: it is a custom in Quanzhou, the hometown of overseas Chinese in southern Fujian, also called farewell. In the past, people used to go abroad by sailing boats and relying on the wind, and later they switched to ships and planes, but now they still use this name.

When overseas Chinese return to China, relatives and friends present local products, such as divine comedy, tea cakes and daffodils. And gave a banquet to see them off, calling it "sending watches with the wind." If there is fish at the party, don't turn it upside down after eating it head-on. If you turn it over, it's a bad omen. It's called a farewell party. I wish him a safe arrival in a foreign country in sail before the wind. When overseas Chinese arrive, they send money and letters to express their gratitude. This is called waiting for letters.

Luoyang Bridge: It is a bridge on Luoyang River at the junction of Licheng District (now Luojiang District) and Hui 'an in Quanzhou. It is 360 feet long, 65,438+0.5 feet wide and has 46 piers. This project is huge and magnificent. It is the first large stone bridge in China, also known as Wan 'an Bridge. According to legend, when Cai Xiang's mother Huai Cai Xiang crossed the river by boat in the Song Dynasty, there was a sudden storm and the boat was about to sink.

Just when I was desperate, there was a cry from the god in the air: "Cai is here, water ghosts must not be rude!" " Suddenly it calmed down. Mother Cai prayed to heaven that if she really gave birth to a boy and grew up to be a bachelor, she must let him build a bridge here to save pedestrians and avoid the risk of crossing the river. After that, I got what I wanted. In order to repay his mother, Cai Xiang returned to Quanzhou as a prefect and built the bridge.

In addition, you can also learn about the religious culture in Minnan-speaking areas through words such as "please fire, flag, spear, jump, respect food and learn from others".

Through the words "plowing, palladium field, sowing field, making water, fertilizing, digging grass, mowing grass, exposing millet, bulging millet, hoeing the ground", we learned about the farming culture in Minnan-speaking areas. Through the words "Gaojia Opera, Taiwanese Opera, Nanyin, Puppet, Puppet", we learned about the opera culture in Minnan-speaking areas.