What is the Mandarin language used in the Tang Dynasty?

The official language of the Tang Dynasty was "Heluoyin".

Heluo dialect originated in the Heluo area of ??the Central Plains (Yellow River and Luoshui River basins), and is now mainly distributed in southern Fujian, northeastern Fujian and southeastern Zhejiang, Chaoshan area, Taiwan Province and overseas Chinese inhabited areas.

These dialects miraculously retain a large number of aspects of ancient Chinese in the Central Plains before the Sui and Tang Dynasties. They can be called the "living fossils" of ancient Chinese. They can open up a treasure house of ancient sounds and rhythms, so they have attracted widespread attention from Chinese and foreign scholars.

Take the very representative Hokkien dialect in Fujian as an example. It retains many of the essence of ancient Chinese, especially the pronunciation and vocabulary of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and it was once the official language of the Tang Dynasty. , this is a view generally recognized by language scholars at home and abroad.

It is an indisputable fact that Hokkien retains a large number of ancient Chinese vocabulary and pronunciation. According to research by scholars, during the "An-Shi Rebellion" in the Tang Dynasty, some people from the Central Plains fled to the southern Fujian area to settle down, and Mandarin in the Tang Dynasty was popularized locally.

Later, with the passage of time, the language of the Central Plains region underwent earth-shaking changes, while the southern Fujian region has remained relatively closed, and the Tang Dynasty Mandarin commonly used there has not changed much. , has been used to this day, forming the current Hokkien language.

Extended information:

In the 2nd year of Emperor Gaozong’s reign (669), unrest broke out among the ethnic minorities in southern Fujian. Chen Zheng, who was stationed in Quanzhou (today's Fuzhou City, Fujian Province), "led 3,600 soldiers and 123 soldiers from the deputy general Xu Tianzheng down" to attack, including dozens of Gushi generals.

In the second year of Yifeng (677), Chen Zheng died of illness, and 21-year-old Chen Yuanguang led the army on his father's behalf. After the establishment of Zhangzhou, Chen Yuanguang carried out large-scale economic and cultural construction, making the people live and work in peace and contentment, and Zhangzhou was called the paradise.

As the Central Atomic Brothers came to Zhangzhou, the "Mandarin" of the Tang Dynasty also spread to southern Fujian, forming the "living fossil" of Chinese in the Tang Dynasty - "Minnan dialect".

According to data records: In addition to Minnan in Fujian, the Minnan dialect areas also include Taiwan, Chaoshan in Guangdong, Leizhou dialect in Hainan (Minnan language family), Pingyang, Cangnan in Zhejiang, and other places in Southeast Asia. Used by the public.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Heluo Dialect