What are the local dialects in China? Which dialects are "best"?

Chinese dialects are mainly divided into mandarin areas and southern dialect areas. In the north, there are northeastern mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, Jiaoliao Mandarin, Jilu Mandarin, Zhongyuan Mandarin, Northwest Mandarin, and Southwest Mandarin spoken in the southwest. There are Wu dialect, Cantonese, Minnan dialect, Hakka dialect, Gan dialect and Xiang dialect in the south. I think Wu dialect in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and Cantonese in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are all very nice. For example, Suzhou dialect and Shanghai dialect give people a catchy feeling, especially when girls speak Suzhou dialect, which is very soft and waxy, and Cantonese has a great influence. Because of Hong Kong and Macao, Cantonese old songs and movies are very popular, especially Cantonese songs and lyrics sound more rhyming than Mandarin.

When it comes to China dialect, there can be more. If subdivided, China can probably be divided into southern dialect areas and northern dialect areas. Of course, this dialect area is not really divided into north and south. For example, Southwest Mandarin is also widely used in Yunnan and Guizhou, but it still belongs to Northern Mandarin. Mandarin areas are mainly divided into Jilu Mandarin, Northwest Mandarin, Zhongyuan Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, Jiaoliao Mandarin and northeastern mandarin, and the southern dialect is basically Minnan dialect. Wu dialect and Hakka dialect have the greatest influence, followed by Gan dialect and Xiang dialect. I think the best dialect is Wu dialect in my hometown, that is Suzhou dialect, Shanghai dialect, Zhejiang dialect and so on. , and Cantonese.

Speak Wu first. Although Wu dialect is not as influential as Minnan dialect and Cantonese, it still sounds good. Of course, it may be difficult for northerners to understand Wu dialect. Even many people say Wu dialect sounds like Japanese, especially Suzhou dialect, which gives people the impression that girls speak Suzhou dialect very softly, while boys speak it bookish, while Shanghai dialect is compared with Suzhou dialect.

There is also Cantonese, which is my favorite dialect besides my hometown dialect. Cantonese rhymes well. For example, some old Cantonese songs will sound more catchy than Mandarin when written, because Cantonese has more tones than Mandarin, and some Cantonese songs are still very popular. Even northern Renye Fang likes to listen to old Cantonese songs. This may be a feeling.