What do you mean dry wine is not for sale?

"Dry wine can't be sold" is a commercial proverb in Minnan dialect, which means that anyone who has time to sell wine bottles is used to sell them in Minnan, China and Taiwan Province Province.

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, it is mainly distributed not only in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province province, but also in northeastern Fujian, southeastern Zhejiang and Chaoshan (Jieyang, Shantou and Chaozhou) in Guangdong? , Hailufeng area, western Guangdong (Zhanjiang, Maoming, Yangjiang), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Zhongshan, Hongkong), Hainan Island and most Chinese communities 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 in academic circles, and in a narrow sense, it only refers to Minnan languages in Fujian and Taiwan Province. In the classification of continental linguistics, it belongs to a kind of Fujian language of Chinese language family; Scholars in Taiwan Province Province and the West believe that it is a language, belonging to the Min branch of Sino-Tibetan language family.

Minnan language 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.

(1) Flip:

Because there are a lot of people in southern Fujian, it is known as eight mountains, one water and one field, so many people go abroad to make a living for their livelihood. "Going abroad" means going abroad.

(2) Take off sandals:

It is the custom of Quanzhou, the hometown of overseas Chinese, also called "welcoming dust". 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.

(3) send it to the water:

It is the custom of Quanzhou, the hometown of overseas Chinese in southern Fujian, and it is also called seeing off. 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.

(4) Luoyang Bridge:

It is a bridge over Luoyang River at the junction of Licheng District (now Luojiang District) and Hui 'an in Quanzhou, with a total length of 360 feet, a width of 1.5 feet and 46 piers. The project is huge and magnificent, and it is the first harbor 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, we 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 "ploughing, palladium field, sowing field, water making, fertilization, grass digging, grass cutting, millet dew, millet drum, and hoeing", 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.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Minnan Language