Where are Wenzhou people from?

Wenzhou used to say that after Qin unified the whole country, it belonged to Minzhong County. In the third year of Huidi in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 192), it was the capital of the East China Sea King (commonly known as the East Ouwang Qiyou). In the 3rd year of Emperor Yonghe of Hanshun (138), Dongou Township in Anxian County was located in Yongning County, and the county seat was located on the north bank of the lower reaches of Oujiang River in Oubei Town, Yongjia County, which was the beginning of the county. In the first year of Dongtaining (323), Yongjia County was established in Yongning, Angu, Hengyang and Songyang counties in the south of Linhai County, and the county was located on the south bank of the lower reaches of Oujiang River (now Lucheng District), which was the beginning of the county construction in Wenzhou. Tang Gaozu Wude was established in Dongshi in the fifth year (622) and in Wenzhou in the second year of Emperor Gaozong (675). From then on 1300 years, the country name has not changed, and the state has not changed much. When the Revolution of 1911 broke out,191year1kloc-0/month 8, Wenzhou established a "government of separation of military and political affairs" and was placed under the Zhejiang military government.

On the Origin of Wenzhou Dialect

Wenzhou was the land of Ouyue before Qin and Han Dynasties, belonging to Baiyue. The main ethnic group was Baiyue people, who spoke an ancient Yue language. It can't talk to Qi in the north, nor can it speak the same language as Chu in the west. Qi and Chu speak Chinese. Guyue language belongs to Dong-Tai language, and it is the sibling language of Dong, Shui, Zhuang, Dai, Li, Thai, Yue-Jing and Burmese today.

The most obvious evidence of the ancient Vietnamese language is that "the attribute is placed after the noun", such as "waist, heat, pickles, dried bamboo shoots, roasted rice, soft tofu, raw fish, raw crabs, lettuce, pavilions, sweat, needles, anvil, arms and feet, titles, shoe covers, walls and slippers"; Second, adverbs are placed after verbs, such as "eat fields and go well"; Third, adverbs are placed after adjectives, such as "red and bitter".

Wenzhou is located at the southernmost tip of Wu dialect area, bordering on Min dialect area. Therefore, Wenzhou dialect retains many characteristics similar to Min dialect, but it has developed into modern Wu dialect with the development of Wu dialect area. This is because Wenzhou belonged to Huiji from the Eastern Han Dynasty, while Dongwu belonged to Linhai, and Yongjia was not divided into an independent county until 323. For a long time, Wenzhou was under the administrative jurisdiction of Huiji (now Shaoxing).

Wenzhou dialect in the Southern Song Dynasty is very distinctive, which can be seen from the opera Zhang Xie's Champion. At the end of the Song Dynasty, Yongjia Dai Dong collected a large number of folk words and sounds of Wenzhou dialect in his hometown, which fully showed that Wenzhou dialect at that time was very close to today's language.

Then, Baiyue people speak Baiyue language, which is Dong-Tai language. The ancestors of Wenzhou people are Baiyue people. How did Wenzhou dialect later evolve into Wu dialect, a branch of southern Chinese dialect?

Baiyue people have been in contact with the Han nationality from the north for a long time. Baiyue people must learn Chinese if they want to learn the advanced technology and culture of the Han nationality. With the passage of time, there are more and more Chinese loanwords and Chinese components in these national languages, and finally Baiyue language disappears.

However, a considerable number of basic words will be preserved from the national language, and not using these words will not cause much obstacle in talking with Han people. This is the case in the southern dialect of modern Chinese. In Wenzhou dialect, some words can be found more or less, such as "insect" and "field". Their pronunciations are similar to those of Dong-Tai dialect, but their origins can't be found in northern Chinese dialects and ancient documents. These words are not cultural words or core words, but they are basic words often used in spoken English. Scholars believe that after the Han nationality in the north moved south, its language replaced Baiyue language in the south, but it also borrowed words such as "Zan" and "Tan" from Baiyue language. But there is always a reason for Han people to borrow Baiyue words. For example, "Grapefruit" says "pe" in Wu dialect of Wenzhou dialect, which may be the bottom word of Baiyue. There are no grapefruit in the north. When the Han people went to the place where Baiyue people lived, they saw this fruit, but they didn't know its name, so they copied the local Baiyue people's statement. The word "Tan" is so important in rural areas. In the vast rural areas of southern Zhejiang, farmers say "go to Tan" and "come from Tan" all day long, and "Tan" refers to fields, while people in the same city rarely mention the word "Tan" when talking. At that time, Baiyue people were also in contact with the Han people, and they could still talk to the Han people without changing Baiyue language. This is the reason why the word "Tan" in Baiyue can remain unchanged for thousands of years.

Wenzhou is a multi-dialect area with many kinds and great differences, which can be called the highest in the country and the highest in the world. Wenzhou dialect mainly includes Ou dialect, Min dialect, Manchu and Manchu, She Hakka dialect and Jinxiang dialect. (Wenzhou Metropolis Daily)