Why does Wuzhou, Guangxi speak Cantonese?

Cantonese originated in the ancient Guangxin area, which is now Wuzhou and Fengkai, Guangdong. The more official saying now is that it originated in Fengkai. When you pass by Fengkai, you can see the slogan Fengkai. Wuzhou has a unique geographical location, being an important town in eastern Guangdong and close to western Guangdong. Wuzhou has a very glorious past. During the Republic of China, Wuzhou was an economic hotspot in Guangxi. With the golden waterway Xijiang River, hundreds of companies competed for the water, business flourished, and merchants from all walks of life came from north to south.

It’s true that Wuzhou speaks Cantonese. As for why it speaks Cantonese, this is originally Cantonese. There is no reason. Cantonese is spoken in many places in Guangxi, including: Yulin, Nanning, Guigang and other places, but other places The pronunciation is different from what everyone usually hears. This is also the common situation between Guangdong and Guangxi. The pronunciation is different in many places, including the pronunciation in many places in Guangdong. Speaking of why Cantonese is spoken, this is a long story:

Cantonese, also known as Cantonese and Cantonese, is commonly known as vernacular and overseas known as Tang dialect. It is a tonal language of the Chinese family of the Sino-Tibetan language family. , is also the mother tongue of the Han Cantonese ethnic group. Due to the rapid economic development of Guangdong later, including the return of Hong Kong, more people knew the vernacular, so the representative word of Guangdong was used instead of Guangdong; it is referred to as Cantonese.

The Cantonese dialect is widely popular in overseas Chinese communities such as Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, New York and San Francisco in the United States, and Vancouver and Toronto in Canada. The number of Cantonese speakers in Guangdong is about 38 million, and the number of Cantonese speakers worldwide is about 70 million.

The early center of Cantonese was not in Guangzhou but in Guangxin (Guangxin was the capital of Jiaozhou during the ancient Han Dynasty. It was located in the area of ??Wuzhou, Hezhou in Guangxi and Fengkai in Guangdong, that is, the intersection of Xijiang and Hejiang. In recent years, Experts and scholars have verified that since 106 BC, Guangxin has been the political, economic and cultural center of Lingnan for more than 300 years. It is known as the "ancient capital of Lingnan" and is the earliest birthplace of Lingnan culture and Cantonese).

So in ancient times, the real Guangxin dialect, commonly known as "Goulu Cantonese" was not the current Cantonese, but the current Wuzhou dialect. As for the Cantonese that is now recognized by everyone, it is actually based on Hong Kong dialect. , because of the very good and rapid development of Hong Kong's relationship, after the handover, many Hong Kong songs and TV series appeared. People began to communicate in this dialect and used it as a standard, including Guangzhou, which is now relatively standard. In the past, it did not have this kind of pronunciation. Therefore, Wuzhou dialect can be said to be the early pronunciation of the real Cantonese.

Wuzhou was also a very important place in the early days. Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty established the first Governor-General's Palace in Chinese history in Wuzhou. The city is a famous Lingnan city with a history of more than 2,100 years, and is known as a "century-old commercial port". It is the city with the most historical and cultural heritage in Guangxi and one of the four core cities in Guangxi. In ancient times, the real center of Guangdong and Guangxi was in Wuzhou. Therefore, Wuzhou is one of the truly representative cities of Cantonese and the birthplace of Cantonese.

Not only Wuzhou, there are many cities in Guangxi that speak Cantonese. Among them, Yulin and Guigang, which are relatively close to Wuzhou, are all influenced by Wuzhou.

Affected are not only the surrounding areas of Guangxi, but also overseas. Many people in Hong Kong were also exiled in the Republic of China and even in the late Qing Dynasty. There was also the most famous piglet selling incident in the late Qing Dynasty in history. , many people were sold to Nanyang (Malaysia) and Malacca. In many periods of history, our compatriots were forced to carry forward the Cantonese language.