What do you think is the significance of promoting Putonghua?

"Dialects are backward, and my awareness and frequency of using local accents are not high."

"Dialects are gradually assimilated by Mandarin, and children in their hometown can't speak dialects. It is really a sad thing. "

"Dialect vocabulary can't adapt to more and more new things, so it is inevitable to be replaced."

"Speaking Mandarin is China's identity, and speaking dialects is his hometown's identity. The cultural importance of dialects cannot be ignored. "

Traditionally, we have divided modern Chinese dialects into seven regions-Northern Dialect, Wu Dialect, Xiang Dialect, Gan Dialect, Hakka Dialect, Min Dialect and Cantonese.

Today, when I returned to the village, I suddenly found a slogan many years ago in a corner of the village: "Learn Mandarin and be a civilized person". I am an undergraduate in human geography, and I carefully reflect on this sentence-is Mandarin a necessary condition for civilized people?

First of all, I deny the statement that "Mandarin invades dialects". There is no right or wrong in this matter. It is very normal that local languages will be changed by strong languages.

I heard a friend from the south (I'm from the north) say that when he was in primary school, if his children were full of dialects, they would be called to criticize by the dean.

I'm from the north. As long as I am at school, basically all the children can communicate in Mandarin. Now that I'm thirty-five, my wife and I also speak Mandarin at home.

Therefore, whenever we take our children back to their hometown or grandparents' home, the children basically can't understand the meaning of the dialect of the elderly.

Now I am interested in speaking some dialects with my children, which may be influenced by my professional knowledge of humanities. It pains me to think that the dialect that condenses the ancient cultural remains of a region will disappear in my next generation-10.

We can all imagine the purpose of promoting Putonghua in China: China has a vast territory and rich resources, and its dialects in some places are very difficult to understand (for example, Wenzhou dialect, which was also used as an exchange dialect during the Anti-Japanese War, has its own encryption function, and even if it is intercepted, non-Wenzhou people will never understand it. )

Popularizing a national common Putonghua is convenient for communication in different places and is also conducive to enhancing national cohesion.

But language is not only used for communication, dialect is a blood connection between us and our hometown. Learning Mandarin is a national identity, while learning dialects is a hometown identity. There is no conflict between them. But after all, in our life, we have to say so many words every day, and dialects and Putonghua are always changing. When you speak more Mandarin, the dialect will gradually fade away.

I long for a compromise that can preserve the differences between dialects. In this era of the global village, our world has converged enough-every place has similar snack streets, similar buildings and almost dressed girls and boys. ...

There is nothing wrong with popularization, and there is nothing wrong with protecting dialects. It's just that no one is doing it, so I won't be pushed. Friends who can speak dialects still need more persistence.