What does Zongsang mean?

Zongsang means beast, which is a dialect of Shanghai.

Shanghai dialect is an important foundation of Shanghai local culture. Shanghai dialect is an important representative of Wu dialect, which can basically communicate with other dialects in Taihu Lake area of Wu dialect and is an influential language in modern Wu dialect area. Shanghai dialect is a new type of urban Wu dialect, which is based on the original local dialect in Shanghai and naturally merged with the immigrant dialects from all parts of Wu dialect area after Shanghai opened to the outside world.

Shanghai dialect in the usual sense refers to the dialect in Shanghai. Shanghai dialect in a broad sense also includes Shanghai suburban dialects, such as Pudong dialect, Songjiang dialect, Jiading dialect, Chongming dialect, Jinshan dialect, Qingpu dialect, Fengxian dialect and Baoshan dialect.

Shanghai dialect is a Chinese dialect formed in the long history of Shanghai, which brings together the essence of wuyue Jiangnan language and culture and has a profound cultural accumulation. Shanghai dialect bears the echo of Shanghai's times, cultural blood and historical memory. Shanghai should inherit the essence of Shanghai's language and culture if it is to become a pearl of oriental culture with individual characteristics.

Shanghai dialect:

1, Chongming dialect area:

Chongming dialect is a relatively stable, ancient and distinctive dialect in the northern edge of Wu dialect because it is surrounded by water and is not easily influenced by foreign dialects. Chongming, Qidong and Haimen dialects are the same, commonly known as "Chongqihai dialect". The use of Chongming dialect basically includes the island (including Changxing and Hengsha)? And Changyinsha in the north of Qidong, Haimen, Nantong and Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu Province (north of Nanhengtao and east of South Central River, namely Jinfeng, Yule, Samsung, Zhaofeng, Farm and Nanfeng).

2. Old Shanghai dialect area:

Including Pudong dialect and Shanghai suburban dialect, Pudong dialect belongs to the old Shanghai dialect area of Taihu Lake, Suhujia and Songjiang dialect area of Wu language family. Nanhui County, Chuansha County, Linsan, Chen Xing and Du Xing in the east of Huangpu River in Shanghai County, and Situan Town and Ping 'an Town in Fengxian District have little difference in dialects, commonly known as "Pudong Gossip".

3. Songjiang dialect area:

Songjiang dialect area includes Songjiang, Jinshan, Qingpu, Minhang, Fengxian and a small part of Jiading District. Compared with the strength of Shanghai dialect, Songjiang dialect area has long been ignored. Often referred to as Shanghai dialect or Songjiang dialect, Qingpu dialect, Jinshan dialect, Fengxian (Dongxiang and Xixiang) dialect and Minhang dialect, there is a lack of unified understanding.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanghainese.