Immigration to Shangrao

Because Jiangxi is a place with strong cultural characteristics, their local dialects are chaotic. The main city of Ganzhou uses Southwest Mandarin, while most people here in Jiujiang speak Jianghuai Mandarin. People in Shangrao are all Wu dialect, while the main body of Jiangxi is the language of Jiangyou people, so each region has its own different dialect, which leads to Ganzhou, Jiujiang and Shangrao not speaking Jiangyou people's language.

In fact, it's not just a few cities in Jiangxi that don't speak local dialects. Many cities across the country have their own language characteristics, perhaps in the same city, and each county below has a different language family. In fact, this is normal, because China's culture is profound, including the cultural and linguistic features of each place. Then again, most people in Jiangxi speak Jiangxi dialect, that is, the language of local Jiangyou people, while Ganzhou, Jiujiang, Shangrao and other places may have hindered cultural exchanges at that time, resulting in great language differences.

Ganzhou is special because most people in Ganzhou are descendants of Guilin people and Liuzhou people. Rebellion broke out in Gannan in the Ming Dynasty, and later the government transferred a large number of soldiers from Guilin and Liuzhou to suppress it. Then these people stayed in the afterlife and gradually became their own Ganzhou Mandarin.

Shangrao is in the easternmost part of Jiangxi. Shangrao was actually a part of Jiangsu and Zhejiang at the earliest time, and was later assigned to Jiangxi, so it is normal for Shangrao to speak Wu dialect here. Then Jiujiang is a special place, because it is in the northernmost position, and there are frequent wars in this place, resulting in serious loss of local population. After each loss, the government will supplement it from Jianghuai immigrants. Over time, most people here speak Jianghuai Mandarin. Therefore, it can be seen from the above special circumstances that although most areas in Jiangxi speak the local language, there are always a few cities that are special.