How did the ancients speak? Is Mandarin the same as it is now?

Some people say that it is not wrong for China to speak Shaanxi dialect in the Han and Tang Dynasties, but Shaanxi dialect in the Han and Tang Dynasties and Shaanxi dialect now are not the same language.

Because of historical reasons, great changes have taken place in the dialects of China during the 500 years of the Warring States period. Then, due to the large-scale official migration after the reunification of Qin, the dialects of China were almost mobilized.

Later, after a large number of minority languages in the Five Dynasties and Ten Countries were integrated into Chinese, due to various historical reasons, the current "Shaanxi dialect" and the "Shaanxi dialect" before Han and Tang Dynasties were not a language at all.

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, a large number of immigrants moved to Fujian and Guangdong. At present, Fujian dialect and Cantonese only retain some sounds and characters of Han and Tang dynasties, and later these immigrants went to Hainan and other places.

Dialects similar to "Putonghua" came into being in Qing Dynasty and began to be popularized after being standardized by New China.

Now "Putonghua" and the dialects of Han and Tang Dynasties are completely different languages.

At that time, people spoke without any inflections, and their tongues were stuck.

It's a pity that the current "Mandarin" has not entered the tone, but the tones and pronunciations of ancient Chinese are preserved in Min dialect and Cantonese.

I can tell you for sure that the dialect prevailing in China during the Han and Tang Dynasties will never be similar to the northern dialect in China now.

At that time, people spoke without any inflections, and their tongues were stuck.

If you want to talk about what language it is, you can only tell you which dialect belongs to the same Chinese system in China and which dialect belongs to the dialect at that time, which has not been verified.

I can only tell you that the pronunciation and vocabulary of Han and Tang dialects are similar to those of Fujian and Guangdong dialects now, but only similar.