The meaning of Shanghai dialect

Shanghai dialect, also known as Shanghai dialect, Shanghai dialect, Wu dialect Shanghai dialect and 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 in a narrow sense refers to Shanghai urban dialect, which is widely used now and is recognized as the mainstream common dialect in Shanghai. Shanghai dialect is a new urban Wu dialect, which is based on the local Wu dialect and naturally blended with immigrant dialects from Wu-speaking areas around the world after Shanghai opened its port.

Shanghai dialect is a dialect formed in the long history of Shanghai, which brings together the essence of wuyue Jiangnan language and culture and has 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.

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Shanghai dialect, also known as Shanghai dialect, is a dialect of Wu dialect mainly distributed in Shanghai, belonging to a small piece of Wu dialect in Taihu Lake, Jiangsu and Hu Jia [Note 2]. The wave of immigrants from Shanghai in history has expanded the influence of Shanghainese. For example, in Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, the United States, Japan, Australia and other countries (regions), Shanghainese also has some users.

With a large number of non-Jiangsu and Zhejiang immigrants moving to Shanghai in recent decades, as well as the restrictions on Shanghai dialect by schools, television and radio, the level of Shanghai dialect of a considerable number of Shanghainese has declined, and even the local culture closely related to Shanghai dialect has gradually disappeared.

Shanghai used to belong to Songjiang prefecture and was once under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing, and its language was mainly Jiaxing dialect. After the establishment of Songjiang Prefecture, Songjiang dialect developed independently on the basis of Jiaxing dialect, forming a relatively backward Songjiang dialect in Wu dialect. According to the Records of Songjiang Prefecture, in the Ming Dynasty, "Shanghai was the most important city, while Jiaxing was the most important". In the Qing Dynasty, "Shanghai was the most important city, while Suzhou was the most important". Suzhou dialect also has an important influence on Shanghai dialect because of its authority and rich literary forms (Wu novels, legends, tanci, folk songs, etc.). ).

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