Why is the dialect in Hangzhou a bit out of place compared with the surrounding cities?

Because of the accent in downtown Hangzhou, many northerners moved here in the Southern Song Dynasty, which had a certain influence on the Wu dialect here. For example, Yuhang District, Xiaoshan District and other suburban counties in Hangzhou belong to Tiaoxi and Shao Lin in Wu dialect. Only in downtown Hangzhou, influenced by the northern dialect, many words are closer to Mandarin, such as Ya 'er, you, us, and so on.

Speaking of the city of Hangzhou, we all know that Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang, and it is also a beautiful city in the south of the Yangtze River, juxtaposed with Suzhou as a paradise. Hangzhou is similar to most cities in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and the local dialect belongs to Wu dialect. However, many tourists, especially those from other cities in southern Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang, will find that Hangzhou dialect seems to be different from the surrounding dialects and has many accents.

In fact, Hangzhou used to belong to the authentic Wu dialect area. Even now, the suburbs of Hangzhou, such as Yuhang and Xiaoshan, have not been influenced by the northern dialect, but the accent of Hangzhou City is unique, because in ancient times, many immigrants from the Central Plains moved to Hangzhou City, especially when the North and South Song Dynasties alternated, so a large number of people from the north came here, which had a certain influence on the local dialect of Hangzhou over time. Now Hangzhou.

However, this phenomenon only appears in the urban area of Hangzhou. In Wu dialect, that is, the downtown area of Hangzhou belongs to a small piece of Hangzhou, which is an independent area, while the surrounding Xiaoshan belongs to Shaoxing dialect, and the accent of Yuhang District belongs to a small piece of Tiaoxi, which belongs to Huzhou, the west of Jiaxing and the southwest of Suzhou, and is not influenced by Mandarin.