The Regional Culture of Saiqi Town

Fuan dialect, the northern dialect of Mindong dialect, is widely used in Saiqi area, and the locals call it Pinghua. Fuan dialect belongs to the northern part of Min dialect and Mindong dialect (Funing dialect), and it is a representative dialect in the northern part. Mainly used in Ningde, Fu 'an, fuding city, Xiapu, Shouning, zhouning county and Zherong counties in the northeast of Fujian Province.

Fujian Oriental dialect was probably formed in the Tang Dynasty, and the underlying vocabulary was influenced by the ancient Vietnamese language to some extent. Early immigrants before Wei and Jin Dynasties brought ancient Wu dialect and ancient Chu dialect, and ancient Chinese and middle Chinese also obviously remained in Fujian Oriental dialect.