Where did Rugao dialect come from? -Wu Fengshan speaks one of the dialects.

Where did Rugao dialect come from? This is an interesting and difficult question to answer. Because there has never been a formal and credible record in the ancient Rugao dialect, it is easy for you to get to the bottom of it! Imagine that it is difficult for Rugao people to understand each other in the past dynasties, because Rugao dialect is constantly evolving in the long river of history, but it is not completely incomprehensible, because there is always a thread at work. The direct ancestor of Rugao dialect is Yunyu. According to the Spring and Autumn Period? According to the annotation of Zuo Zhuan, at the latest in the Shang Dynasty, Guo Yi was a clan country in the eastern half of Balcony Hill, such as the old Kantou Bridge in the eastern suburb of the city. Yun's sister country is Hu, in Shugang Mountain, north of Jiangdu today. The names of Wu, Yun and Han in the Spring and Autumn Period all have historical basis. The distance from east to west is about 240 kilometers, all of them are Huai Yi people, and they are mixed and merged by Dongyi and Baiyue. Huaiyi dialect should be the source of Jianghuai dialect today. This is related to the cultural sites discovered by archaeology. The nearest is Qingdun culture in Hai 'an, the farthest is Qingliangang culture in Huai 'an and Hemudu culture in Yuhang, and the farthest is Dawenkou culture in Tai 'an. Yiyue is located in the seaside, starting from the Bohai Sea in the north and reaching the Taiwan Province Strait in the south. At present, dialects in Shandong, Hebei, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Fujian all have the genetic factors of barbarian ancestors' languages. Don't think that Dongyi is a wild place. Dongyi has a splendid culture and great leaders, rich in fishing salt, and uses Niu Geng rice as crops. Barbarians are good at shooting and walking, and they are also brave in battle. Unfortunately, they have nothing to say. It's at least 3000 years ago, and it's hard to say which language it is without written records! However, nowadays Rugao dialect, Hai 'an dialect and Taixing dialect are all descendants of Yunyu, and they are always inseparable from their ancestors, and there is always a component of Yunyu. We might as well use the exclusion method to screen out all kinds of foreign dialect components that affect Rugao dialect, and the rest is Yun dialect. This is a huge, arduous and meticulous project. What we are doing now is a preliminary stage, which is rough and hypothetical, because there are more speculations and less arguments, and we may not recognize them when the arguments are complete in the future. There are many foreign dialects that influence Rugao dialect. Rugao belonged to the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and immigrants from the State of Wu had different dialects. Today, the phonetics and vocabulary of Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Danyang, Gaochun and Jiangyin are all reflected in Rugao dialect. In the early Warring States period, Wu was destroyed and Rugao returned to Yue. Yuedi includes Jiangsu, Zhejiang and northern Fujian, south of Taihu Lake, and its capital is Huiji (now Shaoxing). In the middle and late Warring States period, Chu destroyed Yue and Rugao returned to Chu. Chu has three Chu, but the dialects of southern Chu and eastern Chu have a greater influence on Rugao. The Qin Dynasty belongs to Jiujiang County. In today's Rugao dialect, it is found that the tone of Nanchang dialect has a great influence on Rugao, and there are many words with the same or similar pronunciation and vocabulary, which shows that there are many immigrants in Jiangxi. At the beginning of Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the king of Wu, drove his troops into Yanhe River and took GuPanxi Yantian, east of Rucheng, which coincided with the migration of eastern Guangdong (now Wenzhou) to Jianghuai. Today, a large number of words and sounds that are the same as or similar to Wenzhou, Jian 'ou and Tiantai dialects are found in Rugao dialect, which should be related to immigrants from eastern Guangdong. Therefore, today's linguists classify ancient Rugao dialect as southern dialect area, which is based on historical stages, historical materials of immigrants and southern dialect of Rugao dialect, and it is correct and credible. The rebellion of Yongjia Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty led to a large number of Central Plains immigrants fleeing, most of whom fled to the southeast, which led to the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. There is also a Hakka who moves around in Jianxian County, Rugao. The research proves that Rugao dialect has a homologous relationship with Hakka dialect in Jin dialect, and the massive migration of population in the Central Plains has caused a qualitative change in Rugao dialect, shifting from the southern dialect area to the northern dialect area. This is marked by the establishment of Rugao County. (Tao Jianbing finishing)