Who are the ancestors of Minnan people?

I don't know if you have noticed that there are not a few people who speak Minnan in the world. Minnan dialect is not unique to a region, but is spread all over the world. What's going on here? Is it the reason why Minnan people are all over the world? Who are the ancestors of Minnan people? Next, let me lead you to learn Minnan, just to ensure that you benefit a lot.

First of all, Minnan culture belongs to immigrant culture. The core area of southern Fujian is mainly in Quanzhou Plain in the lower reaches of Jinjiang and Zhangzhou Plain in the lower reaches of Jiulong River. Later, with the accelerated flow of Han people in the north and the continuous expansion to the south, it promoted and accelerated the development and development of southern Fujian.

In order to adapt to the difficult environment of wandering and trekking, the Central Plains culture took root and grew up in southern Fujian after experiencing fierce collision, social changes and self-sublation, but its integrity was challenged, which made some differences with the local culture of the Central Plains, thus deeply branding it as an immigrant culture.

Secondly, Minnan culture has strong compatibility and openness. On the one hand, in the process of continuous migration and gathering of Han people to the south, there is a blend between Han people who moved in from different origins and different historical stages, and between Han people and local ethnic minorities in southern Fujian.

On the other hand, during the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou Port's external traffic entered an unprecedented period of prosperity and became an oriental trading port with "international merchants on the rise". It attracts people from many countries in Asia, Africa and even Europe to trade and engage in cultural exchange activities. They not only settled in Quanzhou for business, but also spread Islam and its culture. It can be seen that in the process of multi-ethnic cultural integration and development, this multi-cultural combination is very inclusive and open to the outside world.

Minnan dialect, also known as Heluo dialect, originated in the Yellow River and Luoshui basin, commonly known as "Heluo dialect". This is because in the Jin Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains fled the war and settled in the unnamed river, and named this river "Jinjiang" to show that they were Jin Dynasty people.

This also brought Heluo dialect to Fujian and evolved into three dialect families: northern Fujian, central Fujian and southern Fujian. The large-scale migration of Han people to southern Fujian brought the Central Plains accent from the 8th century to10th century in the Tang and Five Dynasties. From the late Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Minnan people immigrated to Taiwan Province Province and brought Minnan dialect to Taiwan Province Province. Unexpectedly, the place where Heluo dialect was originally spoken no longer speaks Heluo dialect.

Conclusion According to historical records, Minnan culture belongs to immigrant culture and is a combination of Central Plains culture and local culture. Later, people stayed away from Minnan for commercial reasons and brought Minnan culture to other places. That's why the distribution of Minnan dialect is formed today. Therefore, the ancestors of Minnan people should be from the Central Plains in ancient times.