Harbin's unique language and culture

Harbin is a city in the northeast of China, which is more than 1000 kilometers away from Beijing, the capital of China. Although far apart, the language and culture of Harbin are highly similar to those of Beijing. Beijing dialect is the standard Putonghua in China, while Harbin dialect is one of the most standard Putonghua. Next, let's walk into Harbin culture and learn about the language of Harbin people.

Compared with other Chinese dialects, Harbin dialect has the characteristics of standardized expression and clarity. The popularity of Putonghua in Harbin is obviously better than that in Jilin Province, Liaoning Province and most other cities in Heilongjiang Province. Some foreigners think Harbin dialect is nice and authentic, and there is no strange accent. The pronunciation of Harbin people is obviously different from that of other areas in Northeast China, and the pronunciation of Harbin urban and suburban areas is also obviously different. It is precisely for this reason that in the past decades, Harbin has trained a large number of successful broadcasters and presenters for radio stations, television stations and literary and art groups all over the country.

The Formation of Harbin Dialect

Many people think that this is because Harbin is inhabited by many ethnic groups and promotes Putonghua. Since immigration, language has been divided. People in the same place used to speak a language, but they acquired dialects with regional characteristics because of immigration. On the one hand, the formation and development of Beijing dialect are directly influenced by the northeast nationalities, namely, Jurchen and Manchu. On the other hand, Harbin Mandarin. On the other hand, it was deeply influenced by the relocation of Beijing Banner.

In the mid-Qing Dynasty, nearly 65,438+10,000 Manchu people in Beijing returned to Harbin, bringing standard Chinese pronunciation to local Chinese-speaking natives. Harbin dialect in a narrow sense is actually Harbin urban dialect (Daoli, Daowai, Nangang, Xiangfang and Songbei).

Northeast dialect can be divided into Liaodong dialect and Liaoxi dialect. Liaodong dialect faces Jiaodong Peninsula across the sea, while Liaoxi dialect is similar to neighboring Hebei. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Shandong people who spoke Liaodong dialect and Hebei people who spoke Liaoxi dialect spread to Harbin because the court no longer prohibited them from entering some counties in Northeast China. Therefore, Liaodong dialect, Liaoxi dialect and indigenous dialect are mixed together. In Harbin, people must give up other noises in their mother tongue and use languages and sounds acceptable to both sides in order to communicate well. After several generations of convergence, separation and purification, Harbin dialect, which is very similar to Putonghua, was finally formed.

But another important reason for the formation of Harbin dialect is the unique geographical environment of Heilongjiang Province (Songhua River Basin). Rivers are often the origin of human beings, such as the Yellow River, Nile, Ganges and Euphrates. They are the four natural basins of human civilization and form their own languages, which are the natural boundaries of human language areas.

Harbin dialect is not isolated. In the northeast, there is no obvious difference between Qiqihar, Daqing dialect and Harbin dialect along the entire Songhua River basin (including Jilin Province) and in the west, but the pronunciation of individual words is slightly different. However, if you leave the Songhua River basin, such as Shenyang in the Liaohe River basin in the southeast of China, the accent immediately becomes very different and easy to distinguish.

Of course, Harbin still speaks Northeast dialect, but it is only reflected in some words, not the accent.