Xiangtan dialect
Xiangtan dialect, also known as Xiangtan dialect, belongs to the branch of Xiang dialect and New Xiang dialect. The Xiangtan dialect in a narrow sense refers to the dialect in the urban area of ??Xiangtan. The dialect in the urban area of ??Xiangtan is different from the dialect in Xiangtan County.
Xiangtan dialect is a typical Xiang dialect, but there are internal differences. Generally speaking, it can be divided into two types. One is represented by urban dialect, with independent entrance tone and voiced pronunciation in Yang and low tone. This film includes the urban area of ??Xiangtan, the towns in Xiangtan County except Qingshanqiao Township, and Yintian, Yongyi, Ruyi, and Yanglin Township in Shaoshan. The other one is represented by Xiangxiang dialect and belongs to the Xiang dialect Lou Shao film. In the Shenggui school, most of the ancient fully voiced initial consonants are pronounced with voiced consonants today. The Xiangtan dialect has six tones, and the incoming tones are independent to distinguish yin and yang, which is basically the same as the Changsha dialect.
Xiangxiang dialect
The Xiangxiang dialect, also known as Xiangxiang dialect, is a branch of the Xiang dialect and one of the most representative Old Xiang dialects.
The Xiangxiang dialect was spoken in the ancient Xiangxiang area, including today's Xiangxiang City, Shuangfeng County, Louxing District and part of Lianyuan (it was a county before 1952). According to verification, Xiangxiang dialect is one of the two most complete and oldest preserved ancient languages, and Xiangxiang dialect belongs to the ancient Chu language. In the context of China's ongoing social changes, traditional and spontaneous folk customs rich in local characteristics are becoming increasingly rare in cities, such as dragon and lion dance performances during the Spring Festival, and numerous teams participating in the Xiangjiang River during the Dragon Boat Festival and attracting Dragon boat races with large audiences and so on. The traditional Xiangtan Flower Drum Opera, Xiangtan Hunan Opera, and Shadow Puppetry are facing existential threats in the era of television and movies. Traditional folk music in the Xiangtan area mainly includes suona performances and folk songs. The folk suona of Qingshan Bridge in Xiangtan County was included in the first batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage in Hunan Province in 2006, and was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage expansion projects in 2008. It is also the only selected project in Xiangtan City.
The traditional festivals that are still popular today include: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, March 3rd, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, July Half, Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiaonian, etc. During the Spring Festival, it is popular to send spring and receive spring and to send and receive the God of Wealth. March 3 preserves the tradition of "boiling eggs with ground cabbage" during the Shangsi Festival; on July 15 (i.e. the Hungry Ghost Festival), rural areas take the souls of ancestors home, serve tributes and burn money paper, which is commonly known as "July 15 receiving old guests".
Mahjong and poker are popular among urban and rural residents. In addition, mass entertainment activities are mainly provided by mass media or entertainment venues such as dance halls. The Xiangtan dialect talk show performed by Li Qingde and others is a folk art form with local characteristics that has attracted widespread attention through the media. It uses the more "local" Xiangtan dialect as the form and uses anecdotes and self-deprecation about the lives of the middle and lower classes in rural areas or cities. The social observation of sex is the content, which embodies a revival of new secular culture.