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How old is Mandarin?
In fact, the Mandarin we use now has a history of less than 400 years. The so-called Putonghua is a language that can communicate with each other and spread widely. Mandarin was formed in the early Qing Dynasty. Before the Qing Dynasty, there was no concept of Putonghua, and dialects in various regions were particularly complicated. At that time, Mandarin was called Mandarin, which was actually Chinese spoken by Manchu people. The Qing dynasty promoted this kind of mandarin throughout the country, so the mandarin at that time was deeply branded as a slave!

First force the Han people to cut their hair and change clothes, then enslave the Han people in language, and finally enslave the Han people in thought! However, due to the advantages of catchy and easy to learn, this kind of Putonghua is finally used as standard Chinese. The prototype and foundation of the current Mandarin is a supplement to the Mandarin of the Qing Dynasty: the so-called Mandarin is actually a tool for mutual communication! Sun Yat-sen hated the Mandarin of the Qing Dynasty, which was the Mandarin at that time. When the Republic of China was founded, he suggested abolishing Mandarin and advocating Sichuan dialect as Mandarin, but for various reasons, it ended in failure!