Xuzhou is a great help to Lianyungang. Lianyungang was completely out of Shandong's control until the 1960s, and dared not accept them back to Jiangsu Province. Xuzhou took them into the family out of sympathy, and they didn't stand up for the first time until Jiangsu Province realized the city governing the county in the 1980s. During this period, Xuzhou helped Lianyungang to establish education, health and ports. Let Lianyungang become a little modern (but still very backward) from a relatively backward place, and some Lianyungang people scolded it.
Lianyungang dialect has a heavy tongue curl, which is incomparable to other dialect areas in Jiangsu Province. Many people speculate that Lianyungang people are northern minorities. Judging from their accents, there are indeed traces to follow. Such a thick tongue rolling sound makes people mistakenly think that it is from Saibei, and Lianyungang dialect can't be found in the whole country. However, some Lianyungang people are very anxious, so they desperately lean south and fantasize about joining Jianghuai. But Yangzhou and Nanjing, authentic Jianghuai, simply don't recognize Lianyungang, let alone Lianyungang and Nanjing. So what is the life experience of Lianyungang dialect? It is boldly speculated that they may be descendants of the northern minority army, and the Mongols are the most suspected. When China was swept by Mongolia, it was collected from Japan, and Lianyungang was the sea port. It is conceivable that there were many Mongolians in Lianyungang in those days.
In addition, Lianyungang, as the only region in Jiangsu Province that has been ruled by Shandong for more than ten years, will undoubtedly be contaminated with the habits of some Shandong people. To put it bluntly, it is a bit of a combination of all diseases, coupled with a strong Xianbei and high-speed accent, which really combines the aura of heaven and earth with the essence of the sun and the moon, creating a generation of Lianyungang dialect (commonly known as Xunzi).
Lianyungang's economic performance makes its true face with poor cultural background unobstructed. The first batch of ports in China 14 developed to the second level in Jiangsu Province. Besides dialect and culture, what are the reasons?
Lianyungang people come from complex sources, Mongolia, Xianbei, and later ruled by Shandong, which is really chaotic. Lianyungang dialect is very different from the surrounding areas, which is also the reason. Because of the unified proportion of each component, no dialect can dominate, Lianyungang is difficult to find close relatives, especially Xianbei disappeared as a whole, Mongolia collapsed and withdrew from the north, and Lianyungang dialect became an isolated island of dialects.
China was divided into north and south several times, and the dividing line was pushed north and south near Huaihe River. For example, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, especially in the late Southern Dynasty, the dividing line between Chen and the North was basically on the Huaihe River. Lianyungang, north of Huaihe River, is not the Southern Dynasties, but the base of the northern navy going south, with more troops stationed in the north. Of course, there was no Lianyungang at that time. Lianyungang at that time was only a part of Xuzhou. Now, if we look at the history of Lianyungang, we can only look for it in the historical chapter of Xuzhou, and maybe we can find some clues, but we have to find another way. As for the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Lianyungang's history, like Xuzhou's, only existed in the Five Dynasties and had little to do with the ten kingdoms outside the Central Plains.
As for Lianyungang dialect, I don't want to comment too much, but reading a question raised by a Lianyungang person makes me feel entangled. On the dialect map, Lianyungang dialect is clearly distinguished from Zhongyuan Mandarin, but some Lianyungang people ask why Lianyungang dialect is classified as Zhongyuan Mandarin. Is this looking for trouble? Is there such a problem? As expected, someone caught me and killed an army, and I was speechless. As for Donghai dialect, according to my hearing, it should belong to a semi-remote area, half like Xuzhou dialect. But some Lianyungang people want to expand their territory, that is to say, Donghai dialect is similar to Xinpu dialect. If it is the same, then Lianyungang dialect should contain some Xuzhou dialect elements. Why haven't I heard that Xinpu dialect is the same as Xuzhou dialect? Of course, whether it's Donghai dialect or Xinpu dialect, I don't want to use Lianyungang dialect to manage your own internal affairs, so let it be.
Finally, I want to make a general summary of Lianyungang dialect. Lianyungang basically belongs to a dialect area with unclear origin, which is very different from the surrounding dialects. However, in order to find a backer, some Lianyungang people claim that Lianyungang dialect is Jianghuai dialect, which is ridiculous and cannot be classified as Jianghuai dialect by virtue of its curly tongue. Strictly speaking, there is no entering tone in Lianyungang dialect, and there are only a few throat plugs at most. Not only is there no obvious entering tone in the forced word, but even there is no entering tone ending in P, T and K in Wu dialect, while some Lianyungang people think that a little throat plug is like grasping at straws. In fact, it is still a question whether these throat plugs are Mongolian or not, and the remains of Xianbei language are still a problem.
Lianyungang is quite different from Zhongyuan Mandarin and Jianghuai Dialect. Is Lianyungang dialect authentic Chinese because everyone else is wrong? In a serious and responsible spirit, I searched all the phonological books in China, but I couldn't find the edges and corners left by ancient Chinese. Lianyungang dialect has really become an unidentified language.
The ancient army stationed in a certain place for a long time will produce the word "military" in the local area, so I wonder if Lianyungang is the word "military" produced by Xianbei and Mongolian troops? Or the exile of North Korean prisoners of war? Because there are indeed historical records that there were 200,000 Korean prisoners of war in northern Jiangsu in the Tang Dynasty, and their final whereabouts were unknown. . . Of course, I'm just speculating.
Lianyungang people with strong northeast accent are anxious because they can't find the source. Lianyungang people are eager to find the same point in the south. In fact, they are going in the wrong direction and should go to South Korea to look for them. Korean is still entering the tone.
Why is Lianyungang dialect confined to a small place? I began to think of them in a serious and responsible spirit. Are they remnants of ancient Chinese? However, I was disappointed. The strong accent of Lianyungang people forced me to think about other solutions. "Mongolian dialect" and "Korean" descendants of prisoners of war are the closest explanations to the facts at present.