Dialect and Chinese Culture

Author: Zhou Zhenhe
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is a collaboration between Zhou Zhenhe, a historian, geographer, and cultural and linguistic scholar, and You Rujie, a linguist from the Chinese Department of Fudan University. Based on solid knowledge of historical geography and linguistics, it comprehensively analyzes the historical evolution of Chinese dialects and their complex relationship with Chinese culture from multiple perspectives and levels, covering aspects such as immigration, cultivated plants, toponymy, opera, fiction, folklore, and cultural exchange. The historical-geographical analysis method employed in the study of dialects is particularly praised by the academic community. With a unique research perspective, clear analytical reasoning, original insights, and a fluent, accessible writing style, the book not only holds high academic value but is also engaging and entertaining. The first edition of this book won the Second Prize in the First National Higher Education Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Award and is now presented in this newly revised edition. The book is divided into eight chapters, covering topics such as dialects and immigration, dialect geography and human geography, the reconstruction of historical dialect geography and its cultural background, and exploring cultural connotations through toponymy.