Speaking of dialects, some very intriguing questions. Speaking in tongues in the end be considered a kind of "earth" signs that the problem is not a simple answer. Think of the early 1980s to the 1990s that Cantonese Apprentice status to bad "soil" is not "soil" to evaluate dialects.
Who can forget, after the reform and opening up, China hundreds of millions of Cantonese song became a youth "voice", the first is from about the 1980s TV series "Fearless" theme song started, followed by a large number of Hong Kong pop star appeal, Cantonese actually become a unique "musical language"!
If you think, once the ancient Guangdong is China's border, even relegate the officials make mistakes, where the language is framed as "very pragmatic" Who would have thought at that time, this language, actually in the 1980s suddenly swept north and south of the Great Wall?
The passage of time, today seems a bit past glory Cantonese - People on the dialect, often "snobbery" Just look at China comedy sketch language direction, it is not difficult to see through people's attitudes to the language. Years ago, she Laughed multi Tianjin, Tangshan, then amused, but after 90 years, then northeast sketch rise into today's jargon comedy and farce.
Is there a great civilization, it is hanging in the air. Listen to Great Britain Scottish bagpipes, take a look at the Russian Cossack saber dance, the United States of America country music ...... these magnificent imperial culture, are constructed in solid folk customs "cornerstone" on.
Dialect, not only the language, it is the Chinese regional carrier of culture, is the soil in civilization. Cultural diversity and the interaction between them, and encourage competition, the internal mechanism of our civilization is enduring. Behind dialect, contains the essence of this cultural diversity, so protection dialect, is to protect the culture, that is, to defend civilization.