Hakkas living in Huizhou, Heyuan and other places in the Dongjiang River Basin use two kinds of Hakka languages. One is a language that is slightly different from Meizhou Hakka, which is called "Shuiyuanyin". It is also a language used by the Hakka ancestors who came to Lingnan and lived in the east river. When Qin Shihuang launched a southern expedition of 500,000 troops, Zhao Tuo led a group of troops stationed in the south of Jiangxi Province. They went to the Taojiang River, Gongshui River, Lianjiang River and Xiangshui River in the upper reaches of Ganjiang River, passed through Dingnan River and Xunwu River and went down to the Dongjiang River. They were appointed as Longchuan. County magistrate. The "Shuiyuanyin" used by the Hakka people in the Dongjiang Basin since the Qin and Han Dynasties is also called "Snake Dialect". Zhao Tuo, also known as Zhao Ta, whether it is "Tuo" or "ta", actually refers to "snake". "Shuowen" explains: "It is an insect. It grows from an insect and looks like a curved and vertical tail. The grasses in ancient times suffered from it, so I wonder if there is no other one?" In ancient times, Lingnan was a land of southern barbarians, full of miasma, insects and snakes. In ancient times, people "got tattoos and cut off their hair to avoid the harm of dragons." ("Hanshu Geography") After dinosaur egg fossils were discovered along the Dongjiang River in 1996, dinosaur fossils were discovered in 1999, indicating that the ancient Dongjiang River Basin was the hometown of dinosaurs. It is not an exaggeration to say that the fossil history scientifically proves that the ancient Dongjiang River Basin was the land of dragons and snakes. When people talk about Zhao Tuo, they naturally say "snake words". The Hakka dialect of Shuiyuanyin in Tuocheng, Heyuan is a very ancient Hakka dialect. It can be said to be the inheritance of the oldest Hakka accent after the Qin Dynasty army arrived in Guangdong. The Hakka dialect of Heyuan and Huizhou Shuiyuan (also known as "Old Hakka") is very similar to the Hakka dialect of Meizhou Dabu (a county established during the Eastern Jin Dynasty), Zhao'an and Raoping of Fujian, which are thousands of miles away from the Guangzhou dialect area and have been isolated from the Guangzhou dialect area for thousands of years. It is slightly different from Meizhou Yin Hakka. The pronunciation of this old Hakka dialect is crisp and clear, full of manly masculinity. Listening to it, it seems that people can hear the sound of war and iron horses in the ancient Central Plains thousands of years ago. The elegant sound of the Zhou Dynasty, which is popular in the Guanzhong area, is very powerful and worthy of widespread promotion. Compared with Meizhou Hakka, it is an older Hakka (Gulongchuan), which spans a long and vast area such as central Guangdong, northern Guangdong, eastern Guangdong, southern Jiangxi, western Fujian, and southern Fujian. The ancestors of this area, It is the ancient language brought by the ancient Central Plains (Hakka from the ancient Central Plains, formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties)
The other is Meicheng in Meizhou City (including Meijiang District and Meixian District). The accent of Meizhou dialect is relatively softer than the old Hakka dialect of Shuiyuan dialect. Compared with the Shuiyuan accent of Hakka dialect, Meizhou Hakka dialect is a new Hakka dialect (formed in the Song Dynasty). The masculinity of Meizhou is relatively feminine, and if the two are perfectly combined, the Hakka ancestors of Huizhou, Heyuan and Dongguan will always move south. One route enters directly from the Guanzhong area of ??Shaanxi, one comes from the Central Plains and then passes through Shaoguan, and one route roughly follows the Huaihe River, passes through Anhui, reaches Fujian, Jiangxi, and ends in Meizhou, Guangdong, and then returns from Meizhou. The Hakka ancestors of Shan (now Huiyang) migrated south along the Huaihe River to southern Anhui, then to the borders of Fujian and Jiangxi, then to the Meizhou area of ??Guangdong, and finally from the urban area of ??Meizhou (including Meijiang District, Meixian District) moved to this geomantic treasure land and settled in Gaotan, Andun, Duozhu, Baihua, Lianghua, Xin'an, Renshan, Pingshan, Liangjing, Yonghu, Maxikeng, Tamsui, Zhenlong, and Longgang , Pingshan and other mountainous and mid-level areas. If Huizhou and Heyuan Hakka are perfectly integrated with Meizhou dialect, then this will be a Hakka dialect that is very easy to spread and accepted by Hakkas around the world. There are 4 million people living in Shenzhen. There are Hakka people from all over Guangdong Province and even the whole country. They speak the Hakka dialect of their respective hometowns and can communicate well. Shuiyuan Yin Old Hakka and Meizhou Yin Hakka are perfectly integrated here and have gradually merged into one kind. Hakka dialect is widely spoken among Hakka people around the world.
As the Pearl River Delta regions such as Shenzhen, Huizhou, and Heyuan have become new Hakka economic and cultural centers in Guangdong and even the country, in addition to the Shuiyuan Hakka dialect actively moving closer to the Meizhou Hakka dialect, the Meizhou Hakka dialect should also keep pace with the times. Keep pace with each other, put down your arrogance, and actively get closer to the more ancient Shuiyuan-yin Hakka (based on the Heyuan Tuocheng Hakka as the standard), and never draw boundaries. In this way, Hakka in various places will move closer to each other, and Hakka can Only with stronger vitality can we radiate stronger vitality and vitality in the new era. In fact, Shuiyuan Hakka and Meizhou Hakka are the two most representative Hakkas in the world. If these two Hakkas can actively move closer to each other and learn from each other's strengths, then this will be a great success. A very perfect language.