Study Of Biyang Dialect Words And Folk Culture

Language is closely related to culture.Dialect,as a regional variant of the common language,is an important carrier of folk culture and one of the media on which folk culture is preserved and inherited.It can reflect the local conditions and customs of different places.Biyang dialect is located in Zhumadian City,Henan Province.It belongs to nanlu area of Central Plains official dialect.It has the common characteristics of its dialect area as well as its own characteristics,which contains rich folk culture.At present,the ontological research on Biyang dialect is relatively mature,but the research on Biyang dialect and folk culture is relatively simple and superficial,which requires more comprehensive and in-depth exploration and discussion.Based on Biyang dialect words,it is of great significance to reveal the folk culture connotation hidden behind Biyang dialect words and phrases,which is of great significance to improve and deepen the research of Biyang dialect and to inherit and carry forward biyang folk culture.The main content of the paper is divided into four parts.The first part explains the life etiquette culture contained in biyang dialect words.Biyang dialect words contain abundant life etiquette culture such as birthday,marriage and funeral,from which we can see that biyang’s life etiquette culture is relatively intact.The birthday etiquette culture,marriage etiquette culture and funeral etiquette culture show Biyang people’s emphasis on life,hope and blessing for a happy marriage,and respect and remembrance of the deceased.The second part studies the food folk culture contained in Biyang dialect words.In terms of food types,the dialect words of steamed buns and noodles account for a large proportion in the whole system of food folk words,reflecting the characteristics of the local diet mainly based on pasta.In terms of food appliances,mainly including food processing appliances,food cooking appliances,food serving appliances,a wide variety of food appliances.The folk diet culture not only reflects Biyang people’s excellent qualities of diligence and simplicity,but also reflects the poor memory hidden in the deep mind of Biyang people.The third part discusses the festival folk culture contained in Biyang dialect words.The festival folk culture contained in biyang dialect is mainly embodied in two aspects:traditional festival folk culture and characteristic festival folk culture,showing Biyang people’s inheritance of traditional filial piety culture,belief in Buddhism and Taoism,worship of Pangu and yearning for and pursuit of a better life.The fourth part elaborates the farming folk culture contained in biyang dialect words.The words and phrases in Biyang dialect contain abundant agricultural cultivation culture and agricultural equipment culture,from which we can see the local agriculture-oriented production and life style,reflecting Biyang people’s emphasis on agriculture,reflecting Biyang people’s mentality of fearing heaven and nature,and showing Biyang people’s quality of hard work.As the carrier of Biyang folk culture,Biyang dialect words contain extremely rich folk culture.The folk culture of life etiquette,diet,festival and farming contained in Biyang dialect intensively displays local people’s psychological characteristics,ideas,religious beliefs,production and living habits,reflecting Biyang’s unique and rich regional culture.