Characteristics of Minnan culture

1, Minnan culture has the characteristics of tradition and continuity. In addition to inheriting the China traditional culture, the tradition of Minnan culture itself is also continuing and developing.

2. Minnan culture has the characteristics of integration and diversity. That is, it is integrated with the traditional culture of China, taking Minnan culture as the main body and absorbing some factors of Nanyang culture, Arabic culture and western culture. For example, in architectural culture, in addition to the "palace-style" ancient buildings and arcades on the street, we can also see China traditional architecture, Chinese and Western architecture, Arabic architecture and overseas Chinese characteristic architecture.

3. Minnan culture is inclusive and pioneering. This is reflected in religious belief (multi-religion), folk belief (polytheism), architecture, drama, dialect and so on. For example, drama, a variety of dramas coexist, and Taiwanese opera, Liyuan opera and Gaojia opera complement each other. Even the same opera is a variety of genres, and various techniques compete and develop with each other. Another example is dialects, including some Malay. Another example is the Spring Festival couplets with Arabic and Chinese characters side by side in Quanzhou.

4. Dialects in Minnan culture are ancient and unique. Ma Bole, a French language master, once said that Minnan is a particularly ancient language in the world. It not only has a long history, but also retains many characteristics of middle Chinese and ancient Chinese, and also retains many words of ancient Chinese. In Putonghua and other Chinese dialects, some of these words are not used, some are not used, and some are rarely used, but they are all basic words in Minnan dialect. Therefore, Minnan dialect is called "the living fossil of language" by academic circles. This is very prominent in Chinese dialects, and it is also one of the important signs that distinguish Chinese. The originality of Minnan dialect is mainly manifested in its own characteristics in language, vocabulary and grammar.

5. Minnan culture is characterized by openness. This is closely related to the fact that most people in southern Fujian are Han immigrants from the Central Plains, and there are many foreigners (Minnan immigrants, foreigners stay in southern Fujian), and it is also closely related to the development of marine culture in southern Fujian. In addition, Minnan culture has the characteristics of dual communication. That is, the main culture spread from the Central Plains, merged with indigenous culture to form Minnan culture with local characteristics, and then spread to Taiwan Province Province through immigration to Taiwan Province Province, and spread abroad through overseas Chinese.