The Significance of Protecting
Dialects
Nowadays, more and more people prefer to speak mandarin rather than speak dialects in our country. With the promotion of mandarin, the living space of dialects is becoming more and more narrow, and various cultural connotations it contains have lost. Therefore, it is of great importance for people to protect their own dialects. As far as I am concerned, protecting dialects has following significance. First, it can protect the variety of Chinese culture. Second, it can close the distance between fellows. Third, dialect enrich the mandarin.
In the first place, dialect is the carrier of language culture, which embodies the local features, the variety of language culture and the inclusiveness of Chinese culture. For this aspect, protecting dialects is vital as people can know about the local culture by its dialect. In the second place, dialect promote the
communication between people who come from the same place; especially when people are far away from home, dialects enhance the people’ s emotional communication. In the third place, the expressivity of dialects is more delicate and stronger than mandarin in a way. Besides, today, parts of dialects are used in the mandarin. To some extent, dialects can fill in mandarin to make it more colorful.
In conclusion, we should protect our dialects to inherit our local culture, and preserve the diversity of Chinese culture. We have to take the responsibility to improve our awareness of its importance and protect it actively.。