The interpretation of Ci Hai is: Bamin is another name of Fujian Province. Fujian was a piece of land in Fujian in ancient times. The Northern Song Dynasty was divided into eight counties and eight armies, the Southern Song Dynasty was divided into eight counties, eight counties and eight armies, and the Yuan Dynasty was divided into eight roads, called Bamin. "

Ci Yuan said: "Fujian Province was divided into Fuzhou, Xinghua, Jianning, Yanping and Tingzhou in the Yuan Dynasty.

, Shaowu, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou eight roads, Ming changed to eight houses, so it was called Bamin. "

Minnan dialect is undoubtedly the language of people in southern Fujian, such as Quanzhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou. Because Fujian is relatively developed in these cities and Fuzhou, it has a large population and uses more people.