Gaochun dialect, the local dialect used by Gaochun people. Gaochun dialect has unique value. Gaochun dialect belongs to Wu dialect, but it is significantly different from Wu dialect in Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou. Although Gaochun is close to Nanjing, the capital of the south of the Yangtze River extending in all directions, its geographical location is relatively closed, and it is less affected by northern immigrants and Putonghua pronunciation.

Gaochun dialect in Wei Xiang in the west belongs to Wu dialect-Xuanzhou piece-Gao Tai piece, and Gaochun dialect in Shanxiang in the east belongs to Wu dialect-Taihu piece-Piling piece, but there are still great differences among different dialects in the piece.

folk culture

Gaochun Folk Songs: Gaochun was located at the end of five Chu in ancient times, with beautiful scenery and evergreen seasons. The beautiful natural environment has created Gaochun's unique folk culture, and the image of "playing folk songs outside" vividly outlines the wisdom of Gaochun people who can sing and dance well.

Gaochun folk songs belong to the category of "Wu Ge", including the songs of transplanting rice seedlings, ploughing fields, herding cattle, picking beams, delivering houses, drinking, love songs, driving water, tamping, rowing boats and singing dragon boats. And seeing off spring (praising and singing spring) also belongs to folk songs. Crying for marriage is also a kind of folk song, and crying is better than singing. As for Gao Chun's ballads, they are rich in content and fascinating, such as Ancient People in December, Biography of the Emperor, Eight Immortals Gone with the Wind, Guiguzi, Biography of Meng Jiangnv, Cross Happiness, Twelve Ploughs and Ode to Gao Chun, which are not only catchy to read, but also full of charm. As far as traditional Chinese opera is concerned, in addition to Gao Chun's "Gao Ba Zi", Gao Chun also created a unique Yang Qiang Mulian Opera.

Gaochun's folk cultural activities are rich and colorful, such as playing dragon lantern, jumping lion, rowing dragon boat, vaulting horse lantern, fighting water margin, jumping five cabins, flying high, boating, beating lotus flowers, picking baskets, jumping God of Wealth, beating gongs and drums, jumping yangsi, beating eight monsters, overlapping arhats and beating waist drums.