The younger generation leaves home, the older generation returns, and the local accent remains unchanged. The local accent marks a person's place of origin and carries the culture of a region. According to media reports, in the view of National People's Congress representative Luo Tian, there are fewer and fewer young people who can speak dialects, and the inheritance of dialects is facing unprecedented challenges. So, Luo Tian came to Beijing from Guilin, Guangxi with the suggestion of "increasing the inheritance and protection of dialects, and further saving dialect culture". She hopes that everyone can recognize the beauty of her dialect and enhance cultural confidence. "Mandarin can take us further, but dialects make us remember where to start. This suggestion has attracted a lot of attention on the internet. For many people, this may be a common experience: after leaving their hometown to study and work, their living environment is gradually surrounded by Mandarin, and dialects only occasionally sound during holidays and conversations with parents. Gradually, the local dialect seemed unfamiliar; In the next generation, it may not be possible at all. To some extent, the disappearance of rural dialects is a global and trending issue. With the increase of communication, the practicality of language may quickly overwhelm diversity, and people will unconsciously seek a "common language" to break the Tower of Babel. According to UNESCO statistics, there are approximately 7000 languages in the world, half of which are at risk of extinction in this century. Another survey shows that among the more than 130 languages and dialects in China, 68 have a user population of less than 10000, 48 have a user population of less than 5000, and 25 have a user population of less than 1000. In this context, the decline of dialects carries some sense of "destiny", but it does not mean that we should allow dialects to disappear. Dialects represent not only a type of pronunciation and intonation, but also a culture and a unique local flavor. Just like the "Zhong" in Henan dialect, the "Zheng" in Northeastern dialect, the "Bashi" in Sichuan dialect, the "Gangsailai" in Shandong dialect, the "non-existent" in Chongqing dialect, and the "Housailei" in Cantonese... these words cannot be "translated", and their charm and local spirit can only be truly captured in authentic dialect expressions. For all of us, dialect is a spiritual coordinate. No matter how far one goes, as long as they hear the familiar dialect, they often find a sense of belonging in an instant - there are childhood memories, the tone of family, and the unique life atmosphere of a place. That's why bringing the local dialect back to life is also preserving a path for people to reach their homeland and self. People need dialects, which means they need a 'complete' version of themselves with clear origins. In fact, the emphasis on dialects has significantly increased in recent years. Many places have begun to consciously protect dialects, such as primary and secondary schools in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan and other places holding campus activities such as nursery rhyme rap, dialect storytelling, and opera appreciation; Shanghai has developed a Shanghai language textbook called "Teaching Shanghai Dialect" and started teaching Shanghai language nursery rhymes from kindergarten onwards; Guangdong Radio and Television Station has a Cantonese channel, and Guangzhou Metro has added Cantonese station announcements; Wait. However, overall, the protection of dialects still has a long way to go. An unavoidable issue is that dialect preservation can also easily turn dialects into "landscapes" and "performances", using overlapping frameworks to delineate dialects, which gradually separates them from daily life and lacks mobility in the streets and alleys. So how to bring dialects back to life itself may be a more worthwhile issue to explore. At this year's Two Sessions, National People's Congress representative Yang Hengjun also proposed that primary schools should offer one dialect class per week. This suggestion may also have some inspiration: expand the daily use of dialects as much as possible, consciously expand their scope of use, rather than just displaying them as cultural symbols. Anyway, protecting dialects is ultimately a grand and difficult task, and people still need to continue exploring it. But we should have a sense of urgency and race against the passing of dialects. After all, the disappearance of a discourse or a word takes away not only the language itself, but also an irreparable memory and emotion, which is a precious puzzle in our spiritual world. (New Society)