Why is Henan accent very similar to Henan accent?

Henan is an area in central China. It can be said that there is a gap between dialects in Henan, but the difference is not great, because even in plain areas, there are almost individual lexical differences between languages in each place. For example, most of the whole Henan area is Henan Mandarin, or most of them are the same. For example, Henan dialect itself is a kind of Central Plains Mandarin. In fact, many cities in eastern Henan, central Henan, western Henan and northern Henan have similar dialects, and I have been to many cities such as Zhengzhou, Zhoukou, Kaifeng, Xuchang, Luohe and Luoyang, so as a Shangqiu person, I can still communicate easily, such as Fu Shang films and Luo Xu films, which belong to the Central Plains Mandarin. Although the dialects of various cities in Henan Province are similar, there are still some dialects, such as Xinyang City, Henan Province. The dialects of several counties are difficult to understand, and Guangshan and Xinxian County in Henan Province are two of them. Because there are many mountains in these two places, it is said that three miles have different sounds and ten miles have different customs.

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