W.E. Soothill who has been a missionary in Wenzhou in the beginning of last century, he wrote in his book "A Mission in China" about his first confrontation with Wenzhou language ; " Our pioneer, then, is studying a hitherto unexplored language, or, as it is sometimes called, dialect, though the difference between it and any other is almost sufficiently great to constitute it a separate language. Let it be, say, the Wenchow vernacular".

Teaching language : mandarin chinese

content : 122 pages with 100 lessons

Price : 15 RMB / set

If you like to study a little bit of this incredible dialect you should buy this small book. It is required that you should speak and read mandarin chinese.

Also tapes are available.

content : 24 pages

Reflection of Wenzhou local culture

Here is a VCD with Folk Lyrics and children songs from different areas within Wenzhou, together with videos in beautiful surroundings.

Total : 11 songs

Wenzhou children's folk lyrics, handling down in Ming / Qing Era, is a marvel in Wenzhou dialect culture, which has had an instructive and preformed effect on Wenzhou children from generation to generation.

Total : 13 songs

Music files in Wenzhou language for download

Children song performed by local people

(click icon to open wav-file 300 KB)

Song performed durring a Temple Fest in Shuixin suburb

(click icon to open wav-file 343 KB)

Wenzhou "Guci"

a form of ballads and story-telling

(click icon to open wav-file 397 KB)

(click icon to open wav-file 376 KB)

A modern Pop song in Wenzhou language

(click icon to open mpg-file 3,65 MB)