Shui nationality has its own language and traditional Chinese characters, and the ancient writing system of Shui nationality retains the compatibility of pictures, hieroglyphs and abstract characters. Shui people call themselves "suǐ". There are several opinions about the origin of Shui people, such as the descendants of Yin people, the origin of Baiyue (Guangdong and Guangxi), the migration of Jiangxi, and the migration of Jiangnan. Shuishu is the heritage of Xia and Shang culture and the spiritual pillar of the Shui people. Fish is the totem of the aquarium, and rice soup fish is an important social custom of the aquarium.

Shui people mainly live in the upper reaches of Longjiang and Duliujiang rivers at the junction of Guizhou and Guangxi, and Sandu County, Libo, Dushan and Duyun in southern Guizhou are the main settlements. Rongjiang, Danzhai, Leishan, Congjiang, Liping and other counties in southeastern Guizhou are the main scattered areas. In addition, there are also Shui villages in Hechi, Nandan, Huanjiang and Rongshui counties and cities in northern Guangxi and Fuyuan County in Yunnan Province.

The language of aquarium

Shui language belongs to the branch of Dong Shui language (Dong Tai language) of Zhuang Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, with initial 7 1, 55 finals and 8 tones. Water language is closely related to Dong language, Maonan language, Buyi language, Mulao language, Zhuang language, Dai language and Li language, especially to Dong language, Maonan language and Mulao language, and there are many cognates.

Compared with Zhuang language and Dai language in the same language family, the internal differences of Shui language are small, and the Shui people in various places can generally talk to each other in Shui language. Shuiyu can be divided into three dialect areas, and there is no dialect difference. The first is Sandong dialect area, represented by the water language in Bannan Village, Sandong Township. The second is Yang 'an dialect area, represented by Jianai Village in Yang 'an. The third is the Pan Dongfang dialect area, represented by the water language in Pan Dong Village, Yanghe Township.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Aquarium.