Cultural belief
The belief culture of Shui people belongs to the category of primitive religious belief. Shui people believe in animism and worship many gods. Nature worship, ancestor worship and deity worship constitute the core of Shui people's belief.
In the Shui society, whether it is the object of worship of primitive religious beliefs, the form and ceremony of worship, or the content, form and inheritance of primitive morality, it clearly embodies the characteristics that belief culture and folk knowledge are intertwined and inextricably linked.
food culture
Shui people take rice as their staple food, like to eat hot and sour spices, and have the custom of "no food, no acid, no spicy food". Wine is the most important thing for guests. When the host made a toast, he took the lead in shouting "Xiu" (meaning cheers), and everyone shouted "Xiu" in unison and drank all the wine.
Dress culture
Shui people are afraid of red and yellow in clothing, especially the hot colors of red and rhubarb, and prefer blue, white, cyan and three cool colors. Shui people don't like colorful clothes, but prefer simple and elegant colors, which expresses their unique clothing aesthetics, that is, simplicity, generosity and practicality.
Women's dresses of Shui nationality are mostly sewn with water armor cloth, without collars, big skirts, semi-gowns and long gowns. Robes are knee-length and generally have no embroidered edges. Festivals and wedding dresses are completely different from usual. Usually, the shoulders, cuffs and knees of trousers are inlaid with embroidered ribbons, and the Baotou towel has colorful patterns. Wearing a silver crown on the head, a silver collar on the neck, a silver bracelet on the wrist, a silver elegant collar on the chest, silver earrings on the earlobe and embroidered shoes on the feet is elegant and quiet.
Shui men wear blue shirts with big collars and small hats with melon skins, while old people wear long gowns with linings on their heads and leggings on their feet.
language culture
Shui people have their own language and traditional writing.
Shuiyu belongs to the Dong Shuiyu branch of Zhuang Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. * * * There are 7 1 initials, 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 everywhere 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.
Extended data:
The Shui people have a long history of planting rice and have formed many very strong customs related to rice. The calendar of the Shui nationality is based on the weather of rice planting, and the Maojie and Duanjie of the Shui nationality are grand annual festivals formed by rice planting and harvesting.
In the past, people thought that at the critical stage of rice production, it was necessary to win the favor of the rice god in order to obtain a bumper harvest. Therefore, from soaking seeds, sowing seeds, planting seedlings to eating new harvest, we often have to act according to Shui Shu and choose good luck. Before opening the seedling door, take two rice seedlings home, offering fish, wine and rice as sacrifices.
Then, after the daughter-in-law took the seedlings to plant a few rows in the field, other women dressed up and prepared to work in the field. The ceremony of opening the seedling gate is not only a respect for the rice god, but also a use of the witchcraft principle of similarity law to let the young woman's exuberant fertility pass on to rice and pray for greater yield.
Aquariums worship fish, which is a totem worship in most aquarium areas. Fish culture in ponds and paddy fields is an important skill and feature in the Shui nationality area. People use the skills of laying eggs by field fish and dividing eggs by grass balls to master the methods of flooding and wildlife endangering fisheries, so that both fish and rice can be harvested. Therefore, rice soup fish has become a traditional custom of the aquarium.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-aquarium