According to historical records, before Qin and Han Dynasties, there were many tribes living in Lingnan area, such as Nanyue and Luoyue, which were collectively called Baiyue with other Vietnamese coastal areas in Southeast Asia. Judging from some traces of historical development, language, culture and life characteristics, the Shui nationality is a branch of Luoyue.

Another way of saying this is that after the subjugation of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the ancestors of the Shui nationality moved southward from the Suishui River Basin in the Central Plains and gradually merged into Baiyue nationality. Because of the war, they migrated from the south to the northwest and lived in the upper reaches of Liujiang, the capital of the three capitals of Guizhou, forming the current distribution pattern.

In addition, some scholars believe that "Shui people are indigenous peoples in the areas adjacent to Guizhou Plateau and Guizhou and Guangxi, and their ancestors are a branch of Yelang Liao people". However, according to the genealogy records of some Shui people's surnames, it is believed that the Shui people migrated from Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and Guangdong. Some scholars also believe that the Shui people entered Yunnan and Guizhou from the northern part of the Indian Peninsula and distributed in Sandu and other places. Either way, "the origin and migration of the Shui people are not recorded. Oral legends are quite inconsistent and difficult to determine. "

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