今日之水家, 乃远古之贵族, 文字历法启文明。浩浩哉, 万卷水书, 字体形态与古象形文类似者颇多, 誉为象形文字之“活化石”, 至今仍广为使用；水历以阴阳合历为依据, 融天干地支与阴阳五行于一体；衣食住行, 皆有择吉, 婚丧嫁造, 自成礼俗；水语多古音, 源汉藏之语系上海翻译公司；服饰多青蓝, 乃山水之本色；崇拜多鬼神, 祈福禳灾诵水经, 尤以鱼祭祀为其特点, 有挂兽骨崇奉神灵之习俗……

Today’s Shui was the descendant of an ancient noblestem, and its character and calendar started the civilization. There is a vast number of rolls of Shui Classics; the pattern of character is similar to ancient pictographic character, described as "living fossils" of hieroglyphs; the characters are still in widely use today. Shui’s calendar is based on Yin and Yang combined calendar, integrating Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches as well five elements; all the aspects of living, such as clothing, food, housing and transport are arranged on auspicious days on the calendar; and the tradition of weddings and funerals are unique; the language of Shui usually, following the ancient Chinese phonetic system, is derived from Sino-Tibetan language; their national clothes are usually cyanine as the natural color of the mountain and water; Shui people worships many gods, chants Shui’s religious text, prays to gods, and, particularly, conducts fish sacrifice ceremony. And there is the custom of hanging of animal bones as their worship for gods ... ...

漫步水族之乡, 随时徜徉节日场域。“大节三六九, 小节天天有”, 端节、卯节、敬霞节、苏宁喜节、……其中, 端节和水书、马尾绣于2006年一并列为国家首批非物质文化遗产名录。水族端节是世界最长的年节, 据说水族先祖兄弟数人因各居一方, 思念长长, 然而路途遥远, 逢年过节往来不便, 于是兄弟聚集商议, 分7批过节, 历时49天, 借此走访探望, 增进感情。卯节是水族青年人的歌节, 号称“古老的东方情人节”。每逢插秧上坎, 万物葱郁之时, 谷熟稻黄, 粮食满仓之季, 能歌善舞的水家儿女便度节狂欢, 曼妙的舞姿, 质朴的歌声, 铿锵的铜鼓, 清亮的芦笙, 向世人展示着民族的才是世界的惊奇北京翻译公司。

When taking a stroll at Shui, one can enjoy the festival anytime. "There is the occasional grand festival and everyday minor festival”: Duan Festival, Mao Festival, Jingxia Festival, and Suning Festival ..., of which Duan Festival and Shui Classic, and Horsetail embroidery were listed as first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Shui’s Duan Festival is the longest in the world. It is said that, brothers of Shui’s ancestors lived separated and they missed each other. However, there was the difficulty of long journey. And it was inconvenient for the contact of brothers. Thus, they gathered and discussed that, they would spend the festival in 7 times which lasted 49 days, and they would visit each other and enhance family affinity. Mao Festival is Shui’s song festival for the young known as "ancient Orient Valentine's Day". When planting the rice, and all things verdant, cereal and grain became mature, the warehouse become full in the season, children of Shui good at singing and dancing will enjoy the carnival. Their graceful dance, plain songs, sonorous bronze drums, and resounding reed-pipe wind instrument show the world what is ethnic is marvelous.