The three treasures of the Shui nationality are: Shui Shu, Duan Jie and ponytail embroidery. Sandu county, the only one in China, has a unique national culture and customs, and the Shui people claim to be? Although? In the big family of the Chinese nation, the Shui nationality is one of the few ethnic minorities who have both national languages and written languages.
Shuishu directly or indirectly records that Shui people are still widely used in astronomical calendar, production, defense, construction, weddings, funerals, childbirth, sacrifice, travel and other activities in their daily lives, and they should also choose good luck and avoid evil according to the provisions of Shuishu. The existing Shuishu, like Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the early Chinese characters, is mostly composed of pictographs, pictographs and ideograms. As an ancient cultural book of the Shui nationality, Shuishu not only has a strong vitality, but also has a mysterious veil, which is a unique and precious cultural treasure and the essence of China's excellent culture.
The Shui people have their own calendar, with the first day of September as the beginning of the year and August as the end of the year. They have unique ethnic customs and festivals, festivals? The longest festival in the world. It is equivalent to the Spring Festival of Han compatriots. Near the Duanjie Festival, the village cottages are filled with festive celebrations everywhere. The Chinese nation is a family, and the festive atmosphere of this festival is similar among all ethnic groups in China. On New Year's Eve, every household cleans every neglected corner of the room and kitchen, cleans clothes and quilts, sharpens their knives and catches fish from pigs, sheep, grinding bean curd and Kaitang. It's very busy and lively. On New Year's Eve, in addition to avoiding meat and vegetarianism, every household has to carry out a rather mysterious ritual activity.
The well-known ponytail embroidery of Shui nationality is unique and is known as the living fossil of Chinese embroidery. The ingenious Shui women have been handed down from generation to generation, and they have been preserved to this day. Despite a long history, they still follow the ancient traditional embroidery methods such as disorderly needles and needles. Their embroidery is often full of rich colors, with dragons, phoenixes, flowers, birds, fish and bats as the main patterns, which are lifelike. The implied meaning of embroidered patterns is often blessing and good wishes, which means that all wishes can come true.