The Shui people call themselves "although", which is translated as "water" in Chinese. They are one of the ethnic minorities in the country and are also descendants of the ancient Luoyue people in my country. The people of the Shui people like to eat glutinous rice. Except for some of them made into glutinous rice, most of them are used to brew glutinous rice. liquor.

Shui people’s wines are delicious and mellow, especially the Jiuyu wine from Jiuxu area in Sandu Shui Autonomous County, which is famous far and wide.

In the Shui Nationality area, wine plays a very important role in both the colorful ethnic customs and various unique customs; even in the course of life, the Shui Nationality has regarded wine as a symbol to symbolize people.

Life moves from one stage to another.

Wine has accompanied the Shui people through various stages of birth, marriage, and death, and has run through the history of the Shui people.

Shuizu has a long history of winemaking, mainly using glutinous rice wine, which has a mellow taste and long lasting power. Especially the Jiuqian wine from the Jiuqian area of ??Sandu has been famous for its delicious and mellow wine since the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Traditional Jiuqian wine is brewed by each family. Housewives use high-quality glutinous rice as raw materials, collect herbs themselves to make koji, and stir-fry it with wheat flour.

After the wine is made, the color is golden amaranth, the aroma is fragrant, the mouth is sweet, and the stamina is full.

Many families like to store Jiuqian wine in their cellars. They even store the wine when their daughter gets married, and then take it out to entertain guests when the daughter grows up and gets married.

The Shui tribe is a nation that worships their ancestors very much and has the concept of immortal soul.

After the death of a loved one who was fond of wine, wedding wine, or even a heavy drinker, he should still be allowed to drink fine wine in another world just as he was alive.

Therefore, after the death of an old man of the Shui tribe, wine is a must-have as a sacrifice, and it is always home-brewed rice wine.

On the day of the funeral, the most important thing that relatives and friends bring to the funeral is wine.