What nationality is the Shui nationality?

Aquarium, when it comes to this name, some people think of marine life, aquariums and the like, while other fantasy lovers think of mermaids and sea monsters. In fact, the Shui nationality is also the name of a minority in China, so what nationality is the Shui nationality?

1, with a total population of 406,902 (in 2000), the Shui people mainly live in the upper reaches of Longjiang and Duliujiang rivers at the border of Guizhou and Guangxi, with Sandu County, Libo, Dushan and Duyun in the south of Guizhou as the main settlements, Rongjiang, Danzhai, Leishan, Congjiang and Liping in the southeast as the main scattered areas, and Hechi in the north of Guangxi as the main settlements.

2. The Shui nationality originated from the frontier ethnic groups in the northwest, settled in Lingnan area with the southern expedition of the Qin army, and then gradually moved northward to the border of Guizhou and Guangxi. The "Water-rich State" was established in the Song Dynasty, and the ancestors of the Shui people living in the Water-rich State were called "Water-rich Man" and began to appear as an independent nation. The place name Zhou means that people who call themselves "water" have formed.

3./kloc-In the middle of 0/3rd century, a large number of Han people moved here; In the 7th century A.D.13-/KLOC-0, a large number of Han soldiers were moved here to guard and settle down, and their descendants gradually merged into the Shui people. The name "Shui nationality" was first seen in the history books of Ming Dynasty. In Qing Dynasty, it was usually called "Shui Miao Family" and "Shui Family". After the founding of New China, 1957, the State Council approved the establishment of Sandu County, with the name of Shui nationality. In the modern history of China, the Shui people wrote a glorious historical chapter.

The above is the question of what nationality the Shui people are.