Pages: 55-56
Year: 2009 Issue:  11
Journal: Ocean and Fishery
Abstract:  疍家人在旧社会被人看作是下等人.由于他们在水上生活飘荡不定,被称为"荡家",而"荡"与"疍"是同音字,故后来被人们称为疍家.又有人说因疍家人所居渔船外形像蛋壳,故被称为"蛋家",后改为"疍家".