The origin of the hui nationality

The hui people in China's 56 ethnic groups in the fourth.In the history of the hui nationality, in the tang dynasty and song dynasty for "diaspora" or "ancestors" period, the early 13th century, a large number of west Asia, central Asia with yuan army east, came to China, general is engaged in the business, artisans, officials, scholars, the artisan, gunner, soldiers and so on, these outsiders by aboriginal ethnic intermarriage and the territory of China, and at the end of the yuan Ming hui formed a new nation.In fact, in the song dynasty has grown into a few large areas of hui nationality and the general conditions for the formation of measure, long before the yuan dynasty, southeast, northwest and north China hui has already formed successively in some regions.

History, hu, great food, semu, sweet guest, and, hui nationality is different periods of hui nationality ancients or appellation of the hui nationality in China, which used the word "and" s, before the yuan dynasty "and" the name means that the word "huihe" sound is turned into a popular slang, in addition to "Uighur" and "huihe" (a) Uighur to return back, include green ridge (pamir) west of tribes or ethnic, describe yourself still can be known by the western edge of the crowd.Early yuan, and the use of the word has changed, the han people with "and" to the translation of Mongolian Sarta 'ul (tower, upright and son), namely the meaning of "foreign businessmen", to describe the west Asia, central Asia such as the western regions east and business distant regions.At this point, and with the huihe are different concepts, the former is specifically to embrace Islam Muslim Arab, Persian, and central Asia (there are a few non-muslims also includes again inside, such as, suddenly and (jewish), green eyes and speed of o (Christian), luo li and (roma), the latter refers to a person Uighur.Since then, the yuan dynasty's official documents in using the word "and" instead of "son tower haunters le".

Because the early 13th century, genghis khan western expedition, and there are large quantities of west Asia, central Asia area all muslims migrated to the mainland or in frontier areas, some keep wasteland, some business, some officer, etc., and they settled down in China's mainland and original as well as the local indigenous people, a new national comprehensive basic forms in China.In A.D. 1235 officially by the government and people into the household registration, from "sweet" to "back door" is to have the Chinese nationality, as a new member in the big family of the Chinese nation.Since then, in the yuan dynasty official document or imperial edicts, and apart from the rest of the nation is obvious.Such as the 1265 yuan two years (yuan), Kublai Khan in a letter to the yu said: "today to south of the Yellow River, the east of tongguan, until Qi county ground within the people, and sangha, tao, scholar, and also can be temperature, a loss of a brute, and my son, and...People should be according to the officer in the disincarnate service, etc., and shall not ride a horse."(see "the great yuan Ma Zhengji").Yuan dynasty few map of national description is: Mongolia, a, and, also can be warm in Uighur, hexi, the kitan, nuzhen, han eight classes.And as yuan "to shun zhenjiang chi" state in the host family said: "Mongolia 29 (door), a 14 (door), Uighur and fifty-nine, han three thousand six hundred and seventy-one (units)."

By the end of qing dynasty, and the middle has been clearly his own this group called hui.Hui clear as a, he says, are now known to have recorded the first appeared in the qianlong era - thirty qianlong "rebuilt against state new tzu chi" volume "XiChui Henry" narrative of hami to against the district population migration wrote: "hami yi people so move house at Ming's dealing with dongguan township resident family of three.D, my family, the person with han common micro;Yue clams cloth, the person with reduced;Yue white flour and hui also.Today all male plow female weave, for edge for self-protection.Commercial wu, salty man ".Qianlong fifty years (1785), fu kang 'an in the throne of northwestern hui uprising, also use "hui" more than once.Guangxu sixteen years (1890) print Yang Changrui "biography of gansu loyalty, also appeared many times in the pass" hui ", "back to the book" the words.Guangxu later call fan in the back to the bandits from aftermath, gansu, more will be a "hui" as a specific categories to use.

During the period of the republic of China, sun yat-sen's revolutionary programme in public, formally put forward: han, manchu, Mongol, hui, Tibetan five republican slogan.

Hui and other ethnic people, of course, ultimately achieve equal status in 1949 after the founding of new China, the country began to domestic ethnic gives official recognition, the 55 ethnic minorities, recognized any JiuZu: Korean, hui, manchu, Mongolian, miao, Uighur, yao, yi, Tibetan, not waiting for inspection, set up naturally.The hui people have this ethnic autonomous regions, autonomous counties, and so on, the right of autonomy under the leadership of the communist party of China to get real embodiment.Then the three stages of every other ethnic brothers, according to the theory of the national characteristics, historical development and present situation and the national will were determined respectively, the feudal emperors and various nationalities over exploitation and rule of the feudal warlords, has been respected and equal status.

The hui nationality traditional festival

The hui nationality festival mainly is the three traditional festivals of Islam: eid al-fitr and eid al-adha and SAN ji section.These holidays and anniversaries are calculated each year.

1. The eid al-fitr

The hui Muslim eid al-fitr Ramadan, is each September (Ramadan).Why did the hui Muslim fasting?According to the Koran, the islamic prophet muhammad at the age of 40 (September each year), Allah began to give him the Koran enlightenment.As a result, the hui nationality as Ramadan is the most honorable, the most auspicious, the most happy.September each year to commemorate, in Islam, fasting for a month.The commencement date of Ramadan mainly depends on the date of the new moon appears.

Ramadan, the hui Muslim life schedule is much more abundant than usual.Are usually equipped with red meat, white rice, white flour, camellia, sugar, tea, fruits and other nutritious food.

Fasting, pale in the east before eat bread.Oriental hair after dawn, before the sun set, to prohibit sex, cut off all food and drink.The purpose of fasting is to make people experience the pain of hunger and thirst, genuine relief for the poor to rich people."Through fasting, hui Muslim gradually develop perseverance, strong, non-corrupt virtue.

When people a day diet, fast to Obama, the man most of them are going to the mosque to fast.Hear the mosque after such of bangzi, eat slips in temple.If such, summer, conditional first to eat fruit, drink a bowl of water or GaiWanCha without conditions, thenHave a meal.This is mainly for hui to fast in summer feel above all is thirst, not hunger.If in the winter, some people pay attention to eat again after a few dates to eat.Legend muhammad such love to eat red jujube, so hui people now have this habit.Termination of fasting, is the hui nationality's greatest annual festival of eid al-fitr.

The first day of eid al-fitr to three days, from the dawn began to busy.Every family gets up early, cleaning the yard roadways, give a person the sense with clean, comfortable and pleasant.Men, women and children were put on their favorite new clothes.Hui mosque in place for public gatherings and activities, festivals are clean, hang up the giant slogan and lights to celebrate eid al-fitr.

Festival, every family Fried sanzi, incense rich ethnic traditional food, etc.At the same time, also kill chickens, sheep, jelly, stewed food, etc., each other to send relatives and friends neighbors, extend holiday greetings greeting each other.

2. Eid al-adha

Eid al-adha directly, Arabic translation DE directly, to sacrifice and dedication, so also called eid al-adha, filial piety festival.Across much of the hui nationality as small, and is one of the three big festival in Islam, generally held at seventy days after the eid al-fitr.

Why to slaughter your eid al-adha hui?Human ancient prophet ibrahim at night by the revelation of Allah sacrifice life he killed son ismail instrument, test his faith.Ibrahim knife grinding shine, very sharp.And asked his son: son, dad really don't have the heart to laid hands on him!You go.But, he said meter smart meter, the son of the Lord, all things only god!Dad, we are the servants of the god, came to this world only to worship the universal, the great master.After the ismail meter side, ibrahim held a knife in his son's throat.Then he sad tears, tears like a stream.Then, Allah sent fairy ji heat according to le back to a black antelope as a sacrifice, replaces the ismail.The ibrahim picked up a knife, hold down the throat a slaughtered sheep, the sheep will fall down.This is the origin of directly.Among them the sort of allegiance to the Lord, and his father's decisively, is after the world to learn.The model of human learning.

Eid al-adha, also held a grand slaughter your ceremony, this is holiday, besides Fried incense, sanzi, HuiLi, slaughter cattle, sheep and camels.Good economic conditions, each to slaughter a sheep, seven people to kill a cow or other camels.Slaughter and many exquisite, are not allowed to kill under the age of two lambs and calves under the age of three, camels, not blind, limp, lack of tail and ears, livestock, slaughter Sundays to choose body beauty.Slaughter by the meat should be divided into three parts: a eat, a send relatives and friends neighbors, a poor handouts.

Slaughter after the ceremony, families began to busy, old people cooked the meat, give children said: eat meat, bone can't throw the dog chew, loess cover.In the eid al-adha is an exquisite.After cooked meat, cut into the film, have built a part;Sheep in the water should be stewed into food.And then to visit friends and relations, giving everything, food, to bestow.Sometimes get the imam to chant buddhist scripture, eat everything, at the same time, should go to the grave, the memory of ancestors.Around this festive lanterns in a variety of forms, there are similarities and differences.In some places in addition to their and to visit friends and relations, but also organize all kinds of recreational sports activities.

The xinjiang region of hui nationality in eid al-adha, whether men or women, like to organize all kinds of recreational activities, merrily merrily, particularly lively.

Section 3. The SAN ji SAN ji section

SAN SAN ji ji day festival, is the memory of the islamic prophet muhammad's birth and death anniversary.Died because of muhammad's birthday and currently in each year in March 12, therefore, the hui people generally called the SAN ji.Holiday to the mosque to chant first, praised SAN, muhammad's life story, after Muslim voluntary contributions of grain, oil, meat, and money, and invite some people to be responsible for the grinding, purchasing things, Fried incense, cooked meat, cook, etc., none of the hui people are voluntary to do.Hui people consider SAN ji's day compulsory labor is to do good to do good, therefore, scrambling, joy.

After the ceremony, began to break.Some place better economic conditions, capacious, also on the table a dozen or even dozens of meals, we gladly, dine together;The hui people in some places is the dining room eat, a bowl, the son is a per person.For the bulk before what is stuck, give away something, but didn't come to dinner, to friends and relatives, neighbors to take an incense to taste it.

Eid al-adha 4.

Eid al-adha, which is Arabic, generation azuz, Hal's free translation.Also called eid al-adha.On December 10th, the islamic calendar for eid al-adha, the self-styled feast day is 100 days for eid al-adha.Directly, azuz Hal contains "sacrifice", "dedicated" meaning.Hui was the festival, have advocated sacrifice, dedicated to the meaning of the human spirit.This day eid al-adha Muslim fragrant bath, the ceremonial dress, to the mosque to attend HuiLi.Hui people according to their own conditions to kill chickens slaughtered, slaughtered sheep, cattle, and then divided into "meat" (a) a distributed reception guests or relatives and friends.What is the origin of eid al-adha?From northern Arab ancestor ibrahim a day dream of Allah ordered him to kill his son, in order to test its loyalty.When ibrahim is a moment for the knife, Allah sent a sheep sent envoys, order it to the sheep.Since then, in the Arab nation formed a custom of slaughter sacrifices every year.Hui follow the custom, grand celebrating eid al-adha, every year to mark.

5. The white section

"White", as the Arabic, to forgive.

On August 1 time: ziggy origin solstice 15.

C - legend every August 15 night, sincerely for mercy, all but by pardon, because record of good and evil of human fairy, this night will switch to a new file to record, so this night is also called the "night" on volume.This opportunity is Muslim attention that began on August 1, from the preparation:

Each saddled candy, snacks, and in the morning on August 1-15 afternoon, during a date please recite the white, the imam to the home, xinjiang hui people known as the "read", known as the "festival" on the mainland.

On August 15, to walk fast, proceed with caution, attentively to chant buddhist scripture, all ages, both men and women all needs to bath, change clothes and go to the mosque to attend HuiLi, giving alms to the mosque and property;Night, is the most critical moment, called "night" on volume, so muslims are not 12 o 'clock to sleep, pray blessing from Allah pardon, children together, door to door to the islamic family near the gate, white, song, singing at this time, this one will come out man gives property, to gain favor of Allah, to make himself and his family with many blessings.

6. Fatima death

Also called SAN gu too day, June 15, namely ziggy origin.

Method first, is the daughter of Mohammed, the fourth caliph ali's wife, is one of the Islam five women, aged 27.Dignified zhen shu, noble morality, so admired by Muslim women.On June 15th, the anniversary of her death.On this day, Muslim women from all over the world gathered at the mosque, the imam to tell law YiDe goodness, and donate property to the mosque, some please imam to chant sacrifice in the house.

Five women, Islam was a model of Muslim women to learn, so take this ritual activities, an increase of the Muslim women all aspects of the cultivation and moral character.The remaining four women are: muhammad's original lady khadijah, continued his wife aisha, Mary the mother of Jesus, the ash leaf of raising musa.

Because be shia muslims as the first generation of imam ali, so his wife is considered a "virgin" Fatima, therefore shia muslims in xinjiang pay more attention to this day, and hold memorial activities.

The custom of the hui nationality taboo

A, hui ban pig customs

Hui people pig is one of the most sensitive topic, also is the huiCustoms and habitsIn one of the most important question.For a long time, no matter what encounter resistance and pressure, never change the hui ban pig?The habit of eating pork.

Hui why eating pork?This is from the ancient Arab customs.Judaism Islam was created before, strong in the Arabian peninsula is the custom of the pork, because of the Arabian peninsula, the climate is hot, and more for desert, not conducive to the growth and development of the pig, pig of many infectious diseases.So when the Arabian peninsula on the Sumerian shepherd?The camel is given priority to, not a pig.The ancient egyptians also depending on the pig is unclean and disgusting thing in the world.The Greek historian Herodotus in his (history) recorded in Egypt?Saw and heard in the Middle East, in the eyes of the egyptians, the pig is unclean animals, if a man walking accidentally hit a pig, he immediately to go to the river wear clothes jumped into the river, even pig keepers are natives of the egyptians, and no one was willing to marry his daughter to him.

This shows that the ancient egyptians was the pig is very strict, not only do not eat pork, even touch?Can't touch, but also to the pig keepers in the neck.Judaism was founded, in order to adapt to the custom of the Arab region pig bans, write eating pork as a discipline in the bible (old testament) the (without interest) in chapter 11: every shoe in two and a half, cud beasts, you may eat.Pig hoof divided into two and a half did not chew the cud, it is unclean for you.These you shall not eat of their flesh, die you shall not eat, is unclean to you.Stressed discipline, here is not the general health clean, and have the strong religious holy ideas.Park in the 7th century, Mohammed began to spread Islam, in order to eliminate frequentlyThe warThe religious beliefs, and promote?The precepts of the customs and habits, etc, absorbing the Judaism (old testament) the commandments about eating pork, and on this basis complement?Perfect, in (the Koran), four times repeatedly.As (the Koran), the third chapter one hundred and seventy-two section pointed out: he (Allah) only forbidden you to eat the dead?The blood?Pork, and recite the slaughter of animals in the name of Allah.(the Koran) at the time of emphasis on eating pork, also shows that in the case of necessity, to eat a little bit to life, god's forgiveness.These bans are issued in the name of Allah, muslims must unconditionally accept and abide by, there can be no doubt.Due to these provisions of Islam, adapted to the people's living habits, complied with the demands of the development of the Arab region at the time the objective request, therefore, is Islam gradually expanding, spread and Asia, a vast area.China's tang dynasty Du Huan in line (with) : the big eat don't eat pigs, dogs, donkeys, horses and other meat.

Tang and song dynasties, Arab and Persian Muslim doing business in China, because they believed in Islam, so brought the custom of eating pork also to China.Poets in zhu (ping chau to talk about) has been documented in this custom, since people but do not eat pork.The hand blade animals do not eat.After hundreds of years of development history, most of them later became the hui nationality.13 century, due to the western expedition of genghis khan was forced to the east, central Asia, west Asia, Persian, Arabian, Muslim, later also have basic development has become the hui.Commandments of Islam they pay special attention to, strictly abide by the rules, and gradually developed into a custom, the western regions lay people placed the central plains, from driving and the south, no color eyes, high nose deep eyes, do not enjoy pork chanting keep vegetarian fast, be halal.Visible, gathered the hui yuan in jiangnan area has formed the habit of do not eat pork.At the beginning of Ming dynasty, as a result of the hui nationality in underdeveloped, plus MingWu zong, harem married women of hui nationality, white and beautiful 】 【 of hui nationality in a period of time is relatively close, the habits and customs of the hui nationality has been respected.In zhengde years "the folk livestock pig, made for the" thing, but later on, the hui nationality in politically oppressed, hui nationality religion and religious habits are being subjected to restrictions and discrimination, even slander.This suggests that the late Ming dynasty huiming not pork customs, to destruction by the ruling class.

The habits and customs of qing dynasty, the hui people don't eat pork is met with ridicule and vilification.Ruling class after the brutal repression of northwestern hui uprising, in order to distinguish between hui nationality and efficiencies, to test whether eat pork, so that caused more resistance and struggle of the hui nationality.The more the pressure, under the condition of hui people keep their habits.Hui is a famous scholar in the qing dynasty Yang tzu-chung explanation in his (Arabian ceremony) (Koran) about the discipline of eating pork: who is the most foul beasts, their sexual desire, the polluted gas, its heart, its use, its meat does more harm, from foul, sawtooth, well drilling, eating raw meat, more and more lazy, old man with evil demons as precious, is also the least department of food.

The reign of KMT, the hui people don't eat pork also insulted.Openly published articles, the south China literary 】 【 rumor that hui mosque for a pig like, this is the hui nationality ancestors, and so on, caused the hui people strongly against, so that the development of a nationwide protest movement of hui nationality.

Hui after a long period of historical development and in the past dynasties in the struggle of the reactionary ruling class oppression, discrimination, of the pig more strictly prohibited.

Now the hui nationality in China is not only the forbidden to eat pork, but also the pig, even from ideology and emotionally disgust and hide the pigs.Some hui turned back at the sight of the pigs and some smell pork flavor were nausea and vomiting.Run into selling pork shop, restaurant, quickly away.Who made the pork pot, bowl, bowl, chopsticks, chopping board and so on all need not, also not to touch.Use to burn pot, at last it get hot water bowl, basin.Ningxia, gansu and other places of the hui nationality doesn't even mention pig words carry, daddy pig is called pork as malicious thief hot 】 【 [meat], called lard lard 】 【.Series of products made of pig and pig skin is seldom used.Such as no bristle, pig hair brush, no pig hair toothbrush, soap soap without lard.Ningxia JingYuan, Mr. Hickey, concentric, hui, gansu linxia, out of many of the hui nationality settlements for hui doesn't even wear pig leather shoes, leather jackets, and even some phase is bornIs a pig, also called black, all of the hui people in our country has become an important customs.

Second, the family of fasting from dead already, and other custom

The hui nationality in dietary respect, besides eating pork, also a fast not ruminant animals such as dogs, donkeys, mules flesh.Fast fierce beasts and dead cattle, camel, sheep and other livestock, only is the blood of all the animals and birds and poultry, into the non-muslims and recite animals slaughtered in the name of Allah, etc,

Hui fast this strict customs, also has a lot to do with Islam, "the Koran" chapter 5 in the third quarter notes "forbidden you to eat the dead already, blood, pork, and recite the killing in the name of Allah, strangled, punching die, die, gore, left-over animal animal, but kill only after death, still can eat.Forbidden you to eat on the crafting of slaughter;Who forced by hunger, and had no intention of crime (is eat dead already, but not guilty, because Allah is to forgive, is to kind."

Fasting blood.Before Islam has not produced, the ancient Arab took the blood, as a kind of religious taboos.They think that the soul exists in the blood, it is blasphemy to eat blood.

Fast dead already, make people a kind of experience accumulated in their life, fear of food poisoning, was written into the "Koran", with religious color.Chinese islamic teaching Yang tzu-chung explain fast since the power provisions as saying: "since the power not to eat for two reasons;A mundane item from the dead will be toxic.Second, all creatures have two sex, sex and temperament of natural sex.Natural sex is good for your life, and the nature of temperament is born of flesh, for the greedy evil uprightness of sex, also have tired in heart, so biological will kill and eat, this is to go to the flesh."Due to the influence of Islam, after long-term development, very pay attention to diet.The hui nationality scholars in the qing dynasty Yang tzu-chung pointed out in his Arabian 'most holy 】 【;"Can not prey drive three animals, horses, mules, donkeys also;Can drive and complex can predator 2, camel and cow also;To eat not only driven, and the sheep."It is gradually formed the hui do not eat the dead already, the habit of blood, also formed the habit of do not eat horse, mule, donkey meat.Now hui for those bad temper, like eating unclean, strangely shaped, critical eye, saw teeth, claws, don't eat raw meat eaters.Such as tiger, Wolf, leopard, elephant, lion, apes, monkeys, cats, eagle, eagle, hedgehog, bear, snake, frog, rodents, etc., shall not eat, for these things unless under the frustration, his life, can eat less a bit support life, but you can't eat.

Hui to feed to cattle, sheep, camels, deer, chicken, duck, goose, pigeon, quail, rabbit, such as livestock and poultry, also want to please the imam or know slaughter gauge ring of muslims to kill, to form the system of slaughter, namely before slaughter, washing net and the net, such as cattle, sheep, camel, need the string tied to its two front legs, edible and livestock into head south, north, west end position, when the slaughter must recite the name of Allah, commonly known as "tao tice of rice leaf" : "both of than jasmine HeMa, hot black rice", namely: in the name of Allah!And then cut off the livestock and poultry, blood vessels, windpipe, esophagus after control net blood before peeling or defeathering, banned in boiling water, skin, hair.Hui do not eat non-muslim slaughter cattle, sheep, chickens and other livestock and poultry.

Hui this special pay attention to the slaughter of habit, has not changed since the beginning of time.In the yuan dynasty, began to set an important ban, genghis khan is strictly forbidden by the cut throat method, and killing sheep, who slaughtered must according to the Mongolian sheep ancient tribe a c-section method of slaughter, offenders to be put to death.The yuan emperor taizong wokuotaihan and back Kublai Khan still insist on the ban.Due to the ban goes against the slaughter of hui nationality customs and habits, therefore, rejected by the hui and the opposition.They don't offer the court, forcing rulers took back the ban.

Hui in eating the animals in the sea also has a lot of exquisite, don't eat not the shape the aquatic animals' pest,A crab, put in sharks, whales, turtles and so on, don't eat those who feed on small fishThe big fish.To eat end, ridge has thorns, hypogastric winged, scaly fish.Such as scale, carp, grass, silver carps, fish, etc.For the fish to eat also not slaughter, thought the flesh of fish in the water, without water, the sacrifice of flesh is nothing.More important is Mohammed said: "we can eat two of slaughtering animals: fish and the grasshopper."Hui generally don't eat meat pigeons, pigeon legend protected Mohammed, so of the hui nationality with gold "pigeon meat knife to kill".

Three, hui smoking custom wine

The hui nationality is notdrinking, unprepared wine at home, home to the guest shall not be put wine, sometimes in order to receive the guest, after the banquets, the others, toast and clink hui to more high water, orange juice and orange drink instead.Some of the hui nationality and itself would not drinkers sit at the same table for dinner.Hui doesn't like wine is an abomination to the pig and the hui people in the city now has to drink, but they are back to their parents.Hui alcohol is mainly affected by the influence of Islam, because alcohol is strictly forbidden by Islam.The ancient Arab known as the habit of drinking.In 622 AD, after moving from mecca to medina, muhammad met several times to drink, to start, someone asked muhammad license does not permit?Mohammed said: "these two things are included this great sin, for the world has many interests, and their sin is greater than benefits."(9) the Koran 2:21 no clear prohibition.Then someone continue to drink, and persuade don't listen to, drunken vomit, nonsense, not weeks, and so on.Mohammed said: "the channel of the people!You don't worship when drunk, until you know what is his words."The Koran (04) that is to say in a week time can drink.Continue to drink, then drinkers and drunken hit, harm other people and things, and become his enemy.Mohammed ordered with jujube branches and whip whipped drinkers.In the Roman abramovich?Burkle age 40 whip lash drinkers, then whip lash 80.Finally the acceptor revelation for the prophet ban again: "channel of people!Drinking, gambling, worship, pray, is a kind of immoral conduct, is the devil's behavior, avoid them, when to your success.Demons oh that you hate each other because of drinking and gambling."The Koran (0) goes out

The hui nationality due to the influence of the Koran, strict prohibition, there is no alternative way.For a long time, formed the good habit of not drinking, but also to realize the harm of wine.The survey, the hui people thought, the wine is a kind of anesthesia, drinkers is not only bad for health, and in the midst of history and reality, died of drinking delay state affairs, doctrines, and the principles, evil, destroyed his reputation.So, hui think drinking is a disgrace, should not be, must be strictly prohibited.To education of children from an early age, not allowed to drink.Now hui spirited coarse wine, or wine, beer, are prohibited.

Hui also don't smoke, think that smoking, especially smoking opium is a crime, the hui opium smoking less so in the past, "thyme none", men, women and children all know it.Elder to junior women, therefore, to persuade her husband often education, alarms, such as the hui nationality folk have a ballad is a woman told lang not opium: "you don't smoke YangYan, for whom the fireworks out of money, to the old are afflicted, and sent for addiction, and make a collapsed, short walking in front of spirit, no one listen to speak."Hui people smoking cigarettes is not much, if any, also is the inside of the city hui more youth, meet nowTo get marriedFestival days, such as appropriate to prepare some cigarettes, entertaining ethnic brothers.Hui people don't smoke, it is a kind of health habit.They think that smoking is a phlegm, dirty, not health;Second, smoking can cause lung cancer and other diseases, very adverse to the health of people, it is of great scientific reason;3 it is to short the lives of smoking.According to the statistics, people over the age of 25, smoke 40 cigarettes a day, the average life expectancy shorter than non-smokers 8 years old, so the hui don't like to smoke.Some hui old man still against others to their week's smoking in the room.Journalist Fan Changjiang in China's northwest 】 【 said: "for personnel were han Chinese body weak, ragged, opium destroying greenish yellow, thin face hang in mostly han Chinese!Every body, clothes neatly, riding marooned, are all around."

Because the hui do not smoke, drink, hui red one by one, face handsome, strong, don't spit not breathing, even if the version of the old man, also can as usualRide a bicycleEngage in Labour, and therefore, longevity.In the 1983 census, ningxia has 22 elderly, including 21 is the hui nationality, the hui a third of the population is less than the whole population.

Four, hui ban been swamped, play gambling and idolaters custom

Hui is prohibited to pray, to play gambling and idolaters.Since ancient times, men and women, old and young are not let the Yin and Yang, the fortune-teller fortune-telling for oneself, also not to give others fortune-teller, it fragments, not feng shui house appointed, not XianFang god of medicine, not high spirits cure and so on.Hui think pray, fortune-telling etc. It is all the filth of the improper behavior, because the hui nationality under the influence of Islam, believe that fate is god arrangement, have god tells you everything, so no other superstitious activities.

Hui hui ban any idols, in compact communities village generally does not make the man's head statue avoid is put all kinds of people and animal figures in the home, also don't hang on the wall head portrait, only hung landscape landscape painting.Although some hui home portraits hung up the people or animals, but in a week, in the eyes of the portrait cover a piece of white paper, because the hui nationality only believe in god, do not believe all other gods, nor all the idols to worship, formed the habit of not want idol at home.

Hui also prohibit to play gambling, think playing gambling with yourself, to others, adverse to the society, think playing gambling is made of the "haram" something for nothing, money is wealth,).In the past there were notable in the play of the hui nationality bet, the result is the destruction of their families.Before the founding of new China, with the hui nationality songs image shows the "ten people to play bet nine people poor end:" a disease is not a good fit, kidney curved like a cage loops, head of the pillow uncompleted brick, butt the hole cover blanket.

Hui found playing gamble, neighbors and parents picking up sticks.The play bet against the hui nationality, so now play gamble of the hui people rarely.

Hui also forbidden usury that loan sharking), but now the folk people implement workarounds.Hui also banned food kidding;Ban on women frame-an;Avoid han to hui home borrow tableware;Ban men wear gold;No excessive decoration;It is forbidden to Mr Green (tattoo), pull out some eyebrows, and so on.