1、s clothing 72.3 females clothing 8Chapter 3 Marriage and funeral 103.1marriage 103.2 Funerals 11Chapter 4 Traditional festival 124.1Traditional festival 12Conclusion 13Notes 14Acknowledgements 15The culture about hui nationalityXiaoWen（Foreign Language Department , Hunan City University, Yiyang, Hun
2、an 413000, China）Abstract:Near the foot of grand Tian Shan Mountain,along by the beautiful Yellow River,some lovely, pretty ,kindhearted and hard-working people live in there,they are hui natinality,we usually call they hui hui or hui people.hui people short for hui hui nationality, has actually res
3、ulted from the mergence of various ethnic groups such as persia,Arab,central Asia , and it was over a long period of time.About in 651 AD,Islam was introduced into China via Arab traders.Due to the impact of Islam,hui people has formed various customs and habits of their own, covering food,clothing,
4、wedding , funeral and traditional festival. Key words:Hui nationality ;diet ;clothing culture;weding and funeral;wedding and funeral, traditional festival.摘 要:在巍峨的天山下，在美丽的黄河边，生活着这样一群美丽可爱，勤劳善良的人们，他们回族人民，即我们通常所说的回回，回人等。回族是回回民族的简称，是由中国国内及国外的波斯、阿拉伯、 中亚各族人等多种民族成分在长时期历史发展中形成的民族。约在公元651年，伊斯兰教由阿拉伯商人正式传入中国。由
5、于受伊斯兰教的影响，回族人民在饮食、服饰、婚葬习俗 、传统节日等方面都形成了独具特色的风俗习惯。 关键词:回族民族 ；伊斯兰教；饮食文化；服饰文化；婚葬习俗 ；传统节日 Introduction The Hui ethnic minority is descended from the Arabic and Persian merchants who came to China during the 7th century. With a population of 643,238, the majority of the group lives in the Ningxia Hui Auto
6、nomous Region. However, there are Hui living in almost all the provinces and cities of China.Chinese is the native language of the Hui people for both the spoken and written language. In addition, they retain some of the Arabic and Persian words.Islamism has played a vital role in the development of
7、 the Hui ethnic minority.Most of the Hui people are Muslim and there is typically a mosque in each community. The Imam led the religious activities and their sutra is koran. In fact, the religious thought has influenced them ranging from etiquettes of living, dining, and marriage to funeral customsr
8、anging from etiquettes of living, dining, and marriage to funeral customs.Chapter 1 The diet1.1 the food and drinking The Hui people eat rice and wheat as staples, along with beef, mutton, chicken, fish and various vegetables.As we all know,hui people believe in Islam,and the believe their god is ho
9、ly,so the the follower and what they eat and drink should be clean.so they never drink and eat the food they think is dirty, Difference from Han people , Hui people are generally forbidden to eat the meat of some animals such as horse, donkey, mule, dog and other ferocious birds and animals. Pork is
10、 especially forbidden,and they seldom talk about any words refer to pig . Besides, animals which isnt normal died and the blood also are forbidden .Moreover, if people of other nationalities use a pot or dish to hold pork, then Hui people will not use or touch the dish.Pigeons are considered a divin
11、e bird that may be eaten only under certain circumstances. For example, a pigeon are fed to the sick as a tonic, but only after it is approved by the Imam.The cuisine of the Hui is diverse and varies from region to region. If you visit the Hui people, you will be served a wide variety of distinctive
12、 food. Hui people living in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region prefer food with flour; in Gansu and Qinghai, they favor wheat, corn, barley, and potatoes. Hui people like drinking tea ,which often mixed with many other nutritious ingredients such as longan, jujube, sesame, sugar candy, and medlar. Th
13、e tea is very delicious and famous,especially the babaogaiwancha and snpaotai.Visiting guests receive infused tea and are served fruits or home-made cakes. All the family members will come to greet their guests, and, if the guest is from afar, he will be seen off even out of the Hui peoples village.
14、Being a guest among hui friends ,you wouldnt ignore their hospitality and this experience would be never fade from your memory.In there,you may have the chance to taste the delicious food and snacks such as youxiang,sazi,and quanyangxi. Chapter 2 Clothing2.1 overview The Hui people are one of the et
15、hnic groups that worship Islam in China. Due to the impact of Islam,The clothing of Hui ethnic group has distinctive national features.their clothes emphasize tidy, pleasing, simple and comfortable, clean, not glamorous or luxurious. Especially, men dont wear glamorous clothes or strange hats. Their
16、 clothes and hats are mainly white, green and black. Such features are related to the origin and religion of Hui ethnic group.Their mainly include waistcoat, Dasdar （the cloth wrapped on head）, Maisaihai （leather） socks, Zhunbai （robe）, worshipper hat, headscarf, and so on. The Hui people often call
17、 clothing yizhuo or chuandai dress or apparels.Generally speaking,the Hui people and the Han people wear very similar clothing.,the major difference is their distinctive headdress .Hui men traditionally wear a white skullcap and the women often wear a veil, keeping their faces covered.For example, m
18、ens white hat, Dasdar and womens headscarf in the apparel of Hui have been the most widespread in the tradition from the past to present. No matter in the water towns of Jiangnan, or on the yellow and black soil land of North China, the headdress of the Hui ethnic group is most remarkable with its d
19、istinctive features.s clothingThe males clothing is divided into children, adult and elderly clothes based on their ages. men often wear a small white hat,some times wear hats have other colors of , grey, blue, green, red and black. Some are monochrome. Some have lace edges, patterns or characters o
20、f western ethnic styles, like the pattern of star and moon, floral patterns, etc. They can be chosen for different seasons and occasions. Generally, people wear mostly white hats or hats with floral pattern in spring, summer and autumn, and grey or black hats in winter. In the wedding ceremony, the
21、groom usually wears a red hat for celebration.Except for white hat, the Hui people also wrap heads with white or yellow towels or cloths. They are often called Dasdar or head-wrapped Hui. Dasdar is normally 3m or 4m long. Wrapping pays particular attention to the skills. It can only be wrapped to th
22、e forehead hair at the front and the forehead cant be wrapped inside.Waistcoat is an important part of mens clothing for Hui people, representing the ethnic features of simple and natural. The Hui people wear different waistcoats in different seasons. It could be worn outside and inside. The Hui peo
23、ple has the tradition of practicing martial arts. People wear the waistcoat, fold up sleeves to wash hands and face and do chores. The waistcoat is made of cloth, silk, thin silk, linen. It can be worn both in summer and winter and can serve as underwear and coat. Besides, Elderly Hui people often w
24、ear a kind of leather socks in winter,which is called Maisai socks, Maisaihai means leather socks and is made of thin and soft ox hide, similar to leather jacket, clean and bright, firm and endurable. One wears the leather sock and eliminates the steps of feet-washing. Touching the socks toe to heel
25、 with wet hands equals to feet washing. Therefore, Hui people generally like wearing Maisai socks.In some places, Hui men like to wear a sword around their waists, commonly called broadsword. The Hui men wear broadsword for two purposes: firstly to decorate and secondly to kill or save sacrificial a
26、nimals at any time. This custom is the same as that recorded by Du Huan from Tang Dynasty, Muslims wear silver belt and broadsword. It was introduced from Muslims to Hui people in China and became gradually a habit of Hui people. The headscarf is a traditional headscarf of Muslim women to cover hair
27、, ear, neck, but not the face. Islam regards womens hair as positions of shame. Alcoran emphasizes and points out that the Muslim women should look downwards and cover their positions of shame. To cover the hair, prevent sand and keep clean, Muslim women formed gradually the customs of wearing heads
28、carf. The headscarf is generally divided into three colors: green, blue and black. It is embedded with gilded edges and embroidered with simple and elegant flower patterns, fresh, elegant and beautiful, vivid and charming. The traditional clothes of Hui women have generally side openings and rich de
29、corations. Girls and young married women like to have inserted lines, color ream and rolled edges on their clothes. Some even embroider bright and vivid flowers on the front of clothes. Clothes of Hui women have usually buttons on the right. Buttons are made by themselves. Traditional shoes of Hui w
30、omen are usually embroidered with flowers at the top. The Hui custom of wearing rings has been influenced by customs of Arabian countries and Islam. In Arabian countries, when Muslim girls are engaged, they often check groom-to-bes economic conditions and ask for gold and silver jewelry as the betro
31、thal gift. In addition, Muslims who came from Arab, Persia and other countries to do business in China were good at running businesses of gold and silver jewelry, hence, were of good economic conditions. Their wives and daughters all wore jewelries. The third factor was the influence of Han Chinese.
32、 The Han Chinese has a tradition of wearing rings for over 2000 years. People wore rings as early as the Shang Dynasty. All these factors exercised influences on Hui peoples wearing of gold and silver ornaments. Women clothing of Hui is divided into unmarried, married and middle-aged, married and old-aged. Different styles of clothing are formed for different regions, seasons and professions
