Hui customs and habits

The customs and habits of the Hui nationality include ancestor worship, feasting, marriage customs, fasting and sutra collection.

1, ancestor worship: Hui people respect their ancestors very much, and traditional festivals such as Tomb-Sweeping Day and Double Ninth Festival will go to the ancestral graves to worship their ancestors. At the same time, they will worship ancestral tablets at their doorsteps or living rooms, and burn incense and paper for their ancestors every day.

2. Banquet: Hui people attach great importance to guests, and it is also one of their traditional customs to entertain relatives and friends. At the banquet, they will entertain guests with rich food and prepare tea and fruit for them.

3. Marriage customs: The marriage customs of the Hui nationality are also very distinctive. For example, when the bride enters the wedding, she must wear specific wedding clothes, and there will be specific musical instruments and lyrics at the wedding scene to make the wedding more festive.

4. Fasting: Islam has a far-reaching influence on the Hui people, so the Hui people also have strict fasting customs. During Ramadan every year, Muslims will fast during the day and eat at night until the end of Ramadan.

5. Tibetan Scriptures: The Hui people have a traditional custom, that is, to keep classic documents and ancient books at home, and to take out the scriptures in the Tibetan Scriptures Room and recite them on time every day.

State Ethnic Affairs Commission of the People's Republic of China-Customs and Culture