Hui people's diet respects Islamic dietary rules and advocates eating "good food: in short, nutritious, clean and docile animals." Mainly fasting some food. Such as grotesque, filthy, vicious and strange birds, animals and fish, all belong to the scope of fasting. Pigs, horses, donkeys, dogs, mules, animal blood and rabbits (rabbits are edible) are all fasting. Tortoise, loach, fish, frog, mussel, sea cucumber, thorn, crab, etc. (But the forbidden range of seafood has changed somewhat) is prohibited. In addition, most Hui people do not drink or smoke.

In terms of meat, the Hui people only eat the meat of split hoofs and ruminants. Such as the meat of cattle, sheep, camels, deer and mountain rabbits; Birds only eat the meat of chickens, ducks, geese and pigeons; Only fish and shrimp are eaten in aquatic products. Among these edible animals, they don't eat those that died by themselves or those that were slaughtered by foreigners. It must be slaughtered by the four masters (knife masters) or imams of the mosque before it can be eaten. So it's best to go to an authentic halal restaurant when eating, where the food is absolutely halal.

Eating and fasting animals can be roughly divided into:

Poultry: It eats grain, has a beard and looks like a chicken's mouth. Such as chickens, ducks, geese, quails, pigeons, sparrows, geese and so on. Eagles and carnivores, such as eagles, owls, raccoons, vultures, crows, magpies, woodpeckers, etc., are not edible.

Animals: ruminants (chewing backwards), with four hooves and two halves, are docile and edible. Such as cattle, sheep, camels and deer. On the contrary, it is not allowed, such as pigs, dogs, cats, tigers, leopards, wolves, lions, rats, snakes, donkeys, horses, mules, monkeys, bears and elephants.

Fish: There are fins under the abdomen, scales on the body, spines on the spines and tails on the head, such as carp, silver carp, crucian carp, grass carp, yellow croaker and hairtail, which are all edible. Whales, sharks, frogs, turtles, dolphins, seals, sea lions, etc. And "elephant fish is not a fish, fish is not a fish" is also taboo, such as loach, turtle, shellfish and so on.

In edible cattle and sheep, tendons, bones, oil, meat, liver, lung, skin, heart, waist, intestine, abdomen, tube, head, hoof and other parts can be eaten; Such as the second door (anus, genital door), beard (nasal beard), ear, spine (spinal cord), claw (hoof shell), brain (brain juice), whip (bullwhip), cell (bladder), pancreas, tiger (testis), two bloodstained garments (blood, pocket) and so on, are all inedible parts.

In addition, it also extended the issue of intermarriage between Hui and Han. The usual practice of intermarriage between Hui and Han is: Xu Jin is not allowed to leave. That is, Hui men can marry Han women (Han women need to be religious), but Hui women can't marry Han men. But now there are Hui women who marry Han men (as in Sun Nan and Hongmei Mai), but Han men must become Muslims and at least obey the Hui people in their eating habits. Descendants must also be Hui Muslims (Sun Nan not only doesn't eat big meat, but he and Hongmei Mai's daughter are both named Bao Yaomai after Hongmei Mai).

Well, I hope I can help you! May you live happily all your lives!