Hui people like to eat mutton in dishes and are particularly interested in mutton. Mutton dishes occupy a very important position in the whole dish. It is said that the Hui people in China have 1000 kinds of recipes for matching sheep. There are many reasons: First, influenced by Islam, people avoid eating meat such as pigs, donkeys, mules, horses and dogs, and mainly eat meat such as cattle, sheep, chickens and fish. Herry Liu, a religious scholar of the Hui nationality in Qing Dynasty, discussed the practice of Islamic etiquette system with the living customs of the Hui people in his Selected Interpretation of Arabic Etiquette, and clearly put forward that "diet is the principle of nourishing nature" and "all birds that eat grain and animals that eat straw are essentially kind." It is also said that "only camels, cattle and sheep are pure natural, and they can be used as food." Second, the Hui people have been engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, drinking and food industry since the Yuan Dynasty, and like to raise, sell and eat cattle and sheep. Cattle and sheep should be raised separately by thousands of households. Third, mutton not only has edible value and economic value, but also has dietotherapy effect, which is beneficial to the body. Mutton contains protein, fat, sugar, inorganic salts and vitamins. Often eat mutton, appetizing and strengthening the body, dispelling cold and helping yang, benefiting kidney and tonifying deficiency. It has been recommended as a good food therapy since ancient times. "Herbal Supplement" said: "Tonifying energy and weakening, ginseng and mutton belong to the same family." Fourthly, Islam stipulates that Muslims should eat "good food". Sheep are clean and kind-natured. The word sheep represents beauty in ancient China. Such as beauty, freshness, goodness and auspiciousness. Therefore, the Hui people's love of mutton is the embodiment of the original meaning of the word beauty. In Notes on Shuowen Jiezi, Shuowen Jiezi and Kao Gong Ji, sheep, beauty and goodness are consistent. Hui people love mutton, which is not only delicious, but also a symbol of good luck.