There are three most important festivals of the Hui nationality, namely Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Holy Day, all of which are calculated by the Islamic calendar.

The beginning of Eid al-Fitr is Ramadan in September of the teaching calendar every year, and Muslims who are over 12 years old for men and over 9 years old for women are required to fast. When the fast expires, every Eid al-Fitr, which starts at dawn, washes, bathes, changes into new clothes and goes to the mosque to pay homage.

Eid al-Adha is usually held 7 days after Eid al-Fitr. Before the Eid al-Fitr, every family will clean up and fry oil incense, dumplings and so on. On the day of the festival, you should bathe and burn incense, put on clean clothes and go to the mosque to attend the ceremony. After the ceremony, a grand slaughter ceremony will be held. One of the slaughtered meat will be eaten, one will be sent to relatives and friends, and the other will be given to the poor.

The Holy Day begins on March 12th in the Islamic calendar, to commemorate the anniversary of Muhammad's birth and death. On that day, we will go to the mosque to recite scriptures, praise the saints and tell the life story of Muhammad, so as to educate the Hui people not to forget the most holy teachings and become a real Muslim. On this day, Muslims will also make confessions (confessions), and after the ceremony, they will begin to have a meal.

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Hui people's beliefs include three parts: inner honesty, reciting confession and practicing. Hui people must maintain six major beliefs, and believing in Allah (God) is the core of the six major beliefs, that is, believing that Allah is the creation of all things in the world, the sun, the moon and the stars and everything that dominates the universe.

In daily life, five pillars of islam, such as chanting, ritual, fasting, class and pilgrimage, is the basic practice of faith. "Reading" means that all men, women and children should learn to read the truth. "Rite" is worship, which mainly includes daily morning ceremony, noon ceremony, Nuo ceremony, faint ceremony and Xiao ceremony.

The Hui people do not eat pigs, horses, donkeys, mules, dogs and all animals that die by themselves, and all birds and animals with ugly images, no matter cows, sheep, camels and chickens, they must say the name of Allah by imams or worshippers and then slaughter them, otherwise they cannot eat them.

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