I. Loyalty to Allah
Hui people don't eat pork because of their beliefs and their loyalty to Allah. In the hearts of all Hui people, Allah is kind to their genealogy, and they will absolutely carry out Allah's ban. Therefore, after Allah banned them from eating pork, they have been passed down from generation to generation, and even now Hui people do not eat pork.
Second, the pig saved the lives of the ancestors of the Hui people.
It is said that in the wars of ancient times, pigs once saved the lives of their ancestors. At that time, pigs helped them escape the encirclement of the enemy. Since then, Muslims have had the habit of not eating pork, and this habit has been passed down for hundreds of years and has been passed down to the present.
Third, it is related to their religious culture.
Muslims don't eat pork, which is directly related to their religious culture, because thousands of years ago, Islam said that pigs were forbidden and hated. They thought that pigs were unclean, and they thought that pigs were a symbol of laziness and stupidity. In addition, Islam thought that the area where pigs lived was dirty, even the feed they ate was dirty, so their followers were not allowed to eat this unclean food.
Other food culture characteristics of Hui nationality;
1, pasta is more than rice in the staple food. Pasta is the traditional staple food of the Hui people. Its variety, novelty, fragrant taste and exquisite technology are unparalleled, which shows the wisdom of the Hui people. According to statistics, in the Hui people's diet, the variety of pasta is over 60%, while in other varieties, flour is more or less used.
2. Sweets occupy a certain position in the diet life of Hui people. Among the famous dishes of the Hui nationality, many are beets, such as flying like honey, fried sheep's tail, sweet and sour tenderloin and so on. There are more sweets in rice noodles, such as cold cakes, cut cakes, sweet plates with eight treasures, sweet twists, sweet dumplings, glutinous rice cakes, glutinous rice cakes, persimmon cakes and paste trays.
3. The Hui people attach great importance to learning and absorbing the cooking experience of their brothers. For hundreds of years, the Hui people have lived in harmony with the Han people and other brotherly peoples, living and living in harmony, and introduced many food varieties, such as jiaozi, steamed bread, zongzi, Yuanxiao and moon cakes. When Hui people make these varieties, they never copy them completely, but creatively improve them, such as jiaozi.