Hui people mainly celebrate three major festivals every year, namely Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Holy Day, all of which are calculated by Islamic calendar.

September is Ramadan 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 70 days after Eid al-Fitr. Before the festival, everyone cleaned up and fried oil incense, prickly heat, flowers and flowers. At dawn on the day of the festival, bathe yourself, 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.

Holy Day is a memorial day to commemorate the birth and death of Muhammad. According to legend, his birth and death were both on March 12 of the Islamic calendar, which is commonly called "holy discipline" and "holy congregation". On the day of the festival, I first went 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 have to make confessions (confessions). After the ceremony, the dinner began.

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Food taboos of Hui people:

According to the regulations of Islam, the Hui people fast pigs, horses, donkeys, mules, dogs and all animals and animals that have died by themselves, and fast all birds and animals with ugly images, no matter cows, sheep, camels and chickens, they must read the name of Allah by imams or worshippers and then slaughter them, otherwise they cannot eat them. In daily life, Hui people don't smoke or drink, but they especially like drinking tea and entertaining guests with tea.

Due to the scattered places, different tea drinking customs have been formed, and there are cans of tea in the northern Hui area; There is roasted tea among Hui people in Yunnan; There is tea smashing among the Hui people in Hunan. Gaiwancha is a special hobby of the Hui people in northwest China. The most representative one is "eight-treasure covered bowl tea", that is, tea, crystal sugar, medlar, walnut kernel, sesame, red dates, longan, raisins (or dried apples) are soaked in the covered bowl.