The word halal originally had another meaning, meaning purity. This is a common vocabulary, which was used in Islam in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this usage and concept had been systematically expounded and generally accepted. The origin of the word "halal" halal symbol There is no word "halal" in Arabic, it comes from ancient Chinese. The word "halal" was first seen in Li Bai's poems in the Tang Dynasty. "Dai Sheng is retro, and hanging clothes is expensive for halal", which means that in poetry creation, it is natural and simple, and it abandons carving. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, many literati liked to write poems with the word "halal", and Taoism also named its temples with the word "halal", such as "halal view". Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, wrote a hundred words praising the monarchy and praised Islam as "halal". By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Muslims who claimed to be Hui gradually monopolized the word "halal". Think that purity is pure, and truth is not mixed. Pure without impurity is "halal". The mosque we are talking about now is actually an Islamic worship temple; Qingzhen refers to a sentence at the core of Islamic belief: "Everything is not the Lord, only Allah; Muhammad is the messenger of God. " Muslim hotel or restaurant, originally meant Islamic hotel or restaurant; Muslim food refers to food produced in accordance with Islamic law. In short, the word "halal" has become synonymous with Islam in China. For example, in the past, old people called Islam "Puritanism or Islam". Generally speaking, the word modern halal is used to describe Islam, mosques and Muslim food. [ 1]