What the Hui people don't eat are: pork, dog meat, donkey meat, horse meat, mule meat and the meat of all fierce birds and beasts. In addition, the Hui people do not eat the blood of animals and livestock that have died, have not bled and have not been slaughtered according to religious customs. Hui people have their own beliefs and habits about food.

Hui nationality is a minority with a large population in China, with a total population of 98 1.68 million (excluding Taiwan Province province in 2000), which is distributed in 3/kloc-0 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government.

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is the main inhabited area of the Hui nationality, with a population of1862,500, accounting for 18.9% of the total population of the Hui nationality in China.

The distribution characteristics of the Hui nationality are mainly manifested in the pattern of "large dispersion and small settlement", which is concentrated in the distribution of Hui autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures, autonomous counties and ethnic townships.