Hui nationality has a long history and cultural traditions, including food culture. In the food culture of Hui people, animals such as cattle and sheep are the main sources of meat, while pork is not the main source of meat. Therefore, from the historical and cultural point of view, Hui people are not inclined to eat pork. Moreover, the Hui nationality is a nation that believes in Islam. In Islam, pigs are regarded as unclean animals and are regarded as a symbol of filth and filth.

Therefore, Hui people think that eating pork will defile their religious beliefs and purity, which is one of the main reasons why they refuse to eat pork. In some areas, due to the limitation of social and economic conditions, people can't get enough meat supply and can only rely on limited meat to survive. In this case, pork is not the main source of meat, but a choice as an auxiliary food. So this may also be one of the socio-economic factors that lead the Hui people not to eat pork.

Hui diet culture;

According to Islamic regulations, Muslims fast pigs, horses, donkeys, mules, dogs and all animals that die of their own accord, and all animals and birds with ugly images, whether cattle, sheep, camels or chickens, must be slaughtered by imams or worshippers after chanting Allah's name, otherwise they cannot be eaten. In daily life, Hui people don't smoke or drink, but they especially like to drink tea and entertain guests with tea.

Due to local dispersion, 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 are tea-smashing among Hui people in Hunan. Gaiwancha is a special hobby of Hui people in northwest China. The most representative is the "eight treasures covered bowl tea", that is, tea, rock sugar, medlar, walnut kernel, sesame, red dates, longan and raisins (or dried apples) are soaked in a covered bowl.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Hui Nationality.