The main Hui nationality living in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Hebei and Henan, Yunnan, Shandong, there are many inhabited areas. The Hui believe in Islam, the religion of their habits and customs of life has a unique charm and character, here's a very devout Muslim day of worship, rain or shine, every year over Eid al-Fitr, Id al-Adha, the Festival of the three major festivals San Ji. Wedding of the Hui Hui songs and dances, taste a variety of snacks, colorful show of Muslim customs. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: the Hui folk instrumental music, the costumes of the Hui Hui heavy knife martial arts.

　　The main signs of Hui clothing in the head, men like to wear white cloth produced by a round hat (also called the church hat, cap Hui), along with a small round hat. The Hui people in the church and bowed, forehead and nose tip to a must, along with wearing hats more convenient operation, was developed into a custom clothing. Color to white, mainly black, gray, blue and green. More than a round white cap with the production of cotton, some with white lines into a string together for the autumn and winter. As a result of their locations, and different religious sects, have different styles, with the exception of a round hat, there is a round corner cap spiers and hexagonal cap. The Hui women often wear the hijab, the traditional hijab is the face of hair care with head cover for the hair, ears, neck, face exposed. This stems from Islam to women's hair as a "body shame" and "the Koran," stressed that Muslim women must be "as the next head, cover his body shame," you have to scarf down on the collar, do not look decorative. Therefore, the Hui Muslim women as hair loss on the exposed, "according to Mani", as well as for cleaning sand, it will gradually wear the hijab customs. Hui nationality of the women's hijab, for its color green, blue, black, four white, teenage girls, the elderly and daughter-in-law were divided: an unmarried girl is not wearing green, looks fresh and beautiful; middle-aged women wearing black, looked solemn elegance ; The elderly wear white, white appears to be generous. Hijab also pay attention to decoration and beautiful, and more choice of silk, silk, Georgette, Rong Deng is expected to produce high profile. The longer the elderly hijab, to wear vests Department; middle-aged women and girls shorter, only to put on the shoulders, and the like flanger, embroidery.

　　Muslim marriage, there are differences from region to region, as a result of differences in the times are different. But the marriage of Hui's normal procedure to go through to people close to him, engaged, married, the marriage process, and so on.  to pro. School-age men and women through mutual understanding and the feelings of understanding, and then Shuo invited by the man, the woman to go home to parents. Northwest to the pro-am, general matchmaker to bring the "four-color Man" (tea, sugar, red dates, walnuts), also known as "opening ceremony." The woman received, that would imply that could be considered, while refusing to. After a number of round-trip, the two sides can be satisfied with the deliberations of engagement matters. Engagement. Engagement of the Hui way vary from place to place, there is no regulation. Northwest engagement known as "Pendant children," engaged on both men and women hosted a matchmaker, the main family members. Betrothal gifts gold earring child, or material for making clothes, cosmetics, son of letters (also known as the dry bar, cash), four-color, etc., from man to the woman's home. Hainan engagement of the Hui, by the man carrying betelnut, noodles, bride price, bracelets, and other gifts to the woman's family negotiable date of the marriage. The amount of bride price, variety, as is often the man and the woman's financial requirements.

　　Marriage and the selection of auspicious wedding days later, four days before Ying Qin, the man invited her parents at home the next day in the marriage book. On this day, the man invited to teach cleric palm (another waiting room to sit), the Secretary-li-li (as the main family), the female guests, greetings to each other, on their own positions, the imam to teach Tangshang palm I sit, the woman guests, the man Master sitting at the left and the right side, many relatives and friends on both sides to sit, kneel before the groom put, palm Education stated that the imam of the marriage ceremony, the marriage book of justice, the book anonymous men and women in the paper, read out in public, and then start After candy, peanuts and the like seen hurling the groom three times, the owner put on the banquet to entertain the guests. Ying Qin day, the groom Shengfu to the woman's home, Yue Zhang Ying-income, thanks to the Church. The bride, wearing a fitted married parents and relatives of worship, and then Jin-silk to cover their face first, on floats, escorted by the groom to the man's home. At night trip to the wedding. After the ceremony the same day night, a matchmaker in the new room put on the dim sum dishes, get the groom to the bride with dinner, eat soup Hua Lu. After the meal from relatives who know and respected in the Education Code, the bride and groom to the woman who admonished the couple love each other related content, and asked the Education Code to be aware of the regulations. Finally, the removal of the bride headdress, to lay down their Wei Zhang, from the public. The bride brought home the next morning dishes, son-in-law brought home Jiugu, the bride's parents you eat; Jiugu family also prepared food, hospitality bride. The groom was carrying three days after an audience with gifts and Waijiu wife's parents, no matter from outside the family. Married that day, matchmaker by relatives of several people to take the woman's home pro, cars, horses, all the test car color knot, that auspicious festive. After the wedding, Zhu Hunren studied marriage certificate, then the imam asked the names of men and women, whether or not to seek consent, and then written confirmation, the witnesses read the word, grabbed candy, nuts like the crowd scattered. Hui people in rural areas there are "before sewing the" Valley, needlework show off the bride well, some of them singing "sewing table" song; there are some areas of "playing parents-in-law," the habit. In the evening, around the downtown have new habits. On the third day after marriage the bride and groom accompanied by their parents back home to visit their parents.

　　People of the Hui Ji Shi pork, dog, horse, mule and donkey meat, do not eat animals, such as blood; others taboo in their own homes as smoking, drinking; Food and joking Prohibited, fasting can not make things Metaphor, Prohibition of people in pre-open Tanxiong arm; where water for human consumption, spring, are not allowed to water their animals, and no one was allowed in the vicinity of the face, or do the laundry. Must wash their hands before the water, water containers left in the water can not back down the well. Muslim diet is day-to-day attention to health, where local conditions, before eating, after dinner with the flow of water should wash their hands, most of the Hui people from smoking, no drinking, eating, the elders had to take a seat now, not with the younger generation Kang Shang sit with the elders, Kang Yan to be sitting on the floor or the bench. In addition, the water scoop, scoop rice are not allowed to scoop out.

　　Wider distribution of the Hui nationality, Sisu is not exactly the same. Such as: Ningxia Hui Nationality preference for pasta, like eating noodles, patches, like eating rice to reconcile. Gansu, Qinghai, the Hui nationality are wheat, corn, barley, potatoes staple food for the day-to-day. Hong oil, is the son of micro-around favorite of the Hui special food, holiday gift is essential. Non-food products have characteristics Niangpi, noodles, Lu Mian, meat, fried noodles, bean curd brain, Ngau Tau chop suey, the smell of urine, such as sub-surface. Most of them are available year round fermentation face, for use at any time. The city of Hui throughout the year breakfast tea drinking habits.

　　Bovine meat, mutton-based, some are eating camel meat, fish scales are all kinds of food, such as production in the north of herring, silver carp, sturgeon fish and so on. Pigeons in the area of the Hui nationality in Gansu Province is considered to be Saint birds can be reared, but not easy to eat. For critically ill patients, with the consent of the imam (religious professionals) agree that supplements can be used for human consumption.

　 Hui nationality than to fry, fried, cooked in soy and vinegar, and deep-fried, blasting, baking and other cooking techniques, different flavors of Muslim food, useful and seaweed, Chinese wolfberry, tendons and sheep, chickens and ducks, and other seafood as the main raw materials, fine to conduct their research , The Cantonese cuisine in the English variety of luxury as well as unique dishes and snacks. Northwest China's Hui nationality also like eating pickles civil.

　 Drink more about the Hui nationality are not in the flow of water, no clean drinking water are not. Taboo in the source of drinking water next to the bath, laundry, water down. Xi Hui nationality are also tea and tea with guests, the Hui in the northwest of the famous Gaiwan Cha. Hui also eight treasures tea drinking tea Tanks are also characteristics.