Salar mainly live in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County of Qinghai Province and its neighboring counties of Long Gan both rural and the rest are located in the city of Xining in Qinghai Province and other counties as well as the Xiahe, Gansu Province, Urumqi, Xinjiang and other places. Salar has its own language, and because of the nearby Han, Hui, Tibetan, and other family relations, but also absorb a lot of Chinese and Tibetan words, no words, Chinese Tong. Salar mainly engaged in agricultural production, animal husbandry and horticulture run. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: Salar wedding.

　　Salar there are major festivals Eid al-Fitr, Id al-Adha, and so on, the most solemn day for the Id al-Adha, Every holiday season, guests have to Salar, Shouzhua boiled mutton, chicken stew, so sugar packets, such as fried cake , "Billy bought the sea" (up oil corporation), "silk tree" (a kind of oil, cooked noodles, such as filling for the steamed stuffed bun) and Hui Cai.

　　Salar is a form of monogamous marriage, family practice outside marriage, family, close relatives, "Agron is a" distant relatives and "San-hole" between the prohibition of marriage, but not very strict. The conclusion of the marriage depends on fate of parents, wedding presided over by the imam, "squeeze gate", that is, in the bride's parents who want to force surrounded the house, and the groom home to a closed-door ceremony; "commission", that is performing "camel show ";" Wedding ", the bride singing to cry out;" before sewing ", that is, the bride and groom to the home sewing to produce children.

　　Salar respect, "the pro-uncle" and that "iron out, a person Jiujia." Salar young men and women in marriage, it normally takes four steps: first of all to people close to him, Nan Jia eyes of a girl, ask a matchmaker (usually male), 1-2 to the home to pay tribute to women, such as the agreement of the woman's parents And then with the consent of the girl, and I agree with the pro-room uncles; followed by Namibia, was agreed after the woman home, Nan Jia selected date, the petition is still a matchmaker to send the woman home, "tea set," the general to send a pair of earring, cloth - Pieces, two Fu tea, the woman will be home to receive the promised official said that tea is no longer a separate Xu others. Early, the woman's parents agreed, but also please the pro-uncles room with a matchmaker who has to eat "up the oil group", and then back to the matchmaker would also like to restore some of the Nanjia to show the same as on the wing; for the third to send the bride price, Salar language "Maleyien have to Seoul," the man through a matchmaker, will be made by both sides in advance the number of delivery, the number of bride price, Nan Jia, as the economic circumstances of the case. Finally, married, from both men and women to choose auspicious days for marriage ceremonies.

　　Salar men to wear long gown collar, crotch trousers, Zarb waist belt or scarf, wearing a sheepskin hat canopy volume, short-Jiao Chuan Tong Xue, wearing a black or white dome cap. More belt for red, green, black trousers were blue. Winter, the man wearing a light brown wool board Yang Piao or shirt, and sometimes hang out face cloth or wool. Women's wear in a variety of colors and material of the jacket, black or purple jacket Kanjian, a pair of trousers, embroidered cloth shoes to wear, wear the hijab. Girls from an early age to start wearing a headscarf, the young woman wearing a green hijab, middle-aged woman wearing a black hijab, older women are wearing white hijab. Salar woman who likes to wear gold, silver rings, jade, copper or silver bracelets, earrings and so on silver jewelry. Salar man did not stay long, Xi Liu Huzai, wearing a black or white hexagonal round hat, young people wearing white T-shirt Duijin, Kanjian black coat, wearing a black hat, wearing blue trousers. Women wear beautiful colors of the clothes Dajin, Kanjian and above package. Wearing the hijab, hi wear earrings, bracelets, such as gold and silver jewelry. In addition to the female students and small dolls, almost all wearing the hijab, the head Choubu, Jingbo cover only the face exposed. Now many women have Jiediao the veil. Women's hijab color green, black and white. Large color from the physical tell their age and marriage situation. General unmarried for Green, who is married to a black, or more than 50-year-old husband who was wearing a white hijab. But now the young girls do not want to wear the hijab and replace them with beautiful nylon scarf. Only middle-aged and old women still retains its inherent habit of wearing.

　　Salar of the staple food for the wheat, green trees side by side peas, noodles, potatoes and various vegetables. Meat to cattle, sheep, chicken-based. Strictly prohibit the consumption of pork, animal blood and self-Jishi dead animals and ferocious beasts. Salar pasta is usually made of steamed bread, Luo Bing, pot steamed Chinese ravioli, noodles, patches, such as noodles and stir mission. And festivals to welcome guests, then do the traditional Muslim food oil Shannon, son of Caesar, Shouzhua mutton, Roubao, fried cakes and other snacks. In addition to day-to-day tea drinks, tea and Gaiwan Cha, Michael Chang He also tea and fruit tea leaves. Michael tea is wheat, barley, almond fried Coke broken up after a half-baked, salt, pottery Aocheng that taste like coffee, sweet and delicious. Fruit tea leaves are dried into speculation after the semi-coke made from the leaves of fruit trees, drinking a special flavor. In accordance with the teachings of Islam, alcohol is strictly prohibited Salar, in general of the Salar banquet is not prepared liquor. Usually no more drinking habits.

　　Salar hospitality, courtesy pay attention to each other, to each other "blue color" (meaning peace) pay one's respects to. Zunlaoaiyou, harmonious neighborhood, men and women to meet and maintain a certain distance. Jiazhongzuoke to Salar, first of all to say hello to the owner, followed in order to be seated, the owner of the guests for tea. Duanqi bowls to the guests, eating steamed bread, broken into the break with both hands to his mouth, should not have the gorge. Meals, can not stir up after the food, not to arbitrarily close to the cookstoves. If Zhuafan to eat, wash hands before eating.

　　Salar Muslim, Jishi pork, dog, donkey, mule and the meat of dead animals, meat and animal blood; strictly prohibited inside the mosque and its vicinity to carry or spitting into the mosque complex's dirty; for worship , Others may not come from before; bogey in the water, washing clothes near the reservoir; were talking and avoid coughing and Xing Biti; in the face of the elderly can not be rude behavior, catering to avoid reference to terms such as pork.