What festivals do Hui people have?

Hui people have three major festivals, namely Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Holy Day.

Ramadan of the Hui nationality is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Why do Muslims fast? According to the Koran, when the prophet Muhammad of Islam was 40 years old (in September of the Islamic calendar), God began to give him the revelation of the Koran. Therefore, the Hui people regard Ramadan as the most honorable, auspicious and joyful month. To commemorate it, Islam fasted for one month every September. The start and end date of Ramadan mainly depends on the date when the new moon appears.

During Ramadan, the life of Hui people is much richer than usual. Generally, there are beef and mutton, white rice, white flour, camellia oleifera, sugar, tea, fruit and other nutritious foods.

People who fast should eat before the East turns white. After dawn and before sunset in the East, sexual life is forbidden and all diets are cut off. The purpose of fasting is to let people experience the pain of hunger and thirst, so that the rich can really help the poor. Through fasting, the Hui people gradually developed the virtues of perseverance, strength and honesty.

Eid al-Fitr will last for three days, and the first day will be lively from dawn. Every household should get up early to clean the yard roadway, giving people a clean, comfortable and pleasant feeling. Men, women and children put on their favorite new clothes. Mosque is a place for Hui people to gather and have activities. During the festival, it will also be cleaned, and huge slogans and colored lights will be hung to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.

During the festival, every household fried traditional foods with ethnic flavor, such as prickly heat and oil fragrance. At the same time, they also slaughtered chickens and sheep, made bean jelly and braised dishes, and sent relatives and friends to each other for New Year's greetings.

Hui people in Xinjiang should clean dust and paint houses before the festival. Men need a haircut, and both men and women should take a bath and put on new clothes. The custom of eating "powder soup" for the whole family is basically the same all over the country. Many young Hui people hold weddings on Eid al-Fitr, which makes the festival more lively and shows gorgeous and charming colors.

On Eid al-Adha, a grand sacrificial ceremony will be held. This is a festival. Besides frying oil, prickly heat and ceremonies, cows, sheep and camels will also be slaughtered. Generally speaking, if the economic conditions are better, each person will slaughter a sheep and seven people will slaughter a cow or camel. There is still a lot of attention to killing animals. Lambs under two years old, calves and camels under three years old are not allowed to be slaughtered, and livestock that are blind, lame, deaf and have few tails are not allowed to be slaughtered. It is necessary to choose a strong beauty pageant. The slaughtered meat should be divided into three parts: one for yourself, one for relatives and friends, and one for the poor.

Holy Day is a memorial day to commemorate the birth and death of the Prophet Muhammad of Islam. Because Muhammad's birth and death happened on March 12 of the Islamic calendar, Hui people generally call it "Shengji".

On the day of the festival, Muslims first go to the mosque to recite scriptures, praise the saints and tell the life story of Muhammad. Afterwards, Muslims volunteered to donate grain, oil, meat and money, and invited several people to take charge of flour milling, shopping, frying oil, cook the meat and cooking. All chores are done voluntarily by the Hui people. Hui people regard voluntary labor on holy day as doing good. So it is a great pleasure to compete with each other.

After the ceremony, the dinner began. Some places have good economic conditions and spacious places. Dozens or even dozens of tables, everyone is happy and have a meal together. In some places, people share a meal, which the Hui people call a "bowl", that is, one for each person. For those who scattered Nie Tie before the festival and donated something, but didn't come to dinner, please ask relatives and friends and neighbors to bring a "sesame oil" to taste.