Thousands of miles away, different winds, different customs in Wan Li. The Hui people in China are scattered in large numbers and concentrated in small numbers. Quanzhou in the east, Lhasa in the west, Yinchuan and Linxia in the north, and Sanya in Hainan in the south. The customs and habits of the Hui people, such as fasting pork and paying attention to hygiene, especially paying attention to clean water, are all influenced by the same religion, that is, Datong. Hui people scattered all over the country have different living habits, etiquette and folk customs. Clothing, diet, industry and preferences are all different. For example, Hui people eat fried oil incense on holidays, Yunnan oil incense is small, and Beijing oil incense is big. Beijing needs to tear a hole to eat oily incense, which means someone can share it. Shandong people have to tear the oil incense in half when they eat it, and then eat it backwards, without oil hands. Much the same
Most Hui people's houses in rural areas of Ningxia and Gansu dig their own wells in the yard, and the wellhead is sealed tightly to protect water resources from falling. This point has been described in detail before, so I won't repeat it here.
In Hui's home, especially in the home without running water, soup bottles and hanging pots are necessary bathing utensils at home. Some people also set up a "four things" circle at home-a place to wash and bathe. Use tap water, often take a bath with tap water.
There is an episode here. Mu, an old engineer of the Hui nationality in the Construction Engineering Department of Beijing Ministry of Water Resources, added a bucket for bathing to every family bathroom during the construction (similar to the hanging pot commonly used by the Hui nationality, but fixed on the beam and unable to slide). Now you can see the lotus pond outside Guang 'anmen in Beijing and the dormitory of the Ministry of Water Resources near Beijing West Railway Station. All families have this kind of shower equipment which combines Shanghai and foreign countries.
In Hui Muslim families, some families don't hang banners and couplets with Chinese characters. Hanging Arabic words written with a bamboo pen dipped in ink-Arabic "Du 'aer" (prayer) is an artistic masterpiece loved by the Hui people.
Taking Khan Lee Township in Helan County, Sichuan Province and Guanting Township in Guyuan County, Ningxia as examples, Hui houses are bungalows with local characteristics in both Sichuan and mountainous areas. However, the housing quality in Sichuan and mountainous areas is very different. The houses of Hui farmers in Ligang Township are mostly civil structures, and the per capita housing area is relatively large. Each household is a single-family house, with its own well, and the decoration of the house is more exquisite. In recent years, with the development of social economy, Hui farmers have become increasingly affluent. In terms of housing, brick-and-wood bungalows have accounted for about 65,438+00% of the total number of households. However, compared with Hui farmers in Khan Lee Township, Sichuan Province, the per capita housing area is small and the housing quality is poor. Most of them are embedded bungalows, some are civilian bungalows, and a few live in caves. Only by developing the economy can we improve the living conditions of the Hui people and the corresponding housing conditions.
At present, the modernization process of Hui folk houses is accelerating. Following the completion of Feng Chun (Xiaomiao) Hui residential area in niujie, Beijing, a residential area with Hui characteristics has also been built near Yabao Road Mosque in Dongcheng, Beijing.
In the living room of Hui Guild Hall, Arabic couplets and banners are usually hung. In modern Hui families in Beijing, it is common to hang and paste Arabic characters and "Kelbai Muslim Map". On the walls of Hui families in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia, there are also framed Arabic calligraphy and painting, and pictures of Kelbai Blackstone are painted on the door curtains and curtains. Most Hui families have Islamic calendars (commonly known as "mini calendars"), which are used for festivals, sacrifices, fasting and fasting, and are beautifully printed. Tibetan carpets are laid indoors in Lhasa, Tibet, bowls with red coral tops are placed on the table, and murals are posted on the walls, among which the map of Mecca in Saudi Arabia is the most precious.
Muslim people often burn bram incense indoors, which has the effects of removing filth, refreshing, avoiding turbidity and pleasing the heart.
The doors and windows of Hui people's homes are clean, and various facilities such as tables, stools, stoves, and utensils used for cooking stoves are often scrubbed. In the past, Muslim restaurants in Beijing scrubbed tables and stools with alkaline water. The scrubbed wood shows its original color and is clean.