{"id":6539,"date":"2019-11-20T18:20:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/china-039-s-minority-peoples-the-huis-hui-zu\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T18:20:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:20:42","slug":"china-039-s-minority-peoples-the-huis-hui-zu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/china-039-s-minority-peoples-the-huis-hui-zu\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#039;s Minority Peoples &#8211; The Huis \u56de\u65cf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span>One of the largest minority groups in China is the Hui  Nationality. Its population numbers 8.602.978. The largest Hui community  is in Ningxia Hui Auto<em><\/em>nomous Region. A few live in Gansu, Qinghai,  Hebei, Henan, Yunnan, Shandong and Xinjiang Auto<em><\/em>nomous Region.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><span><span>Hui is short for Hui-Hui. The Huis have their roots in  the Middle East. In the Tang and Song dynasties, a number of Arabian and  Persian merchants came to China and settled down in the southeast  coastal areas. They were called &quot;Fanke&quot; at that time. In the 13th  century, the Mo<em><\/em>ngolian army launched three Western Expeditions, forcing a  large number of Moslems in the Central Asia to immigrate eastward to  China. These immigrants, together with Fanke, intermarried with people  of the same religion and occupations, and absorbed the customs of the  Hans, Mo<em><\/em>ngolians and Uygurs. Later this amalgamated group was called  &quot;Huihui&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/span><span><span><span>Chinese is the common language of the Huis. However, in  religious practices and social contacts, ex<em><\/em>pressions from the Arabian  and Persian languages are still in use. Those living in border areas  adopted local languages.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span>The Hui people usually live in close-knit groups, but  their communities scatter all parts of the country. In the interior of  China, the Huis mainly live together with the Hans, while in bo<em><\/em>nier  areas; they get along with other minority peoples. In most cases, the  Hui settlements are built near traffic hubs, which enable the Hui people  to develop a prosperous eco<em><\/em>nomy and a high culture.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>The dress of the Huis looks almost the same as that  of the Hans. The difference is headgear. Hui men wear white, black or  brown caps. Women wear long head scarves. In the northwest areas, young  women wear green head scarves; middle-aged women wear black or green,  while old women wear white.<\/p>\n<p>The Huis are Moslems. Islam played an im<em><\/em>portant role in the forming of the Hui nationality.<\/p>\n<p>  <span><br \/>  The Huis were initially dependent for their livelihood on fanning. Some  raise animals or engage in handicraft. The Huis are outstanding  businessmen. Their restaurants enjoy high fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span><br type=\"_moz\" \/>  <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-610969633\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dress of the Huis looks almost the same as that  of the Hans. The difference is headgear. Hui men wear white, black or  brown caps. Women wear long head scarves. In the northwest areas, young  women wear green head scarves; middle-aged women wear black or green,  while old women wear white.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2836],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-6539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-ethnic-minority","tag-culture"],"views":282,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}