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Travel Yunnan China : Minorities : The Hui Nationality

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The Hui Nationality

Hui (the Moslem in China) nation moved Yunnan in Yuan Dynasty, now total population of 522 thousand, mainly inhabit in Gejiu, Kaiyuan, Menzi and so on. They mostly work as the farmers and the handicraft industry . The religious ceremony hold in the mosques hosted by Ahung (Mulla). They adopt the mound burial after the people death, the body wound tightly wound by the white cloth. Their foods are as same as the Moslem people taking the beef, mutton and chicken. Their garments and language are close to Han (Chinese) nation. Their main feast is the Lesser Barium, they believe in the Islamic.