How was the Hui nationality born (what nationality was reformed in ancient times)

Hui nationality is a nationality formed by the migration of Arab and Persian businessmen, people of all ethnic groups in Central Asia who believe in Islam, Persians and Arabs to China. The birth process of Hui nationality:

The ethnic origin of the Hui nationality can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. According to the existing historical data, in the second year of Tang Gaozong Yonghui (65 1), Arab and Persian Muslim businessmen came to China by sea and settled in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou and Chang 'an.

They built the first temples in China. Many people get married, have children and build public cemeteries. They are called Ke Fan or Ke Fan natives and regarded as the ancestors of the Hui nationality. Jews from the East in the Song Dynasty later became part of the Hui nationality because of their religious kinship.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 3rd century, when the Mongolian army went west, people of all ethnic groups in Central Asia who believed in Islam, Persia and Arabia were sent to China. They are mainly in the form of garrison and grazing, and they are scattered all over the country in different identities, such as craftsmen, businessmen, scholars, officials and teachers, and have become the main population of the Hui nationality.

Since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, many Mongolian aristocrats and their soldiers have gradually assimilated into Hui people because of their acceptance of Islamic beliefs. In addition, due to intermarriage, politics and other reasons, as well as the acceptance of religious beliefs and customs, Uighurs have continuously absorbed some Han elements.

By the Ming dynasty, there were still a large number of people integrated into the Hui nationality. For example, people from Arabia, Persia, West Turkistan and Southeast Asia, as well as people living abroad, often enter China as "envoys". After paying tribute, some of them returned to their own countries, while others lived abroad or settled in China.

Extended data

The distribution characteristics of the Hui population are as follows:

1, the pattern of "large dispersion and small residence" of Hui people is concentrated in Hui autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures, autonomous counties and ethnic townships.

2. Hui Autonomous Region 14, including autonomous region 1 4, autonomous prefecture 2, Hui Autonomous County 1 1 4 (including the League); Among them, 1 autonomous region, 2 autonomous prefectures and 6 autonomous counties (Hui Autonomous County * * 1 1, including the League) are all in the northwest.

3. There are 0/40 Hui townships in China, only 37 in the northwest, 28 in the southwest, 27 in the north, 0/2 in the east, 5 in the northeast and 3/0/0 in the south-central.

4./kloc-Among the cities with a population of 0/83 million or more, about 97 cities are dominated by Hui ethnic minorities, especially in the eastern and central cities, with a high proportion of Hui people.

4. There are also four cities in China that have set up special Hui areas in administrative system, namely, Chanhe Hui area in Luoyang, Guancheng Hui area in Zhengzhou, Shunhe area in Kaifeng and Hohhot Hui area.

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