The Hui people’s cleaning method, bathing, is commonly known as "changing water".

Bathing is one of the fine traditions of the Hui people who love cleanliness and hygiene. This ancient system has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years, forming a lifelong bathing custom.

Bathing is commonly known as "changing the water" or "flushing the head". It can be divided into ghusl and wudu. Wudu cleans certain parts of the body, and Ghusl cleanses the whole body. The method is to put clean water in a pitcher and hang it from the top, so that it slowly flows out from the bottom of the pitcher. According to the swabbing order prescribed by Islam, the whole body is washed from head to toe. The sewage falls to the ground and flows away, leaving the dirty water unwashed. Bathing comes from the purification of the worshiper. However, in the daily life of the Hui people, when there are weddings, funerals, births, burials, as well as national festivals and sacrifices, all participants must take a bath before participating. Bathing is a conscious action.

There is a famous saying in the Quran: "If you are unclean, you should wash your whole body." This reminds people that whenever there is "sexual intercourse, ejaculation, nocturnal emissions, menstruation, childbirth" etc. When this happens, it is necessary to perform ghusl to cleanse the whole body. Mosques all over the country have bathing rooms, commonly known as "water houses", for daily bathers to use at any time. Some families also have bathing utensils, namely hanging pots and bath kettles.

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Food taboos of the Hui people:

According to the provisions of Islam, the Hui people do not eat pigs, horses, donkeys, mules, dogs and anything else. Animals and animal blood, and fasting from all ugly birds and beasts, including cattle, sheep, camels, chickens and poultry, must be slaughtered after the imam or worshiper chants the name of Allah, otherwise it cannot be eaten. In daily life, the Hui people do not smoke or drink alcohol, but they especially like to drink tea and entertain guests with tea.

Due to the dispersion in various places, different tea-drinking customs have been formed. In the northern Hui area, there are pots of tea; among the Hui people in Yunnan, there is roasted tea; and among the Hui people in Hunan, there is Leicha. Gaiwan tea is a special hobby of the Northwest Hui people. The most representative one is "Eight Treasure Gaiwan Tea", which is a tureen filled with tea leaves, rock sugar, wolfberry, walnut kernels, sesame seeds, red dates, longan, raisins (or dried apples), etc.

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