Hui nationality is the abbreviation of Hui nationality, and "Hui" was originally a title for him, and later it evolved into self-calling. The word "Hui" first appeared in Shen Kuo's Meng Qian Bi Tan in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is generally believed in academic circles that the Hui nationality was formed in the Ming Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty was the preparation period for the formation of the Hui nationality, and the Ming Dynasty was the end period for the formation of the Hui nationality.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 3rd century, when the Mongolian army went west, a number of Central Asian nationalities, Persians and Arabs who believed in Islam were sent out or automatically migrated to China. They were called "Hui people", and later they called themselves "Hui people".

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Hui nationality is a minority with a large population in China, with a total population of 98 1 1,680 (excluding Taiwan Province province in 2000), distributed in 3/kloc-0 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is its main residential area. Among the 56 ethnic groups, the Hui nationality ranks third after the Han nationality and the Gaoshan nationality according to the dispersion of population distribution in provinces and cities, which shows that the Hui nationality is one of the most widely distributed ethnic groups in China.

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Baidu encyclopedia-hui nationality