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Pork has long been regarded as a staple meat by the Han Chinese as a delicious and inexpensive staple meat.
The Han people's love for pigs is also self-evident.
Pigs can be seen in the zodiac, New Year's paintings, paper-cuts, and jade ceramics.
However, the pigs, which were regarded as "blessings" by the Han people, became filthy and dirty "forbidden things" when they arrived at the Hui people.
Not only do they not eat pork, but they will avoid pigs three meters away.
If they accidentally eat pork, they will quickly spit it out and immediately pray and repent for Allah's forgiveness.
Even this tradition has a history of thousands of years in the Hui.
This also makes people wonder, why don't the Hui people eat pork?
Why don't the Han people have such rules?
Why do Han people eat pigs?
The Han nationality can talk about two aspects of eating pigs, on the one hand, it is the continuation of history, and on the other hand, the advantages of the pig itself.
The Hui people have a history of not eating pork for thousands of years, and the Han people probably have a history of eating pork for thousands of years, or even earlier.
As early as the Stone Age, the Chinese had domesticated wild boars into docile and captive pigs.
The "pottery pig" unearthed from the Hemudu site before is also the "jade dragon pig" in the Hongshan culture.
It all reflects that pigs were a common item on various occasions at that time.
In the Xia Dynasty, there was a position of raising pigs, and it was also called "Muzheng" at that time.
Later, in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the pictogram "豕", that is, pig, also appeared.
From sacrificial offerings to written records, the pig animal has undoubtedly become an important part of people's lives at that time.
However, pigs, although important, are not common.
At that time, pigs were only food for the upper aristocratic class, and the common people could not afford to eat them.
The main reason is that pigs are too edible, and for ordinary people, raising a pig is equivalent to cooking at least three more people.
Therefore, the vast majority of people can't afford to raise pigs, let alone eat pigs, and they usually eat mainly rice and vegetables.
Most of the meat eaten is also chicken and fish, and cattle naturally cannot eat it for farming.
It was not until the lives of the commoners of the Qin Dynasty slowly improved that pigs began to gradually enter the homes of ordinary people.
At the same time, with the development of farming technology, people have also begun to be handy with pig farming.
For example, the earliest agricultural books of the Western Han Dynasty detailed how to make circles, hoard fertilizer, and kill pigs.
And more importantly, the environment and climate of the Central Plains region are very suitable for pig farming.
However, the climax of eating pigs and raising pigs was still the Song Dynasty.
Previously, from the Wei and Jin dynasties, the influence of northern nomadism on the Central Plains began to slowly expand.
Among them, the influence of food culture is even more obvious, and the sheep on the grassland are brought to the dining table of the Central Plains people.
However, this phenomenon was broken in the Song Dynasty, partly due to the occupation of the north by pure nomadic peoples.
After the Song Dynasty went south, the conditions for raising sheep were insufficient, and the sheep flock was greatly reduced.
Part of the reason for this is a poet's strong promotion of pork.
That is, Su Dongpo, he not only likes to eat pork, but he is also very good at cooking.
The famous "Dongpo meat" was invented by him.
The pork made in his way is delicious, has no fishy smell and has an endless aftertaste.
Under his influence, the Song Dynasty's enthusiasm for pork naturally increased greatly.
Later, with the development of technology and agriculture, the production of pigs and the cooking methods were increasing.
Pork has gradually become the main food on the table of the Central Plains people, especially the Han people.
Moreover, pork itself also has the advantages of high survival rate, easy feeding and high fat and meat quality in the Central Plains.
But this also makes people wonder, pigs have so many advantages, why don't the Hui people eat pork?
Pure faith
In fact, the main reason why the Hui people do not eat pork is related to their beliefs.
The reason for their belief can be traced back to the earliest history of the formation of the Hui people.
The origin of the Hui can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty.
Because the Tang Dynasty was a strong country and had frequent foreign exchanges, especially from Arab countries in the Middle East.
Muslim traders who believed in Islam followed the Silk Road to the Central Plains, where they gradually settled down.
Later, some other foreigners who believed in Islam also gradually entered China.
After a long period of blending and development, the Hui people were formed.
The main reason they gathered was that they had the same faith, which was Islam.
Pork is forbidden in Islam for a simple reason.
That is, pigs are filth in their traditional conception.
It is also true that pigs do have many advantages as food, but the disadvantages as animals are also obvious.
Because the sweat glands of pigs are not developed, they will often roll in the mud when they encounter hot days.
In addition, pigs basically eat all day long, and when pigs are extremely hungry, they will not only attack people, but also their own cubs may be devoured
Gradually, it comes across as dirty and gluttonous, which is completely contrary to the Islamic concept of "good food".
In Islam, "jamay" mainly refers to the "cleansing" and "hygiene" of the food.
Ugly, greedy, filthy pigs naturally can't make it into their recipes.
Of course, there is also a reason for the widespread spread that has to do with their geography and ecology.
Because Islam originated in the Arabian Peninsula, most of the environment in these countries is grassland.
The climate is hot and arid, which is not suitable for raising pigs at all, and pigs are also prone to diseases.
If a pig is sick, it can easily be passed on to the people who raise them or eat them.
In this way, Muslims feel that pigs are filthy things even more.
In addition, in the grassland, pigs are not as "fully functional" as cattle and sheep.
Because the cattle and sheep on the grassland can not only be used as food, but also use their fur to help people make clothes.
The milk produced by cows and sheep is what they consider to be an excellent product.
However, pigs can neither produce hair nor provide nutritious milk to the people at this time.
There is even a great possibility of contagious diseases, and people naturally avoid such animals.
So in any case, Islam does not use pigs as food.
Naturally, the Hui people who believe in Islam will not eat pigs.
In fact, in addition to not eating pork, the Hui people also have other dietary taboos.
For example, if they are not eating blood, they also regard the blood that flows from animals as filthy.
There is also a ban on eating dead things, and those animals with bad temperaments and strange shapes are not eaten.
This is all related to the "beauty and purity" in their dietary concept.
In addition to the Hui, there are many other ethnic groups that also have different dietary taboos.
Respect for the cultures of all ethnic groups
For example, the Manchus do not eat dog meat, and there are many sayings.
For example, "repaying gratitude", the Manchus have always circulated the story of "righteous dog savior".
It was the Qing Taizu Nurhachi who was in a coma in the reeds due to exhaustion in the process of evading Li Chengliang's pursuit.
But because the people who pursued him never saw him, they wanted to burn him to death.
At this time, a dog that had been following Nurhachi saw that he could not wake him up, so he used his body to fetch water and wet him.
This saved him from the fire, but the dog died of exhaustion.
After he sobered up, he made a rule not to eat dog meat or wear dog clothes.
Therefore, the later Manchus did not eat dog meat, in addition to the "retribution theory" and the "production theory".
The gist of it is that dogs have a huge auxiliary function in the production and life of the Manchus.
Therefore, the Manchus were reluctant to eat their flesh, and over time they had such a habit.
In addition to the fact that the Manchu Hui people avoid eating specific animals, there are also many taboos in the Tibetan diet.
They usually only eat cattle and sheep, but horses, donkeys, and mules will never eat them.
Among them, the eastern Tibetan region is not yet fishy.
Because in their concept, fish, shrimp, frogs, and other aquatic animals are all subordinates of the water god.
Injury or touch can lead to disease, and this concept was later strengthened in the Buddhist concept of non-killing.
Therefore, the Tibetans in eastern Tibet are afraid to eat fish and meat.
It can be seen that in the vast land of the mainland, various ethnic groups have a variety of different food cultures.
When dealing with a culture that is different from your own, you should also be respectful.
epilogue
There are many reasons why the Hui do not eat pork, the main of which is related to the Islamic faith.
But whatever the reason, we should respect other people's beliefs and respect differences.
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