It is a new attempt to explore the deep structure of the Hui culture by comparing the narrative structure of six legends on origin of the Hui nationality in the light of structuralist anthropology.
Hui people endeavored to adapt Islamic culture to Confucian culture, which established the important position of Confucianism in Hui culture. It is characteristic of Islamic culture.
It is a new attempt to explore the deep structure of the Hui culture by comparing the narrative structure of six legends on origin of the Hui nationality in the light of structuralist anthropology.
The civil housing architecture of Hui people in Northwest China embodies cultural features of the general architectures, reflects unique aesthetic style of the Hui culture,contains their views on life,on value,on aesthetics,thus becomes image embodiment of Hui people’s material and spiritual culture.
The decorative art of the Huis which has distinct religious feature and national feature reflects the connotation of the Hui culture,especially the pursuit of its pattern art of Islam,Arab calligraphy art,elegant caring art and so on presents the unique national aesthetic temperament and aesthetic style.
This paper points out that the urban Hui communities ought to have the following functions: providing the Muslim foods and cultural room for the Hui people, supplying the cultural capital for the modernization and internationalization of the cities, improving the development of the Hui culture, helping establishing a basis on which the Chinese Muslims' urbanization and modernization can be promoted, linking Chinese Muslims with the people from other countries, and so on.
The Hui culture constructs its belief & culture system, which is differcnt from the common culture, based on details of its distinctive Moslem culture.
By the research for the intension of Hui nationality culture,from the inside regulation and outside adaptation,the inner power for Hui nationality people to maintain psychological health was analysed.
The Hui culture constructs its belief & culture system, which is differcnt from the common culture, based on details of its distinctive Moslem culture.