What's the date of Eid al-Fitr? When is the Hui Eid al-Fitr?
The Eid al-Fitr of the Hui nationality is around 1 in the Islamic calendar.
Eid al-Feitour is a free translation of Arabic. Muslims in Xinjiang Turkic language family call it "Jimin Festival". "Zirou" is Persian, which means "fasting". Hui Muslims in some parts of Ningxia call it "Big Deer"; Some Hui Muslims in Gansu, Qinghai and the eastern region are also called "Dadeer". Although the name of Eid al-Fitr varies from place to place, it is actually a large-scale and solemn religious and cultural festival, as grand as the Han people and Tibetan compatriots celebrating the Spring Festival in the Tibetan calendar year. On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, Muslims who work, do business or go on business outside should rush home in advance to spend a wonderful festival with their families.
Eid al-Fitr usually lasts three days. From the dawn of the first day, every household got up early to clean the toilets indoors and outdoors, inside and outside the hospital and in the roadway, giving people a clean, comfortable and pleasant feeling. Adult Hui Muslims should take a bath by themselves. Men, women and children all put on their favorite clothes, and the children also washed their faces and combed their hair. Mosques where Muslims meet should also be renovated and cleaned before the festival. In some places, in order to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, huge banners and colored lights were specially hung. At about eight o'clock in the morning (some places will ring bells, and some places will say "Follow Two" three times), Muslim people will gather in mosques, southeast, northwest and so on from all directions, carrying small blankets or small prayer blankets. In some places, because there were too many Muslims attending the ceremony (as many as 10,000 people), the mosque could not accommodate it, so another flat, spacious and clean venue was chosen as the venue. When the imam announced the start of the ceremony, the masses put down blankets or carpets, took off their shoes and bowed to the direction of the Kaaba in the ancient temple of Mecca, completing the worship of fate.
Eid custom
Although Eid al-Fitr has different names in different places (in Xinjiang, Muslims call it ji zi Festival, which is a free translation of Persian), it is actually a grand festival with grand scale and solemn etiquette.
On the morning of the festival, mosques were cleaned up, and some even hung banners and colored lights to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, and posted couplets praising God. Every household should be cleaned, adult men should take a bath by themselves, children should wash their faces, and men, women and children should wear national costumes. At about eight o'clock in the morning (in some places, it is subject to ringing ceremony bells), people gather in mosques or go out to hold ceremonies.
When the imam announced the start of the ceremony, people automatically knelt in a neat row and prayed to Kaaba in the ancient Mecca Temple. This kind of party ceremony is much more grand than the usual party ceremony. After the service, people all say hello to the imam, and then exchange greetings of "peace, harmony and tranquility". After the whole ceremony, the imam led or scattered families to visit the tomb and pray for the dead. Then visit relatives and friends to celebrate the festival.
During the festival, every household has prepared traditional foods with strong ethnic flavor, such as prickly heat, sesame oil, flowers, flowers, etc., and at the same time slaughtered sheep, chickens and rabbits to make bean jelly and stew. And send greetings to relatives, friends and neighbors. On the first and second day of the festival, married and unmarried son-in-law should visit their parents-in-law with holiday gifts. Many young people also hold weddings on Eid al-Fitr, which adds to the festive atmosphere.
With the development of society, many new contents have been added to Eid al-Fitr. Besides attending ceremonies, people also take part in some recreational activities, such as lion dancing, walking on stilts, singing flowers, performing martial arts, wrestling, playing poker and visiting city parks.