The Hui people in this county come from the northwest of China. Hui people (also known as Semu people) who joined Kublai Khan's army in the early Yuan Dynasty were ordered to settle in Dingyuan. Later, Huizhou merchants and scholars also settled in succession, engaged in industry, agriculture, commerce and learning, and scattered all over the country. It is characterized by large dispersion and small concentration, forming its own villages in rural areas and its own streets in cities, with settlements of different sizes. There is a clear line between building mosques in residential areas and others. There are many Hui people in Erlong, Dingcheng, Cangzhen, Sanhe and Chihe, and there are also settlements in Outang, Gaotang, Tianhe and Guoyuangang.
Erlong Township is located about 30 kilometers south of the county seat and 30 square kilometers in Fiona Fang, which is the most concentrated area of Hui population in the county and the province. There are 59 Hui natural villages in the township and 5 Hui-Han mixed villages with a total population of more than 7,000.
Erlong, formerly known as Lan Fucheng, was the fief of Liang Guogong's sapphire in the early Ming Dynasty. 1393, because Lan was suspected of rebellion, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor, sent a military commander to Lanfu City, Lan was hacked to death, and Jiuzu perished. After the Blue Case subsided, Wang Ying was ordered to settle in Lan Fu. "Preface to Wang Family Tree" says: "Zuying, also known as Zan, is a native of Zhili, Daxing County, Shuntianfu, and lives in Maoxiaomao Street Hutong. Under the command of Wu Dewei in the early Ming Dynasty, he won the title of Hou from Erlong Mountain because of his meritorious service. The general rides a dark horse, and when the ancestors taste it, they call it. "
Wang Ying believes in Islam. After settling down, she established a mosque and changed Lanfu City to "Wang Huigang".
Due to the establishment of the mosque and the influence of General Wang Xing's life experience, "Wang Huigang" has become a yearning place for Muslims in scattered areas. They moved and settled because of natural and man-made disasters, children's marriage and foreign bullying; There are also businesses here. There are also a few Han people who moved here and lived here for a long time, getting used to the customs of the Hui people. For example, Anshi, lin huai zhen, Fengyang County, moved from Anjiazhuang to settle down nearly 300 years ago because of the flood. The brother of Qiaodu, a native of Guzhen County, fled to Guanqiao Wu, 20 miles south of Dingcheng, and gave birth to eight sons. He violently beat people, fled to Shang Tong Village in Wanghuigang, and then moved to Dewey Village. It has been more than 200 years, and there are more than 1000 people. Dianzi, a native of Quanjiao County, surnamed Zhang, came to live in Wanghuigang for marriage more than 300 years ago (the above case was dictated by Du, a 90-year-old Hui man). There are more than 40 surnames of Hui people in Wanghuigang, of which Wang Xing is the most, accounting for half of the total population.
Before 29 years of the Republic of China, it was always called "Wang Huigang". Tan Zhenlin, the political commissar of the Second Division of the New Fourth Army, Wei, the county magistrate and Luo Ping, the district governor, inspected the area and listened to the introduction of the image of Erlong here. Tan Zhenlin said humorously, "Wang Huigang is called Erlong." Erlong got its name.
Dingyuan County, the second Muslim community, is the south gate of Dingcheng, with a population of more than 2,800. Mu, Ma, Yang, Mi and Hu are the main surnames, and the population of Mu nationality is the majority, accounting for about one third. Mu originated in the suburbs of Tianjin. In order to avoid the war in the late Ming Dynasty, the original three brothers fled to Dingyuan County with their wives and children and settled in Chengnan Pass. Both of them have eight children, and they get rich through hard work. When separated, each child has a silver dollar called Mubazhuo.
Hui people believe in Islam, also known as Puritanism and Arabia. Mosque is the center of Muslim religious activities. After Wang Ying settled in Lanfu City, he personally supervised the construction of a large-scale mosque in the sixth year of Yongle due to the large number of believers who believed in Islam. With the doubling of the Hui population, by the end of Qing Dynasty, there were seven mosques and two mosques in Dingcheng. During festivals and celebrations, Hui people gather in mosques to worship and pray, listen to the speeches and teachings of imams, and engage in religious activities.
Like other ethnic minorities in China, the Hui people in Dingyuan share the same characteristics: unity, struggle and resistance. When they are oppressed or invaded by foreign countries, they will automatically organize themselves to carry out special struggles. As early as 26 years of the Republic of China, the Hui people in Erlong established the "Red Gun Club" and six self-defense forces to fight bandits and defend the country. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, they shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending their homeland and fighting against Japanese invaders. In 27 years of the Republic of China, the Hui people in Erlong formed a youth team under the leadership of the New Fourth Army of the * * * Production Party. After many fierce battles, the arrogance of the die-hards was dealt a heavy blow. In 32 years of the Republic of China, with the opening of the revolutionary base in eastern Anhui by the New Fourth Army, the Hui people in Erlong established the "Muslim Company". Under the leadership of the * * * Production Party in China, they fought for dozens of miles with their Han brothers, and fought against the Japanese aggressors, bandits and the Kuomintang die-hards for more than a hundred times. They made outstanding achievements and made the enemy fearful.