The traditional festivals of the Hui nationality mainly include: 1. Sacrifice Festival; 2. Eid al Fitr; 3. Gurbang Festival. Hui is the most widely distributed ethnic minority in China. Mosques, also known as worship temples, are built in places where people live more intensively. These three festivals of the Hui nationality are all related to the local religion. Eid al Fitr is a festival of open fasting, which is generally held for three days, mainly to eat Eid al Fitr meals in mosques. The Eid al Adha, also known as the Loyalty and Filial Piety Day, is held seventy days after Eid al Fitr, and the Holy Day is the anniversary of Muhammad's birth.
Eid al Fitr is one of the main festivals in Islam. It lasts one month from the beginning of September in the Islamic calendar to the beginning of October. In Ramadan, the Hui people usually eat beef and mutton.
Gurbang, an Arabic transliteration of "De Gurbang", means "sacrifice" and "dedication", so it is also called "Eid al Adha" and "Loyalty and Filial Piety Day". The Hui people in most areas are called "Xiaode", which is one of the three major Islamic festivals. It is usually held 70 days after Eid al Fitr.
The Holy Day is a commemoration of the birth and death of the Prophet Mohammed of Islam. Since Muhammad's birth and death happened to be on the 12th day of the third month of the Islamic calendar, the Hui people are generally referred to as "holy discipline".