Entering Linxia, all the classical buildings, whether it's the worship hall of Hui nationality or the country hall of Han nationality, whether it's the houses of dignitaries, mansions or the homes of ordinary people, are mostly decorated with exquisite brick carvings.

According to archaeological excavations, the brick carving art in Linxia was quite mature in the Song Dynasty, and by the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, brick carving had been widely used in various buildings. At present, there is a screen wall of "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Lucky" in front of the North Mosque of Muslims in all directions in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. On both sides of the screen wall are "Phoenix Comes to Instrument" and in the middle are "Three Signs of Molong". Look at this screen again. There is a bas-relief of Mo Long, flickering. In the middle of the dark clouds, there are clouds, fog and thunder.

Hezhou Brick Carving (Linxia Brick Carving) integrates calligraphy, painting and carving, and creates many brick carving arts with novel ideas, poetic flavor and strong flavor of life. The works have strong local characteristics and national colors. Many tourist attractions in Linxia can see folk art brick carvings. The small portable brick carving art developed has exquisite carving technology and comfortable description of Linxia folk customs, which combines perennial existence with architectural carving art and real leisure and collection.

Carve gourd

Small and exquisite, exquisite and elegant carved gourd integrates calligraphy, painting and seal cutting. The themes and contents are mostly China traditional auspicious patterns, historical allusions, figures, landscapes and literary works. People, landscapes, flowers, birds and animals are all carved into the picture. With its wonderful ideas, exquisite patterns and skillful knife work, Fang Cun shows the world with vivid images.

Colored pottery

Painted pottery is the crystallization of human wisdom in the Neolithic Age. Linxia is a famous hometown of painted pottery in China. Unearthed painted pottery is a precious cultural relic of the country, which is limited in quantity, expensive and rarely circulated in the market. In order to satisfy people's love for painted pottery, Linxia folk artists have simulated and copied many exquisite painted pottery crafts after long-term exploration and research. These antique imitation pots, cans, pots, bottles, etc. Keep the basic characteristics of genuine products. The antique painted pottery made by some skilled antique painted pottery masters is simple and realistic, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. festival

Among the ethnic minorities in Linxia City, Hui and Dongxiang are the majority. They share the same belief in Islam with the security guards and Salars scattered in the municipal area, and have lived together for a long time and merged with each other, forming a Muslim folk custom with the customs of Hui and Dongxiang as the main body. Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha are two major festivals celebrated by all Muslims in Linxia.

marriage customs

The wedding customs of Hui and Dongxiang nationalities in Linxia generally include blind date, media, tea delivery (also called gift box), bride price, opening ceremony (date selection), mourning for Nikaha (wedding words), banquet, returning home, visiting relatives and so on. The whole process is orderly, but the opening ceremony and the time of giving the bride price have changed.

funeral

Muslims call the dead "dead" or "buried". Death is called "returning to the truth" (people die not to disappear, but for God), "calling", "dying", "impermanence" and "hairy body" (Arabic transliteration). Now the most commonly used word is "return to nature", and it is taboo to call it "death". Burial, accustomed to quick burial, requires frugal burial. Water burial can only be carried out when the ship is back to the truth and time is tight and there is no condition for burial. Cremation and other burial methods are prohibited. The date of burial is suitable. Funerals are usually held in the morning and at noon the day after death. Due to some special reasons, there may be a slight delay, but it will not exceed three days at most. Funeral is called "burial body". Except in special circumstances, funerals and funerals are not allowed at sunrise, noon and when the sun is about to set, and most of them are held after the noon ceremony. Anyone who has a funeral should inform the mosque, relatives and celebrities, and the waterbed for washing the dead should stand outside the gate to show the funeral. Relatives and friends sent clean oil and other items to express their condolences to the families of the deceased.

food

Linxia Muslim food culture has a long history and has formed its own system. Well-known home-cooked meals include fried noodles, tea noodles, mixed soup, pimple noodles, twisted dough tubes, sprinkled rice, mixed noodles, chicken sausage noodles, flat food, rabbit ears and so on; Fried foods include sesame oil, prickly heat and glutinous rice. Famous snacks with distinctive flavor include Hezhou steamed stuffed bun, noodles, beef noodles, cold noodles, onion oil pot helmet, shortbread, raft sausage, stuffed skin, barrel meat, mutton offal, beef offal, sugar oil cake, honeydew melon, paomo, Dongxiang finger food, dough, steamed stuffed bun, shabu-shabu and Xinjiang assorted dishes. Beef batter, chicken sausage noodles, elm noodles, pot stickers, beehive tenderloin, eggplant, riverside noodles, sheep gourd, braised beef tendon, sour soup noodles, braised noodles, minced meat noodles, whole wheat kernels, hula sheep's feet, tremella, etc.