| dc.description.abstract | The biggest sea port in the world, and at that time many Muslims live there. Mainly are Arabs and Persian; and Islamic culture was also very popular at that time. After the China moved to Ming Dynasty from Yuan Dynasty, Muslims were forced to live incognito due to the change of the political background at that time. Ming Dynasty is the era with conservation on the political policy as well as the atmosphere in the society. It was the disadvantage for the development of the sea port at Quanzhou , and the Islamic culture that lean on the Quanzhou sea port was also became conservative and weak.
Ming Dynasty is the time that Islamic culture starting the weakness and also the time Muslims descendant becoming Chinese-Characterizing. There are many Hui Families in Quanzhou area at Ming Dynasty, Chendai Ding Clan Hui and Baici Guo Clan Hui are two of the famous Hui families at that time. At Ming Dynasty, Hui people have Chinese-Characterizing and starting to editing their own pedigree of clan. Base one these pedigrees of clan left from Hui family from Quanzhou at Ming Dynasty; we learned most of their ancestors were Arabs and Persian. Though the Islamic culture was becoming weak since Ming Dynasty at Quanzhou area, the Chinese-Characterizing Hui people still keep some culture in their activities of daily livings. From the historiography, Ashab Mosque of Islam and the (Holy Tombs) at Islam Holy Hill that lest from Ming Dynasty at Quanzhou were substantially repair for many times at Ming Dynaty. And Hui people were also attending these activities. From these substantially repairs, it approved that at Ming Dynasty, people still valued Islam.
The Hui people at Quanzhou in Ming Dynasty, they tried hard to mainstream themselves into the lives at Quanzhou. From no limitation for marrying couple with same religion, and very aggressive to attend national examinations, build their own ancestral hall; they were the approve how hard they fought for their lives. With no limitation for marrying same religion people, Hui people can take the advantage to make it more strong and bigger, and also understand Han people more. More aggressive to attend the national examinations,
tried to promote themselves to high level in the society. And was then able to keep low key to preserve Islamic culture. To build their own ancestral hall, it is the symbolic of Chinese-Characterizing, it is also the protection for them to live here. Only to keep the
appearance same Han people, they will then be able to keep their own religion(Islam), and Islamic culture.
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