| Hui has distributed in this pattern which bunch up a small group in southwest and northwest and scatter in other regions of China. As the third largest population group among all the provinces, Hui in Henan Province have occupied over 90% of Henan minority population. Thus, the relationship between Hui and Han is the keystone to learn the ethnic relationship of Henan Province.Researchers paid more attention to the relationship between Hui and Han in scattered ethnic regions where assembled a lot of Hui. However, the ethnic relationship in small cities and towns with less Hui are ignored, especially some places in the middle of China. In this paper, Nanhai community in Huangchuan County of Henan Province is chosen for the research field where the Hui nowadays account for 0.52% of Huangchuan Population. This community is possessed of a long ethnic history between Hui and Han, and first mosque has been build since Yuan dynasty. Besides, three religion buildings including Catholicism, Buddhism and Muslim existed in this community. Therefore, we could take this typical case as a reference to the study of the relationship between Hui and Han in other small cities and towns of Henan Province to a certain degree. Guided by the theories and methods from anthropology and sociology, firsthand date about the relationship between Hui and Han in the small city of Huangchuan which situated in the middle region of China is obtained. Meanwhile, the culture changes of Hui people in Nanhai community and the living conditions are also the main statements in this paper. Each chapter is settled as follows:Chapter one is mainly about the social structures of Hui and Han in Nanhai community which presented by literatures and interviews. Chapter two mentions the history between Hui and Han on the basis of their memories. In the third chapter, considering the pattern of variables to measure ethnic relation within the subject, I choose following variables—ethnic languages, pattern of habitants, communication among people and neighbors, ethnic marriage, ethnic habit, ethnic identification to interpret the local ethnic relationship. For the special religion circumstances, the fourth chapter describes and discuss the three religions and their intercourse. The last chapter sums up the characteristics of the relationship between Hui and Han in Nanhai community, then leads to a conclusion of a new, steady, harmonious and mutual beneficial relationship. |
