文档介绍：the People's Republic of China is a unitary multi-ethnic prising the han people and over fifty ethnic 。
With a sizable population of million, the Hui ethnic group is one of China's largest ethnic minorities. People of Hui origin can be found in most of the counties and cities throughout the country, especially in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Gansu, Qinghai, Henan, Hebei, Shandong and Yunnan provinces and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
有着一个庞大的861万人口的回族族群是中国最大的少数民族。回族人遍布于全国很多城市和地区,特别是在宁夏回族自治区、甘肃、青海、河南、河北、山东、云南和新疆维吾尔自治区。
History
The name Hui is an abbreviation for "Huihui," which first appeared in the literature of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). It referred to the Huihe people (the Ouigurs) who lived in Anxi in the present-day Xinjiang and its vicinity since the Tang Dynasty (618-907). They were actually forerunners of the present-day Uygurs, who are totally different from today's Huis or Huihuis.
回族是回回族的简称,第一次出现在北宋(公元960 - 1127)的文献中。它指的是唐代(公元618 - 907)住在安西当今新疆及周边的Huihe人(Ouigurs)。其实他们是今天维吾尔族的祖先,完全不同于今天的回族或Huihuis。
During the early years of the 13th century when Mongolian troops were making their western expeditions, group after group of Islamic-oriented people from Middle Asia, as well as Persians and Arabs, either were forced to move or voluntarily migrated into China. As artisans, tradesmen, scholars