Maulid an-Nabi 圣纪节

Monday, 16. September 2024 in Muslim Areas

Birthday of the Prophet.

Chinese Muslims or Hui people 回族 can be found all over the Yunnan province. They often live in separate villages as cultural taboos have kept intermarriage with people of other religions relatively low. The Muslim calendar is strictly a lunar calendar, which means that Muslim holidays circle through the seasons as every lunar year has less days than the solar year. In addition, the exact timing of Muslim holidays can depend on the actual visibility of the moon, so the dates for any given Muslim festival might vary by one day and are sometimes just decided early in the morning.

See related festivals.

Festival held according to islamic calendar on 12.3. Please note that our calculation of the date might be wrong by one day.