本文从历史人类学的视角,探讨了回族“油香”的起源及其成为回族文化象征符号的历史过程,否定了“油香”舶来说,认为“油香”不仅产生于中国本土,而且其产生与回族的形成是同步的。起初,回族先民为实现文化区分之目的而选择“油香”作为族群文化的一个象征符号;而后,“油香”在回族族群的生存与发展以及文化传承等方面也发挥了重要作用。 From the perspective of historical anthropology, this paper explores the origin of the Hui ethnic group and its historical process of becoming a symbol of the Hui culture, and negates the “oil fragrance” , But also its generation and the formation of Hui are synchronized. At first, the ancestors of the Hui nationality chose “Oil Fragrance” as a symbol of ethnic culture for the purpose of cultural differentiation. Later, “Oil Fragrance” also played an important role in the survival and development of Hui ethnic group and its cultural inheritance .