 He converted several Zhangs in Yinwa to Islam, to his Sufi menhuan in Dawantou, while in Yangwa the Zhang family people did not convert, and continued to practice Chinese Religion.All the Han Zhangs and the Hui Zhangs, being of the same family, celebrated New Year together up to 1949.Ma Laichi established the Hua Si school ("menhuan") - the core of the Khufiyya (خفيه) 虎夫耶 movement in Chinese Islam.