Xian Old street and Muslim area.
Another place which worth visiting is Muslim area and old street in Xian which is located inside the city wall.
The day me and Wijbren were walking of the city wall and had our lunch in one of local places and visited old art street ,we noticed that in another side ,which approximately is 20 minutes walk in distance form city wall you can see Drum tower and Bell Tower.
These 2 towers basically were built the exact time that city W
all was built due to keeping the ceremonies there and moreover keeping an eye for enemies attack who Want to subdue the
city.
Nowadays there are nothing especially left from those era and these 2 towers are completely isolated and forgotten, but still they are nice to see and be there.
Another day we decided to go there and take some photos.
We went out to explore the small streets of the old town. I wandered around the small streets of the old town through the markets and small temples that dot the area. Eventually we ended up at the Great Mosque, which is not what you expect to find in the center of China.
Great Masque was built in Tang Dynasty and renovate later on. When you get in the masque you realized unlike the masque in Middle East or Arabic countries this one the construction and architectural style in totally Chinese, include 4 courtyards and arch shape chambers, which makes it completely different. In fact this masque had 3 different corridors you pass on and then a great big square which I assume is for praying on Fridays.
This Masque was built to show great honor to Islam in China during the Tang Dynasty when a lot of Merchants came to China from Middle East to trade and married with Han National in China.
But Xi'an once the capital and end (or start depending on perspective) of the Silk Road has a large Muslim population that has remained to this day. The most interesting thing about the Mosque is it really looked like a Chinese Temple, even the Minuret was disguised as a Pagoda.
Another place which worth visiting is Muslim area and old street in Xian which is located inside the city wall.
The day me and Wijbren were walking of the city wall and had our lunch in one of local places and visited old art street ,we noticed that in another side ,which approximately is 20 minutes walk in distance form city wall you can see Drum tower and Bell Tower.
These 2 towers basically were built the exact time that city W
all was built due to keeping the ceremonies there and moreover keeping an eye for enemies attack who Want to subdue thecity.
Nowadays there are nothing especially left from those era and these 2 towers are completely isolated and forgotten, but still they are nice to see and be there.
Another day we decided to go there and take some photos.
We went out to explore the small streets of the old town. I wandered around the small streets of the old town through the markets and small temples that dot the area. Eventually we ended up at the Great Mosque, which is not what you expect to find in the center of China.
Great Masque was built in Tang Dynasty and renovate later on. When you get in the masque you realized unlike the masque in Middle East or Arabic countries this one the construction and architectural style in totally Chinese, include 4 courtyards and arch shape chambers, which makes it completely different. In fact this masque had 3 different corridors you pass on and then a great big square which I assume is for praying on Fridays.
This Masque was built to show great honor to Islam in China during the Tang Dynasty when a lot of Merchants came to China from Middle East to trade and married with Han National in China.
But Xi'an once the capital and end (or start depending on perspective) of the Silk Road has a large Muslim population that has remained to this day. The most interesting thing about the Mosque is it really looked like a Chinese Temple, even the Minuret was disguised as a Pagoda.
