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Description Inside the Prayer Hall at the Great Mosque of Xi'an, 23 April 2009. Also called the Huajui Mosque. It was built in 742 AD and rebuilt/extended twice in the 17th Century by the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The Chinese Communists turned it into a steel factory! It is now used again as a mosque by the Hui people but is also open to the public. The Hui are descendents from Central Asian and Middle Eastern traders who travelled on the Old Silk Road which ended at Xi'an. The speak Chinese with Arabic and Persian phrases.
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Author Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK
Camera location34° 13′ 14.17″ N, 108° 56′ 44.08″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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