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The Great Mosque
Xi’an
Xi’an
Xi’an
China
Type: Religious Site
Addmission Fee: $20
Hours: 9 am-5 pm
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Xi’an
Xi’an
China
Type: Religious Site
Addmission Fee: $20
Hours: 9 am-5 pm
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This exquisite blend of Arabic and Chinese architecture was originally constructed in 742 AD and remains a bastion of calm in the thronging streets of the Muslim quarter. To get here, enter the Muslim quarter through the Drum Tower and continue straight on
for a couple of hundred yards, after which you’ll see a turn-off to the left lined with souvenir stalls, which is signposted for the mosque.
Turn left again after a few yards, past yet more stalls, and at the end you’ll reach the entrance where you buy your ticket, which includes a pamphlet giving a basic introduction to the mosque. Pass through the entrance paifang, and into the grounds of the mosque. You’ll soon see a pavilion in front of you, which was actually the original minaret from where the muezzin would perform the call to prayer.
Straight ahead of you lies the 1,000-capacity prayer hall. You can look in but not enter the hall. Note the clock showing the five daily prayer times and the dragon images on the board hanging beneath the eaves – a long way from the Islamic notion that creatures shouldn’t be artistically represented in mosques.
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