Silhouette of the "Imin Ta Mosque" of Turpan, Xinjiang

Photographer: Hans J. Schneider
From: #118 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Part 1,The Silk Road near Urumqi/Turpan, Xinjiang)

Silhouette of the "Imin Ta Mosque" of Turpan, Xinjiang

The graceful Imin Ta Minaret and the Iranian-style mosque in the "Silk Road" town of Turpan in the N.W. province of Xinjiang, China has invited the faithful travellers for almost 250 years. With the hot desert sun in the background, the Minaret has become the unmistakable symbol of this beautiful desert-oasis-town, Turpan.