Mosque

An afternoon to kill in Ji'nan

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July 19th 2012
Hi All, So with there being no direct train from Qingdao to Changsha I had a six hour wait in Ji'nan, for my nineteen hour train trip to Changsha, so I went in search of the mosque in the muslim quarter. I found it quite easily and I was allowed to go into the prayer hall, unfortunately no photos as men were coming in to pray, it was really beautiful. Full of columns and arabic writing ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more