today we’ll visit the great mosque it stood west of the drum tower in huajue lane it is the most sizable mosques in the city of xi’an which is also one of the oldest and bestpreserved mosques in china
standing outside of the great mosques we can see this one is not like the mosques in arabian with splendid domes skyward eaves and dazzling patterns this mosque possesses much chinese tradition in both design and styles outlook it shows the culture combinations between china and other countries
next we are going to talk about how islam was introduced into china islam was founded in the early period of the 7th century and was introduced to china in the middle of the 7th century at that time some merchants travelers and missionaries from arabic countries persia and afghanistan by land over the sink road and also by sea many of them settled down and married the local women their children became the first generation of chinese moslems however massive immigration of moslems to china was the result of genghis khan’s western expedition in the 13th century he conquered vast of land from central asia to east europe including the northern part of iran many of the moslems were forced to enlist in the army then in the 14th century lots of moslems took part in zhu yuan zhang’s uprising therefore all the emperors of the ming dynasty ordered to protect the moslems for their great contributions nowadays there are 17 million moslems in china the moslems in xi’an are mainly the hui people ok now after known so much about the background history you must curious about the great mosque let’s get in and check it out
it is said that the mosque was built in tang dynasty however judging from its architectural style it was probably built in the ming dynasty
after get into the first courtyard we can see there is a wood material arch which is nine meters high in front of us it was built earlier in the 17th century with glazed tiles grand corners and upturned eaves the arch has a history of 360 years but still preserved very well
this way please we are going to the second courtyard there are a lot of trees and flowers here in the center of this yard is a stone gateway two tall tablets with dragons caved on each are standing at the two sides of the gateway they record the details of the repair works since it was built one of these tablets carved may islam fill the universe was wrote by mi fu a famous calligrapher in song dynasty who is also a moslem the other one carved royally bestowed wrote by dong qichang in ming dynasty these characters are treasures of chinese calligraphy
keep going we’ll arrive at the third courtyard at the entrance of this yard we can see a moon tablet it was wrote in arabic and used to show the calculation of the hui calendars and the time for them to resume a meat diet it was compiled by a man in charge of the mosque called xiao xining then we’ll notice the threestoreyed wooden structure building in the center that is called the retrospection tower the function of this tower is calling the moslems to come to worship it is the highest point of this great mosques now everyone on the southwest side of the tower we can see five wooden houses we called them the water houses it is the place for moslems clean themselves before they attend their services
next the forth courtyard is waiting for us keep walking please the structure in the centre was called the phoenix pavilion in fact it is a complex of three small buildings the sixgabled buildings in the central part and the two threegabled buildings on each side which make it looks like a flying phoenix just like the name of the pavilion across the pavilion we will find a fish pond passed it we will see the platform the prayer hall is the just on the top of the platform where take more than 1000 prayers at the same time the prayer hall is facing to the east that’s really not quite chinese that is the custom of moslem that the prayer hall has to back of the mecca in china mecca located to the west of china
as you know moslems are lived in china almost everywhere you can ask whether moslems in china and other moslems shared the same custom the answer is obviously yes they worship five times a day at dawn at noon in the afternoon at dusk and at night female worshipers attend their services in a separated place from their brothers usually at home
i don t know whether you have met a moslem before if you do you may notice they never eat pork and animal blood why in koran pigs have been mentioned four times as being unclean moslem respected koran very much they everything followed it so they never eat pork just one thing in china that moslems can not followed according to koran a man can marry 4 wives but as the law of china a man can marry only one wife that might be the different thing between the moslems in china and other moslems
after visiting this great mosque in huajue lane you can see that they lived happy and freedom here you know in china each citizen has the freedom of religions belief and each group has the freedom of to keep their own custom surely the moslems in china enjoy equal rights as the majority nations and their religious beliefs and customs are respected everywhere in the country
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