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| | The Grand Hall of the Shaanxi Mosque [edit this] | | Shaanxi Mosque lies in northern side in Yonghe Zheng Lane in Heping Road in Urumqi City. The Grand Hall is the brick and wooden structure, sitting west and facing east, is up to over 10 meters, the front palace area is 250 square meters, may hold 500 persons to go to church. Architecture style of Grand Hall not only follows Islamic doctrine prohibiting use idols and animals pattern, but also keep the ancient traditional wood structure's architecture style in China. Since this architecture fuse the ethnic cultural architecture spirit, was classified cultural relics unit. Shaanxi Mosque is the biggest Hui Mosque. It was built in Qianlong and Jiaqing period in Qing Dynasty, was ever rebuilt in 1906. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| The center of Asia [edit this] | | Chinese Academy of science geography research institute's scientific research personnel passed two years' measure and calculation and autoptic, demarcate Asia continent geography center lies north latitude 43o40'37'', east longitude 87o91'52'', lies in churchyard of Baojiacaozi Village in Urumqi City. Asia continent geography center's confirmation not only padded the blank space at home and abroad, but also offer a new tourism resource which has vast attraction in international. “Asia center” tourism zone's development and construction will give rise to tourists' infinite interest all over the world, someone advise build “Asia grand sight garden” in Urumqi. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| The Confucian Temple [edit this] | | The Confucian Temple lies in the entrance of the Qianjin Road in Urumqi City. The appearance has become broken, but architecture is still intact. The temple gate sits north and faces south, northern side is around big palace, eastern side is side hall and drum-bell tower, architecture area is almost 1,000 square meters. It was built in extending Dihua City in Qing Dynasty. Xinjiang set up province in 1884, name is Longevity Palace. in order to commemorate the death under shield soldiers in reoccupying Xinjiang battle, oblation and sacrifice, also called Zhaozhong Temple. After the Revolution of 1911, renamed as Temple of God. And renamed as Confucian Temple in 1944, offered sacrifice activities for Confucius. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Southern Mosque [edit this] | | Southern Mosque lies in Erdaoqiao in Jiefang Road in Urumqi, has history of one hundred years, being a leading place of religious gathering of a sect of Islamic in Xinjiang. Originally at Nantaizi , it was rebuilt Erdaoqiao in 1919.
The main structure is the prayer hall in a convex shape. The front section of the roof has double raised eaves covered by glazed tiles. At the top of the ridges of the eaves are decorative tiles showing two dragons playing with a pearl. A five-layer board under the eaves is painted with colorful floral designs. The ridge purlin bears twenty-two flying dragons. The rear part of the hall is brick-laid, while the front of the structure is fixed with a wooden door bearing fine latticed carved designs. Built brick wall at the back of the palace, there are wooden grid gate, the center of the grid's figures are very fine, there is a spacious port in front of the wood grid gate, hanged up a horizontal tablet, hang down four islamic imperial edicts. there are orchid, Meihua, bamboo, lotus four drawing board and Dao De Jing in two sides of the wall. Big Hall divided inside and outside two palaces, the outside depth is 15 meters, is 22 meters wide, inside palace's depth and width is 15 meters. The palace hold a thousand person to go to church. Set up seaman building, lower bath pool, Imam housing and reception room of foreign guests in the mosque. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| The Ancient City Of Urabo [edit this] | | The Ancient City Of Urabo lies in 10 kilometers southern suburb of Urumqi, southern side of Urabo Reservior, is cultural relics unit by Autonomous Region. It's the ruins in Tang and Yuan Dynasty. The ancient city is 550 meters long from south to north, is 480 meters wide from east to west, the perimeter is about 2 kilometers. The city wall is intact basically, the remained height is 4 meters, the highest place is about 7 meters. The distribution may divided into three zones in the city, the southern side of the city has a east and west earth wall which divided the city into two city zone, the northern zone also has a south and north earth wall which divided northern city zone into two section. The most of architectures have been destroyed like flat in the city, but remain the relic of square turret at the corners of the city, there are protuberant relics of horse faces. Scattered a number of Horse, sheep, camel, etc, bones on the ground in the city. After liberation, unearthed pottery pot, jade, pottery basin and jade articles, square brick, ancient coins, etc, in the city. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
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