Muslim Street, Xian |
Just located at the heart of ancient city of Xian, you will see the Muslim historical streets area after passing through the archways of the magnificent Bell and Drum Tower. You will be amazed by the scene, though it is not so clean and tidy sometimes. The area has ten mosques of different architectural styles and varied in scale, with about twenty-thousand Islamic followers living. These people are still maintained their pious and traditional lifestyle nowadays. The famous Xian City's God Temple is located in the area too, and the Chinese style mosque in not far away from here.
The renowned Beiyuanmen Islamic Street is a great place for Muslim snack lovers. You can sample a lot of authentic Islamic specialties, like beef or mutton Rou Jia Mo which looks like a hamburger, northwestern style noodles, and Pao Mo which is a noodle dish which the tough "bread" was tore into pieces then put them in the soup with mutton and vermicelli, as well as many, many other attractive snacks that will not make you disappointed. The restaurants and eateries here are serving their food in budget prices.
In addition to the great food, Islamic architecture and majestic scenes, beautiful handicrafts like paper-cutting, little dolls and lots of curious souvenirs are worth to see, well welcomed by tourists at home and abroad. The Muslim streets are recommended in an exotic Xian tour.
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