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Silk Road: China
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Copyright: Dietrich Meyer (meyerd) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 97 W: 15 N: 608] (1490)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-24
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Olympus SP500UZ
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-03-11 10:04
Viewed: 511
Points: 2
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Silk Road: Kashgar

The Id Kah mosque at the place of the same name is the center of the oasis-city. It was built in 1442 and is much visited by Muslims men and women until today. Marco Polo mentions that the Kashgari "worship Mahomet" and have mosques in his book of 1299. The Buddhist religion was gradually replaced with Islam through the Uighurs colonizing Xin Jiang province from the 9th century on: Islam arrived peacefully by way of the Silk Road ! I found no traces of Jewish and Nestorian Christian traditions in Kasgar any more.
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  • Buin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3308 W: 0 N: 6473] (22654)
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Hallo Dieter!
Unglaublich, wie verschieden die Ansichten dieser Stadt sind. Nach den Gassen und Flachdachhäusern hier ein großstädtischer Platz mit gut gekleideten Menschen, von denen offenbar viele ihre Freizeit genießen. Die Gebäude dort sind wunderschön. Was rahmt dieses zierliche Gitter dort ein? Ich kanns einfach nicht erkennen.
Grüße aus dem sehr stürmischen Siegen!
Frank

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