<div class="rich_media_content js_underline_content autoTypeSetting24psection" id="js_content" style="visibility: hidden; opacity: 0; "><p><span leaf="">       We drove from Dayuan Hui Township in Qingchuan County, Guangyuan, to Qingxi Ancient Town to break our fast (Iftar). Although there were only two tables with ten people at Qingxi Mosque, the atmosphere was truly wonderful, just like being at home. Some mothers (Anniang) were cooking fresh dishes right there at the mosque, and some respected elders (Xianglao) brought food from their homes, making it a very warm and welcoming gathering. What we ate was part of Qingxi Hui people's "Nine Big Bowls" (Jiuda Wan), which is a standard Hui banquet feast, featuring dishes like clear stewed meat, crispy fried meat, steamed meat with rice flour, braised chicken, cabbage with kelp, and other delicious items, with a balanced mix of meat and vegetables, all very homely. After our meal, the respected elders and the Imam (Akhund) kindly and warmly gave me some stewed meat, Youxiang (fried pastries), and fruits to take for my pre-dawn meal (Suhoor).</span></p><section><mp-common-poi class="js_editor_mppoi appmsg_poi_iframe custom_select_card js_uneditable mp_common_widget" data-address="%E5%9B%9B%E5%B7%9D%E7%9C%81%E5%B9%BF%E5%85%83%E5%B8%82%E9%9D%92%E5%B7%9D%E5%8E%BF%E9%9D%92%E5%B9%B3%E8%B7%AF%E6%97%81" data-city="" data-districtid="" data-id="0.2226437540120605" data-img="" data-latitude="32.457256" data-longitude="104.839142" data-name="%E9%9D%92%E6%BA%AA%E5%8F%A4%E5%9F%8E" data-poiid="8065414880259809110" data-province="" data-type="2"></mp-common-poi></section><p><span leaf=""><br/></span></p><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045882" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045883" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045884" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045885" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045886" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045887" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045888" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045889" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045891" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><p><span leaf=""></span></p><section><section style="display: inline-block;"><img data-ratio="1.33359375" data-type="jpg" data-w="1280" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... Bspan leaf=""></span></p><section><section style="display: inline-block;"><img data-ratio="1.33359375" data-type="jpg" data-w="1280" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... Bspan leaf=""></span></p><section><section style="display: inline-block;"><img data-ratio="1.33359375" data-type="jpg" data-w="1280" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... Bspan leaf="">       <strong>Historical Significance of Qingxi Ancient Town and its Mosque:</strong> Qingxi Ancient Town is an important pass on the Yinping Ancient Road, historically known as the 'Gateway to Northern Sichuan and the Throat of Western Shu.' It has always been a place where merchants gathered and strategists contended. Since the Ming Dynasty, Hui Muslims from Shaanxi and Gansu have settled in Qingxi along the Yinping Ancient Road, and Qingxi Mosque was officially built in 1546 (the 25th year of Emperor Jiajing's reign). The current mosque structure is the result of reconstruction in 1982.</span><br/></p><p><span data-pm-slice='1 1 ["para",{"tagName":"p","attributes":{},"namespaceURI":"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;}]' leaf="">       <strong>The Ancient Sophora Tree:</strong> Within the mosque compound stands a 400-year-old Chinese honey locust tree, a venerable witness to the ancient mosque's long history.</span></p><p><span leaf=""><br/></span></p><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045894" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045895" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045896" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045897" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045898" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045899" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045900" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section><span leaf=""><br/></span></section><section><span leaf="">       <strong>Suhoor Delights:</strong> Youxiang (fried pastries) and chicken eaten for Suhoor (pre-dawn meal).</span></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045901" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045902" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><p><span leaf=""><br/></span></p><p><span leaf="">       <strong>Exploring Qingxi Ancient Town at Night and its Halal Cuisine:</strong> Qingxi Ancient Town at night. There are many Hui Muslim eateries on the streets, offering delightful dishes like Yougao (oil cakes), crispy shortbread, stir-fry restaurants serving roasted meat, steamed meat with rice flour, and Huiguorou (twice-cooked meat), snack shops with beef stewed noodles and Chaoshou (Wontons), and even restaurants specializing in copper hotpot. The variety is truly abundant. In Sichuan, there are several ancient towns and cities rich in Hui Muslim cuisine, such as Dujiangyan, Songpan, and Langzhong, all of which are very much worth visiting. I find that Qingxi Ancient Town has fewer tourists, making it an excellent place to escape the summer heat deep within the Qinba Mountains.</span></p><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045903" data-ratio="1.3324074074074075" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045905" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045906" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045907" data-ratio="1.3324074074074075" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045908" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045909" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045910" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045911" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045912" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><p><span align="" alt="" aria-braillelabel="" aria-description="" aria-label="" border="" class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aiimageid="" data-aiimagesource="" data-aistatus="1" data-asynid="" data-backh="" data-backw="" data-before-oversubscription-url="" data-cacheurl="" data-cardimg="" data-copyright="" data-croporisrc="" data-cropselx1="" data-cropselx2="" data-cropsely1="" data-cropsely2="" data-cropx1="" data-cropx2="" data-cropy1="" data-cropy2="" data-fileid="" data-fromlib="" data-galleryid="" data-gallerysupplier="" data-height="" data-imgfileid="100045893" data-imgid="" data-imgqrcoded="" data-oversubscription-url="" data-positionback="" data-ratio="" data-remoteid="" data-retry="" data-s="300,640" data-src="" data-type="jpeg" data-upload="" data-w="" data-width="" height="" hspace="" ismap="" leaf="" opacity="" sizes="" src="" style="" title="" type="block" usemap="" vspace="" width=""><br/></span></p><p><span leaf="">       <strong>Hui Muslim Quarter and Culinary Offerings:</strong> Outside the East Gate of Qingxi Ancient Town is the main residential area for Hui Muslims. This area has now been collectively developed into a 'Hui Cultural Festival Street,' featuring many Hui restaurants and snack shops where one can enjoy beef copper hotpot and the traditional Hui 'Nine Big Bowls' feast.</span></p><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045913" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045914" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045915" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045916" data-ratio="1.3324074074074075" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045917" data-ratio="1.3324074074074075" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045918" data-ratio="1.3333333333333333" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045919" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045920" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><section style="text-align: center;"><img class="rich_pages wxw-img" data-aistatus="1" data-imgfileid="100045921" data-ratio="0.75" data-s="300,640" data-type="jpeg" data-w="1080" src="https://archive.org/download/s ... ot%3B style="height: auto !important;" type="block"/></section><p><span leaf=""><br/></span></p><p style="display: none;"><mp-style-type data-value="3"></mp-style-type></p></div><br><br><p><strong>Original Source:</strong> <a href='https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/iXNPlgL1FaUi38NHnBzAoA'>https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/iXN ... gt%3B view all