Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The horse bazaar beside one of the many canals in Wuchangpao. Such views are common in this thriving market town. Moslems form the major portion of the population of this center.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Not all the children in the mosque schools are boys. These bonnie lassies attend a mosque school in Kinkihsien under the instruction of a blind ahung. Note the horn books under the arms of the two on the right.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The interior of a new mosque in Peiping near the Altar of Heaven. This is one of the newest and most up-to-date mosques in China.
Ablutions form a large part in the Moslem's day, so we find connected with each mosque a well equipped, heated bath house. The kettles on the rack in the center are for the minor ablutions used before every time of prayer. Showers are to be had in the cupboards to the left. There is always hot water for use. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
A Moslem restaurant sign with the tea pot and the Arabic in the center. At the top are two Chinese characters 'ching' and 'chen,' clean and true. Just these two characters on many signs make a shop one where Moslems may eat. These correspond to the 'kosher' characters on a Jewish eating house. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and This tomb is not in Egypt but in Yangchow, Kiangsu, the city which Marco Polo governed for Kublai Khan. Pu Ha Tin, one of the early missionaries of Islam to China is buried here. It is a place of sacred pilgrimage along the grand Canal.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Tsang Ahung represents his co-religionists from the Province of Honan. He shepherds any of the Moslem community from the Province who happen to be in Hankow on business.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Friday worship commences. Those with white turbans are Tsang Ahung's student mullahs. Tsang Ahung was a religious leader in Hankow.
