China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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A 'Beehive' kumbei peculiar to the Wuchungpao Plain, Ningsia. Although the door of the kumbei may open in any direction, the sepulchre inside will always be placed North and South. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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1
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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.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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A melody in roofs. Along the main street of T'ung Hsin Chen the minaret of the mosque can be seen. The ahung here had traveled to Mecca twice from South Ningsia and was fluent in Arabic though he could not read the Chinese calling card presented to him. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Every Chinese Moslem ahung and many devout of the laity carry a rosary of ninety-nine beads. With this they are helped in saying over the names of Allah.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and One of the five pillars of Islam is the pilgrimage to Mecca. This important Moselm community of Southern Ningsia around Weichow has fifty Hajjis, or returned pilgrims. This man returned three days before the picture was taken. The tarboosh from Turkey was his pride and joy. There was warmth in his greeting of another traveler from afar.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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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.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and In bandit-ridden areas the mosque must protect itself. This is one outside the South Gate of Yu Wang, Ningsia, not only had this small fort but also local Moslem militia to protect it. During the summer and fall of 1936 the Communist held the city; one wonders what happened to the mosque.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and This is the second type of mosque commonly seen on the fertile plain along the Yellow River in Ningsia. Note the new popular trees planted along the road, a common sight in the Northwest in the spring of 1936.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 2
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1
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Prints & Photographs
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The province of Ningsia has two distinct types of architecture among its many mosques. Here is a good example of the curved roof minaret of one near Kinkihsien. There is a much sharper curve to the roof here than one finds in Eastern China.