China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Bridge across the Tatung River which divides the Provinces of Tsinghai and Kansu north of the Sining River near which this picture was taken. To the right is Kansu, to the left is Tsinghai, Moslem governed territory, which includes the Northern part of Tibet. Such cantilever bridges are common in Tsinghai, Ma Pu-fang having constructed a number of new ones only recently.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 333 | Folder 1
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The entrance to the most indigenous mosque in China, at Ts'ui Ti P'o, Kansu, on the trail from Lungchow, Shensi to Pingliang. The Moslem inn of the village is on the level below on the loess-terraced hillside.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Interior of cave mosque at Ts'ui Ti P'o. The mihrab or prayer niche, a few goat skins for worshippers, native oil lamps and a small stove for heat in the winter, with door and small window above make up the mosque, and of which the village was justly proud.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Kumbei or tomb of a Moslem Saint named Mu. This very interesting sight in a grove of evergreens overlooks the Pingliang valley in East Kansu. The city lies between the grave and the hills to the north. This man is one of the early founders of the Djahariah order in China.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Another Moslem flour-mill. This one is tied to the bank while the force of the water revolves the paddles on each side, and so with the use of primitive machinery inside the grain is ground. There are many of these along the Tao River between Kaolan and Linsia.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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A friendly 'Salaam Aleikum' (Peace be upon you) along the way. The crocheted skull caps were mainly seen around Kuyuan and Northeast Kansu. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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A Tunghsiang Hui or East Country Moslem. He and his kind live in finger-like valleys along the road between Kaolan and Linsia (Hochow) Kansu. These people, it is believed, are descendents of the Mongols and who still use their own language in the back blocks of the valley. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Moslem veil in China, such is seen throughout the Northwest; Kansu, tsinghai and Ningsia. The neck and head are covered but the face is left exposed. Brides wear green veils and sometimes cover their faces. Such head coverings are not seen in the coastal provinces.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Do not divide the Moslems and Chinese is the slogan on this gate of Hao Tien, Kansu. Through this gate most of the traffic between China proper and the Northwest, including Sinkiang, must pass. The old Silk Road between Cathay and Stamboul passed through and halted while it got strength to climb the famous Liu P'an Mountians ahead.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Hsuan Hua Kang above Chang Chia Chuan on the hillside to the north. Here in the large mausoleum rests the head of Ma Hua-lung, one of the leaders of the rebellion of 1862-1876. His spiritual descendents, including Ma Yuan-chang, his son-in-law, are buried here close by.