{"id":2943,"date":"2014-06-07T17:53:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T17:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setcourseforchina.wordpress.com\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2014-06-07T17:53:11","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T17:53:11","slug":"day-nine-part-one-kuqas-mosque-and-bazaar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/?p=2943","title":{"rendered":"Day Nine (Part One)- Kuqa&#8217;s Mosque and Bazaar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Kuqa tour guide took us into the heart of the town.\u00a0 We visited the most popular mosque which was also built in the 15th century.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/06\/img_1371.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2934\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_1371.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We even got to enter the prayer hall between prayer sessions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/06\/img_1380.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2937\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_1380.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/06\/img_1374.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2935\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_1374.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/06\/img_1379.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2936\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_1379.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We found this little girl wandering around the mosque.\u00a0 She was very cute but shy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/06\/img_1381.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2938\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_1381.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just outside of the mosque was Kuqa&#8217;s bazaar.\u00a0 It was mostly filled with everyday objects, not so much touristy items.\u00a0 Since most of the women in this region are Muslim, they wear head scarves.\u00a0 As you can imagine, there were scarf shops everywhere! Everywhere! It was fascinating to walk around and be a part of the buzz in the bazaar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/06\/img_1389.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2939\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_1389.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/06\/img_1390.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2940\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_1390.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/06\/img_1391.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2941\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_1391.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I even enjoyed some nice local &#8220;ice cream&#8221; in this adorable cup!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/2014\/06\/img_1393.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2942\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" src=\"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_1393.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look out for part two in which I go hiking in the Tian Shan mountains!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Kuqa tour guide took us into the heart of the town.\u00a0 We visited the most popular mosque which was also built in the 15th century. We even got to enter the prayer hall between prayer sessions. We found this little girl wandering around the mosque.\u00a0 She was very cute but shy! Just outside of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}