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<\/a><\/p>\nMuslims will come to this mosque 5 times a day to pray.\u00a0 About 1,000 people will come to each prayer session.\u00a0 On Fridays, that number rises to 7,000.\u00a0 During Ramadan and Eid, 300,000 people come to this mosque.\u00a0 The surrounding streets in Xining must be shut down to accommodate all the people praying.\u00a0 Here is a picture of what the Grand Mosque looks like during Ramadan.<\/p>\n
The mosque was absolutely beautiful but we had to stay outside because we were not practicing Muslims.<\/p>\n Directly outside of the mosque was a street market.\u00a0 All the food was Halal which made my roommate very happy.\u00a0 She showed me foods I’ve never heard of and we both saw foods that neither of us had seen!<\/p>\n I’m assuming this is some type of spice.\u00a0 It was everywhere but I don’t know exactly what it was.\u00a0 This, however, is sugar cane!<\/p>\n For one stalk of sugar cane (which was taller than me) it only cost $0.50! If I didn’t have to fly back to Beijing I would have bought one. Rafannah also introduced me to mangosteens.\u00a0 Oh my, they are delicious! Absolute perfection!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n