MARKETS IN XI'AN
Our afternoon stroll found us entering Xiyang Shi Street. We discover this is the Muslim Quarter of the city. The Chinese Muslims belong to the Hui community with the men wearing white skullcaps and the women generally wearing scarves. Colour abounds. Crowds jam the mall walks. Food stalls and leather shadow puppet shops are discovered in profusion.
Entering Xiyang Shi Street.
Street shops.
Crowds jam the Mall walk.
Hui men wearing white skullcaps
Nuts!
Cooking!
More food!
More nuts!
Walnuts.
Hui women wearing scarves.
Walnut sculpture.
Fun haberdashery.
Leather puppets and paper cutouts.
Leather puppets.
Hui Muslim chefs.
Cheap nuts!
As we leave these food stalls an interesting " dish" of pigs' trotters, provided by chefs in the Muslim markets of Xi'an, catches our attention!
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