Street scenes

 Older style apartment building, note the power lines, a very common installation.

Also an older style retail shops but with a modern apartment building in the background.

 Entrance to the Shaanxi History Museum.

             The lively Muslim Quarter and market.

                 The Great Mosque of Xi'an

 Note that the construction of this Mosque started in 742. There are 30,000 Chinese Muslims in Xi'an.

                    Kathy and our guide Catherine.

                    The area for prayers. We were not allowed to enter this area.

                 Multiple clocks showing the times each day for prayers.

                    Library and meeting room

Our last night in Xi'an we sample a famous dumpling dinner and afterwards we saw the Tang Dynasty Show.