Dongxiang people
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The Dongxiang are a Mongolic people and one of 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Half of the population live in Dongxiang Autonomous County, Linxia Prefecture,
A Dongxiang student in school
A Dongxiang Muslim elder with long beard & other Muslims. Hezhou (Linxia), Gansu, 1934.
Muslims at the mosque with a minaret and market, Dongxiang County, Gansu, 1934.
Xian Great Mosque 07
Hui people
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The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in
Dongxiang people
…According to the China Statistical Yearbook 2021, their population numbers 774,947, although research has found that the number is inflated due to Hui identifying themselves as Dongxiang for the census, in order to benefit from minority policies. Chinese historians generally agreed that Dongxiang are…
Elderly Hui Muslim in front of a shop
A halal meat store sign in Hankou, c. 1934–1935.
Halal (清真) restaurants offering Northwestern beef lamian can be found throughout the country
A halal (清真) bathhouse in Linxia City