Linxia City, once known as Hezhou, is a county-level city in the province of Gansu, China and the capital of the multi-ethnic Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It is located in the valley of the Daxia
A view of the city from the northern loess plateau escarpment depicting a Taoist Wanshou Guan temple
Worshippers leaving a small mosque in Linxia City, on foot, by truck and bus
Khufiyya is a tariqa of Chinese Islam. It was the first tariqa to be established in China and, along with the Jahriyya, Qadiriyya, and Kubrawiyyah, is acknowledged as one of the four orders of Chinese