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The backstreets leading north from the Drum Tower have been home to Xi'an's Muslims since at least the 7th century.  Karen and I were looking for the Great Mosque, but it was hidden down narrow lanes full of butcher shops, sesame-oil factories, and stringy-bearded men wearing white skullcaps.

And souvenir shops.
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