Sacred
Travelogue no 3: my 3rd Saturday in China
Beihai Park, Beijing:
This is the place where the late King ( in unknown dinasty-i cant remember!) rest during summer.
While the infamous Ayah Pin’s sacred place marked with a big kettle, this temple looks like a bell from far.
The wall of nine dragons
Yours truly staring intensely to the famous caligrapher writing my name in chinese! -Yue Liang ^^
After the uh-hm tiring walk at the park with shu shu, he took me to Niu Jie (Ox Street- Muslim community in Beijing) to have a muslim lunch and tour around the Niu Jie Mosque.
Along the Niu Jie St., it was very saddening to see some Muslims asking for food and money from the passerby. I tried to give some but shu shu prohibits me as he said that they are con-men.
There’s something about the place that touched my heart. I just become teary when i stepped my foot at the sacred area. The a yi (aunty) welcomed me with Salam and the cute teenage girl wearing indonesian hijab smiled at me. It was so peaceful and calm. After i finished my prayer, i’ve offered a handshake with a yi but she hugged me thrice, a very warm one in fact.
Women’s Hall of Prayer
The old minaret
Even though there’s about 200 million muslims in China, only the old people practise it obediently, not the youngsters which is disappointing. They all banned pork but still drinking beer occasionally. Prayers are only meant for the oldies except the Friday prayers. Most of them know nothing about aurat,the do’s and dont’s. (I was speaking based on my observations as one of my student is like that and he told me that most of them are like that)
Men’s Prayer Hall
Later in the afternoon, we went to Tian’anmen Square which separates the Forbidden city from other areas.
National Opera House
the widest screen ever! thank God it’s not LED..kalo tk dh menjerit daaaa kt situ jugak!
“You can do anything once you understand the basics”
