Main tower
Three storeys.
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A traditional tower on the surviving stretch of Changsha's old city wall, dating back to the early Ming in the fourteenth century; destroyed and restored many times, it took its present form in 1984 and is one of China's «Ten Famous Historical Towers and Pavilions». It is made up of a three-storey main tower and two two-storey side towers joined by a long gallery, with upturned roofs and carved timber, and it stands on a preserved section of the old wall with its cannons, looking out over the old neighbourhoods and the modern towers around them. A few minutes' walk south stands the Changsha Mosque, one of the city's oldest, first built in 1711 with funds from Muslim merchants who had come from the northern provinces and rebuilt on its present site after 1992 in an Arab style with domes and a minaret; it houses the Islamic Association of Hunan. The tower costs about CNY 32 by day, from 8:00 to 17:00, with evening visits between 18:00 and 22:00, while the mosque can be visited outside prayer times in modest dress, per visitor guides. Halal restaurants run by Hui Muslims cluster around the mosque.
Three storeys.
And its cannons.
Since 1711.
On the old city wall, Tianxin District, Changsha
Around the Changsha Mosque near Tianxin Pavilion, where Hui Muslims run halal restaurants; the mosque can be visited outside prayer times, per visitor guides.
