The origin of Xi 'an Huimin Street

Huimin Street generally refers to the north-south street from the Drum Tower to the North Yard Gate, but sometimes it also includes the connected Huajie Lane, the Western City, and the Dapiyuan.

It is said that foreign envoys and businessmen who come to Chang 'an to do business live here and continue to prosper. Most people in the workshops now are descendants of these ancient immigrants. They have formed a high degree of cohesion with their own religion, stubbornly adhered to their unique cultural life circle in the society dominated by the Han people, and their blood still retains the genetic factors of smart businessmen and nobles until today. In the Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, it was the starting point of the Silk Road, welcoming the ancestors of the Hui people-businessmen, envoys and overseas students from ancient Arabia and Persia. According to historical records, after many people came to the prosperous Chang 'an along the Silk Road, they did business, studied abroad and became officials in this area.

Today, it has become the settlement of more than 60,000 Hui and Muslim people. As the heritage of Islamic culture, there are still many cultural relics in this area today, such as the Hanguang Gate in the Tang Dynasty, the Ximen Building in the Ming Dynasty, many well-preserved mosques and Taoist city god temples, the West Wutai in Buddhism, and the Guangren Temple in Lamaism. Many streets in the block have a strong Islamic style, and Muslim food city, ethnic shopping center, mosque and Muslim living area "set each other off as an interest".