Well, anyway the rest of the food was fine and it gave us enough energy for the rest of the day. Life was great hundreds of years ago when I was a sacred place . The monks took good care of me, it was peaceful. Now today I am a tourist attraction. Xi'an is much bigger than what I remembered.
People throw trash and money everywhere.
I used to look better but now I am falling apart. Michelle Ferguson Lane, Xi'an Group 3 April 8, 1997. Bird in cage in Muslim center one block from The Xi'an Great Mosque. Sitting perched on the branch in this small cage, I peer out through the wooden bars focusing my eyes on the street. Ah, how long have I been in this cooped up cage on Muslim Street.