Marco Polo
translation: Henry Yule, Henri Cordier

THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
Volume II.
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BRIDGES OF KINSAY.

In the heart of Hang-chau, one of the bridges spanning the canal which divides into two parts the walled city from north to south is called Hwei Hwei k'iao (Bridge of the Mohamedans) or Hwei Hwei Sin k'iao (New Bridge of the Mohamedans), while its literary name is Tsi Shan k'iao (Bridge of Accumulated Wealth); it is situated between the Tsien k'iao on the south and the Fung lo k'iao on the north. Near the Tsi Shan k'iao was a mosk, and near the Tsien k'iao, at the time of the Yuen, there existed Eight Pavilions (Pa kien lew) inhabited by wealthy Mussulmans. Mohamedans from Arabia and Turkestan were sent by the Yuen to Hang-chau; they had prominent noses, did not eat pork, and were called So mu chung (Coloured-eye race). VISSIERE, Rev. du Monde Musulman, March, 1913.

LXXVI., p. 199.