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XINING Brent Burns Youth Jersey , May 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday published a reproduced edition of its oldest hand-written copy of the Koran.


The book, produced from copies of the original, comes in at 870 pages, weighs 12.515 kilograms and was published by the Ethnic Publishing House.


It is for research only and consumers cannot purchase it.


The original was transcribed during a period after the 11th century, according to a Peking University research paper.


Legend has it that ancestors of the Salar people, one of China's ethnic minority groups, left central Asia hundreds of years ago Logan Couture Youth Jersey , carrying the hand-written Koran, and finally settled by the Yellow River.


The original is housed at a museum in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County in northwest Qinghai Province, home to more than 100,000 Salar people.


It is tangible evidence of the Salar ethnic minority group's 800-year-old history and for their belief in Islam.


"The photocopied edition can set a good example for preservation of valuable ancient books in China," said Ma Wenbiao, deputy director with Qinghai's ethnic and religious affairs committee.




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XI'AN Joe Thornton Youth Jersey , April 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 percent of the dialect spoken by the Hui ethnic group in Xi'an City, northwestern China, has its roots in Persian or Arabic,illustrating the cultural blending along the ancient Silk Road.


Ding Xu, a Hui language scholar, recorded 4,500 Hui words over the