Eastern Encounter: Deciphering the Millennial History of Chinese Jews

Author: Cai Guiling
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: A thousand years ago, a group of people from the Jewish nation traveled long distances and endured countless hardships to settle in China's Central Plains. What was the fate of these Jews in China? What did China offer the Jews? What did the Jews bring to the Chinese? Two ancient and mysterious peoples, they wove what kind of story on the vast Central Plains. Around a thousand years ago, a group from this traveled long distances and suffered through countless hardships to arrive in China, reaching the completely different Central Plains of China, which contrasted with the deserts and oases of nomadic life in the East. They met with another equally in Kaifeng. Let us cross the river of time, follow the rugged historical riverbed, and trace the threads of their generations, recreate the vicissitudes of the Kaifeng Jews over a thousand years, and imagine the eastern journey of the Jewish nation. This book is divided into nine chapters, mainly including: Setting Foot in China, Granted Permanent Residency, Emerging Suddenly, Comfortable Life, Deep Impact, Ten Repairs of the Synagogue, Sunset Glow, etc.