Buya Mazha is located 500 meters northeast of the Buya Township government seat. The cemetery covers an area of 80 mu, and currently features one prayer hall, one gate, two tomb rooms, and two scripture halls. There are two legends about Buya Mazha: First, it is said to be named after the abundance of bitter vetch (known as "buya" in Uyghur) growing on the burial ground. Second, it is said that 900 years ago, Arabs came here to spread Islam and died in this place. A hundred years later, Kashgar’s Islamic scholar Yusuf came to worship here and helped locate the tomb. Buya Mazha is well-preserved. The current structures were built in the 1930s.
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