Dongguan Mosque

Dongguan Mosque (Chinese: 东关清真大寺; pinyin: Dōng Guān Qīng Zhēn Dà Sì) is a mosque in Xining, Qinghai Province, China. It is the largest mosque in Qinghai.

مسجد دونغوان
Dongguan Mosque
东关清真大寺
Dōng Guān Qīng Zhēn Dà Sì
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationXining, Qinghai, China
Shown within China
Geographic coordinates36.6154°N 101.7953°E / 36.6154; 101.7953
Architecture
TypeMosque
Completed1380

History

Restored recently, it was originally built in 1380 and has colorful white arches along the outside of the wide building. It has a green and white dome and two tall minarets.[1]

Generals Ma Qi and Ma Bufang controlled the Great Dongguan Mosque when they were military governors of Qinghai.[2]

Pictures
  • Sign of the Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected
  • Dongguan Mosque arch
  • Dongguan Mosque
  • Dongguan Mosque prayer hall
  • Prayer Hall
  • Prayer
  • Prayer

See also

References
  1. China. Eye Witness Travel Guides. p. 498.
  2. Stéphane A. Dudoignon (2004). Devout societies vs. impious states?: transmitting Islamic learning in Russia, Central Asia and China, through the twentieth century : proceedings of an international colloquium held in the Carré des Sciences, French Ministry of Research, Paris, November 12-13, 2001. Schwarz. p. 68. ISBN 3-87997-314-8. Retrieved 2010-06-28.


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