Dongguan Mosque

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Donnguan Mosque

Dongguan Mosque (simplified Chinese: 东关清真寺; traditional Chinese: 東關清真寺; pinyin: Dōngguān Qīngzhēnsì), is a mosque in Xining, Qinghai province, China.

History

Restored recently, it was built in the 14th century 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]

Gallery

  • Donnguan Mosque

  • Prayers at Donnguan Mosque

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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Coordinates: 36°23′00″N 101°27′48″E / 36.38333°N 101.46333°E / 36.38333; 101.46333

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