Dongguan Mosque

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

Dongguan Mosque
Dongguan Mosque prayer hall

Dongguan Mosque (Chinese: 东关清真寺; pinyin: Dōngguān Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Xining, Qinghai Province, China. It is the largest mosque in Qinghai.

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]

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