Dongguan Mosque
Also known as: 西宁东关清真大寺
mosque in Xining, Qinghai, China
Key facts
- Built
- 1380
- Capacity
- 3,000 people
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Overview
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Dongguan Mosque stands in Chengdong District of Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province. Its local name is 西宁东关清真大寺. According to the record it has a capacity of about 3,000 worshippers. Its architecture, topped by a green dome, combines Chinese building traditions with Central Asian influences. It is described as the largest mosque in Qinghai and is protected as a Major Historical and Cultural Site at the national level.
History
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The mosque is recorded as having been first built in 1380, during the Ming dynasty, and it has undergone restoration in more recent times. The generals Ma Qi and Ma Bufang kept the mosque under their control while serving as military governors of Qinghai.
It was placed on the Qinghai provincial heritage list in 1986 and on the national heritage list (the seventh list) in 2013.
Ma Changqing (1936–2018) served as the mosque's imam for many years. More than three hundred thousand Muslims are reported to have attended his funeral, and he was buried in the Muslim cemetery in Xining.
From Wikipedia
The Dongguan Mosque (simplified Chinese: 东关清真大寺; traditional Chinese: 東關清真大寺; pinyin: Dōngguān Qīngzhēndàsì) is a mosque in Xining, in the Qinghai province of China. It is the largest mosque in Qinghai.
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