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Dongsi Mosque

mosque in Beijing

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500 people
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Dongsi Mosque stands on Dongsi South Street in Beijing's Dongcheng district. Known in Chinese as 东四清真寺, it is regarded as the oldest mosque in Beijing. Its architecture blends Chinese and Arab elements. The mosque serves as the seat of the Beijing Islamic Association and has a capacity of about 500 worshippers. It has been protected as a municipal-level historical and cultural site of Beijing since 1984.

History

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The exact date of construction is uncertain. Sources give either 1356, under the Yuan dynasty, or 1447, under the Ming dynasty. In 1984 the mosque was entered on Beijing's list of municipal-level monuments.

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The Dongsi Mosque (simplified Chinese: 东四清真寺; traditional Chinese: 東四清真寺; pinyin: Dōngsì Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Dongsi Subdistrict, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China.

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