Najiahu Mosque

Najiahu mosque was built in 1524, the third year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty. It was damaged twice in Tongzhi reign of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, and then repaired one after another. The existing buildings are mainly rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty. The temple covers an area of about 3300 square meters. It is a typical Chinese traditional courtyard building complex. It is a rectangular shape in east-west direction and consists of four parts: Gate Tower, worship hall, wing room and water room. Najiahu mosque is a traditional middle ancient architecture temple. The temple is rectangular in shape and consists of a gate tower, a worship hall, a wing room and a bath hall. The gatehouse is a cave style, with a group of archaized overhanging eaves on the upper wall, horizontal hurdle arches, vertical lotus columns and exquisite brick carvings reflecting Islamic style, which increase the luster of the wall. In the middle of the upper part is the three-story bunker building on Xieshan mountain. On both sides of the building stands the Arabian style two-story, four corner, and pointed moon tower. The whole layout is rigorous and regular, showing the grand momentum of the temple. Entering the gate tower, it is an open space. On both sides of the brick road, there are two towering ancient locust trees, which makes the temple very quiet and solemn. In the center of the temple is the main hall of worship, which can accommodate people to worship at the same time. In front of the hall is the xieshengbaoxia, which is 5 rooms wide. On the outside of the building, there are columns, cornices and brackets, which are elegant and spectacular. There are several plaques hanging in front of the hall, which are respectively inscribed by Yang Yuchun, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, Dong Fuxiang, commander of the armed forces in the reign of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, Ma Fuxiang, envoy of the Ningxia garrison in the reign of the Republic of China, and Hei Boli, former chairman of the people's Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, who inscribed "Najiahu mosque". On both sides of the main hall, there are Tianjing courtyard and wing rooms, all of which are large tile houses with ridges and eaves. They are used for meeting visitors, Imam, Manla study and living.

Najiahu Mosque

Najiahu mosque is a traditional middle ancient architecture temple. Located in Najiahu village, Yanghe Township, Yongning County, Ningxia. The temple is rectangular, with gatehouse, worship hall, wing room and bath hall, forming a typical layout of Chinese ancient quadrangle. The gatehouse is a cave style, with a group of overhanging eaves of antique structure on the upper wall, horizontal column forehead, bucket arch, vertical lotus column and exquisite brick carvings reflecting Islamic style, which increase the luster of the wall. In the middle of the upper part is the three-story bunker building on Xieshan mountain. On both sides of the building stands the Arabian style two-story, four corner, and pointed moon tower. The whole layout is rigorous and regular, showing the grand momentum of the temple.

Historical evolution

Initial construction

According to the records, it was built in 1524 A.D. in the third year of Jiajing period in the Ming Dynasty by the descendants of Nasu, a Latin descendant of saidianchi zhansiding, a noble in the early Yuan Dynasty. In 1987, it was listed as a class I cultural relic protection unit in the autonomous region.

record

The village is a famous Hui village in history. According to the records of Shaanxi Tongzhi, in the early Yuan Dynasty, the noble zhansiding nasulan had many descendants, which were divided into four surnames: Na, Su, La and Ding, and lived in all provinces. Therefore, there were Na families in Ningxia, and there was La family village in Chang'an. Today, the na family is the most prosperous in Ningxia. The plaque (lost) at the beginning of the temple said: "my family abandoned Qin and immigrated to Xixia". The Hui people with Na family name now immigrated to Na families from Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty, and the hall is 20 meters wide It is 43 meters deep and can hold 1500 people to worship at the same time.

Scale system

Najiahu mosque now covers an area of 9000 square meters.

Architectural features

Style features

The temple integrates Arabic style and architectural art of Han and Tang Dynasties.

Main buildings

It is composed of worship hall, bunker building, moon tower, wing room, study room and bath room. In front of the temple, the "convex" shaped stele, built with green bricks, is 10 meters high and 22 meters wide. It is carved with the pattern of "Koran scripture" to confront the bunker building.

With a height of 21 meters and three storeys in width, bunk tower is a three-story Chinese style wooden pavilion with rolling eaves on the top of xieshou mountain. With flying eaves and colorful pillars, it is magnificent. On the cornice corner, the dragon head opens its mouth and drum its eyes, with a vivid look. Longkou contains Longzhu. Although it doesn't move, there is a slight breeze, and the clear bell is long and long. Bonker tower is located on the left and right sides of bonker tower, which is attached with a 19 meter high spired moon tower, reflecting the confrontation between bonker tower and moon tower. The moon tower and bonker tower are built on a brick pedestal, which is 8 meters high, 9.5 meters wide and 14 meters long. The pedestal is made of rammed earth and wrapped with green bricks. There are five arches in the middle of the platform for Islamists and tourists. The lintel of the arch reads "Najiahu mosque", couplets on both sides, and the upper couplet "obey the Lord's orders" The two sides of the bunker building are attached to the moon tower, which are two Arabic two-story round pointed small brick buildings with a square base, 8 meters high and 4 meters square. Entering the Qianmen building, there are 8 left and right wing rooms on the north and south sides, which are respectively the chanting room, the living room, the VIP reception room and the Imam learning room. The wing room is built with brick ridge, fish scale tile roof and eaves column. It is exquisite and elegant. The main building of the temple is the worship hall in the center. It is the largest worship hall in the whole area at present. It is a large roof building of Xieshan rolling shed, which is composed of four five pointed Xieshan ridges and three rolling shed ridges. The roof of the hall is composed of the top cover, with the scale of the ridges. The main sculptures, such as "double dragons playing with pearls", "Phoenix playing with peonies" and "danfengchaoyang", are placed on the flower arch under the cover, and the plants and flowers reflect each other.

The hall is supported by more than 100 wooden columns with a diameter of 60 cm and walls in sequence. The hall has 5 wide rooms and 7 deep rooms, covering an area of 1102 square meters, and can accommodate more than 1500 people at the same time. On the forehead arch, flowers and plants are painted, which are integrated with the Koran scriptures. The hall is covered with brown wood floor and more than 500 carpets donated by religious people. There are 30 brackets on the top, painted with colored pen; the wall is not gorgeous, only the arch is carved in the middle of the back wall, and on both sides of the arch are decorated with four silver reliefs of the Koran, solemn and solemn.

Record on the plaque

On the door of the main hall of worship, there are five copied plaques presented by celebrities. They are as follows:

The descendants of nasulan said that our family abandoned Qin and moved to Xixia. Our temple was built in the third year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty.

Yang Yuchun, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu

Dong Fuxiang, commander of the rear army of the armed forces and guards

Ma Fuxiang, the horse protection envoy of Ningxia

There are two Robinia pseudoacacia trees in front of the hall of worship, which are more than 100 years old. The green pine and locust trees in the courtyard are evergreen all the year round, and the environment is quiet and elegant.

Najiahu mosque has a long history, large scale and unique architectural style. It is an important place for Hui religious activities in Yongning County and even the whole region. More than 200 people go to the temple to worship every day, and more than 3000 people go to the temple to worship every Eid al Fitr and gurbanjie.

With the development of the western region, a large number of Muslim groups and individuals at home and abroad have been attracted to visit the temple.

Address: Najiahu village, Yanghe Township, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Longitude: 106.235905

Latitude: 38.281347

Tel: 0951-6080688

Traffic information: take bus No.302 and get off at Hanyan Park station

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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