Botou Mosque

Botou mosque is located at the south end of the Muslim street in the urban area. It was built in 1404 A.D. in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. It covers an area of 11200 square meters, with nearly 200 houses and a construction area of more than 3000 square meters. In July 1982, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Hebei Province. In 2001, it became the fifth batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. It is not only the main place for Hui Muslim's normal ethnic and religious activities, but also the window of Botou's foreign cultural exchange. Especially since the shooting of 2004 TV series "national hero mabenzhai" in Botou mosque, it reproduces the growing experience of mabenzhai martyrs in Botou mosque during his youth, and also reproduces the fighting process of mabenzhai taking this place as the main base. The temple faces east from the West. The main gate is three rooms wide and ten meters high. It has a single eaves and a mountain. The ancient shed goes out of the building. The glazed tile roof is decorated with copper ornaments. The regular script "Hua Zhao Wu Ji" is written on the gate. The gold lettering of "mosque" is hung above. On the other side, there is a service door, followed by a green brick, cloth tile and carved wall. The building of the front door is quite impressive. The courtyard in the temple is divided into vestibule, atrium and main hall. In front of the courtyard, there are three Yi schools in the north and the south. On the front, there is a two-story three Meng bank building about 20 meters high, with grey walls, red columns, carved stone arches, green roofs and high cornices. Inside the building, there is a pavilion at the bottom and a hall at the top. There are flower shuttle railings in the shape of sacrifice around the building. On the top of the building, there are carved wooden skirt waist plates and hanging style. The wood work is exquisite. Each side of the building has a temporary door, and each building has a double eaves top, reflecting each other and magnificent. The central hall is composed of the moon tower, the North-South gate, the North-South side hall and the East ear room. The moon tower is the starting point of the central courtyard, the lower one is the pavilion, with brick masonry walls and round windows. It is surrounded by 12 square pillars to form a corridor, with four cornices on the top and prismatic flower railings between the pillars. The upper one is a hall, full of wood structure, with narrow corridor outside, which can pass people. It is surrounded by swastika flower railings, with wooden relief waist plate on the top and hanging flower pillars. On the second floor of the building, there are three canopies, double eaves sedan chair top (double eaves on the upper floor, single eaves on the lower floor), and green glazed tiles covering the top. The ornaments of the eaves on the third floor are all made of green glazed tiles. Wangyue building is also known as bank building, bank building and Xuanli building. Moon Tower: take the meaning of the moon to determine the time, every Islamic calendar on September 1, climb the tower to watch the moon, see the new moon into Ramadan. Bank house: in the early morning, the announcer calls Mu min worship (BondA, or morning ritual, commonly known as "bank"). There are clocks and watches that worship according to the time, and no ceremony will be announced. There are six North and six South halls in the middle courtyard, and they are on the line with the Yixue stone. Facing back, they sit several feet, leaving a large space to highlight the main hall. On the front is a three or four meter high painted opencut three screen door yidiange, which has four vaulting arches, many layers and a large depth of eaves. On both sides of the main hall courtyard (danbu), there are white marble bridges leading to the north and South lecture hall. The South lecture hall is a Wen primary school, and the North lecture hall is a Wen University. In the east of the North lecture hall, there are 16 bathing rooms and boiling water rooms. Danzeshang is the main building of the mosque, the main hall of worship. The main hall is composed of four parts: the front hall, the front hall, the middle hall and the back kiln hall. It is 29 meters wide from north to South and 55 meters long from east to west. It is convex and is known as "9981 rooms" with an area of 1159 square meters. The main hall is divided into two parts. The front hall is higher than the front hall, the middle hall is lower, and the back kiln hall is pulled up with a hexagonal pointed roof, which makes it undulating. Inside, it has huge column, square beam, high landing frame, and wood bite, suspended beam, hanging column, carved edge. The back kiln hall is square, and the walls are decorated with brick carvings and flower beds. In the kiln hall, there are six corner pavilions, which are shaped like caisson with wood. In the center of the pavilion, there is a wooden lotus column, six side railings, all of which are full of color paintings. The floor of the main hall is paved with more than 800 cypress rectangular boards, which can hold more than 1200 people to worship. The two corridors of the main hall are slightly lower, and there are convenient doors leading to the outside. During the festival, hundreds of women in the two corridors listen to ah Xun's "Wo Er Zu". There is a couplet on both sides of the main entrance of the main hall. There were 18 inscribed plaques of the Ming and Qing emperors, crown prince Yan Shenggong and other dignitaries. Now there is only one "halal Guangming" plaque, which is hidden in the bank building. The others are all written after 1982. Among them, the "imperial edict" was issued by Emperor Kangxi in 1694 for Niujie temple in Beijing. It was lost in the cultural revolution. When the temple was built in 1982, it copied the original text and engraved it into a plaque. "Qingzhen Guangming" plaque was written by Kong Xiangke, the 75th generation of Confucius; "Qingzhen chujiao" plaque was written by Zhang Zhiwan, the elder brother of Zhang Zhidong, an important official of the Qing Dynasty; "Qingzhen" plaque was written by Kangxi or Qianlong "Mosque" plaque was written by famous calligrapher Chen Shuliang in 1984; "eternal youth" plaque was written by sun Yiqing, Deputy Secretary General of the sixth CPPCC National Committee and director of China Calligraphers Association in 1992; other plaque inscribed by Zhang Zhidong, Ji Xiaolan, President of the Republic of China Li Yuanhong (a northern warlord Wu Peifu), four magistrate of Jiaohe county and Cangzhou native Liu Pei I'll wait.

Botou Mosque

Botou mosque is located at the south end of halal street, Botou City, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province

It is an ancient building group with wooden structure

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Botou mosque is composed of two parts: the main temple and the women's temple. The main building is the three entrance courtyard, which is located on the east-west axis. The three entrance courtyard is divided into three stones: Zhengbu, Zhengguan and Jingbu. The main hall has a construction area of 1595 square meters. It adopts the roll shed type construction form, with high in the middle and low in the front and back. The hall is divided into different spaces by the pillars of Phoebe. The north side hall displays a few hundred bird pines

There are plaques rebuilt in the 41st year of Kangxi (1702), steles of "mosque's eulogy" in the 49th year of Qianlong (1784), and brick carvings rebuilt in the 34th year of Guangxu (1908) and the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930)

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On June 25, 2001, Botou mosque was announced as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council of the people's Republic of China

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Historical evolution

In 1404, the Botou mosque was built

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From 1521 to 1567, the Potou mosque was repaired

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From 1572 to 1620, Botou mosque was repaired

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During the reign of Chongzhen (1628-1644), Botou mosque was expanded

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In 1702, the Botou mosque was rebuilt

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In 1935, mersumu, the principal of a middle school in Turkey, went to Botou mosque to preach

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Before liberation (1949), Botou mosque was the activity place of the Communist Party of China's underground Party organizations, which successively established "night school for the poor" and "night school for workers" and other non Party organizations

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During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), Botou mosque was destroyed

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In 1982, the Religious Bureau of the State Council, the Cultural Bureau of Hebei Province and the people's Government of Botou City allocated more than 300000 yuan to repair the Botou mosque

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In 2005, the Religious Bureau of the State Council, the Cultural Bureau of Hebei Province and the people's Government of Botou City invested more than 7 million yuan to repair the Botou mosque

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Architectural pattern

Botou mosque, facing east in the west, is an ancient wooden building complex with Arabic style and Chinese architectural characteristics. It integrates architecture, sculpture, painting and calligraphy. It covers an area of 15000 square meters, with nearly 200 houses and a construction area of more than 5000 square meters

It consists of two parts: the main temple and the women's temple. The main building is a three entrance courtyard, which is located on the east-west axis

The courtyard is divided into the front courtyard, the middle courtyard and the main hall. The front courtyard has the North-South righteousness school, the middle courtyard is the North-South auxiliary hall, and the main hall has the North-South lecture hall

Three steps into the courtyard are divided into three stones: Zhengbu, Zhengguan and Jingbu

In the temple, the corner pavilions are opposite to each other, and many courtyards are set up with gateways and stone bridges

The main gate is three rooms wide and 10 meters high, with a single eaves on the hill. The ancient shed goes out of the building, with glazed tile roof, red door and copper decoration. The regular script "Hua Zhao Wu Ji" and "mosque" are written in black and gold. On the other side, there is a temporary door, followed by a blue brick tile and a carved wall. The building of the front is quite impressive

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Main buildings

forecourt

The front courtyard is located at the east end of Botou mosque, with three North and three South schools on the left and right. On the front is a two-story three mengbanke building about 20 meters high, with grey walls, red columns, stone carved brackets, sharp green roofs and high cornices. Inside the building, there is a pavilion at the bottom and a hall at the top. There are sacrificial flower shuttle railings around the building. At the top, there are carved wooden skirt waist plates and hanging style. The wood is exquisite. There is a convenient door on both sides of the building, and each building is a double eaves roof. The central hall is composed of the moon tower, the North-South temporary door, the North-South auxiliary hall, and the East ear room. The moon tower is the starting point of the central courtyard, and the lower floor is the pavilion, with brick masonry walls and round windows, surrounded by 12 square columns The corridor has four sides of cornices, with prismatic flower railings between the pillars. The upper floor is a hall, with a narrow corridor outside, which can pass people. It is surrounded by swastika flower railings, with wooden relief waist plate on the top, hanging flower style, two-story three Meng, double eaves sedan chair top (the upper floor is double eaves, the lower floor is single eaves), green glazed tile cover top, and three-story cornice ornaments are made of green glazed tiles

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The Chinese people's court

The central courtyard is located in the middle of Botou mosque, with six North and six South Auxiliary halls. It is on the line with the Yixue stone. It faces back and sits several feet, leaving a large space to highlight the main hall. On the front, there are three screen doors and Yidian pavilion with 3-4 meters high color paintings. There are many layers of four vaulting arches and a large depth of eaves.

audience hall

The main hall (danbu) is located at the west end of Botou mosque, with two walls on each side

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