Nanguan mosque in Lanzhou

Nanguan mosque in Lanzhou

Lanzhou Nanguan Muslim temple is located in the west of Jiuquan Road, south of Nanguan Shizi in the downtown area of Lanzhou City, between the original South Gate and gonglan gate (Nanshaomen), so it is also called gongnanmen Muslim temple or Nanshaomen temple.

According to the local historical materials and the stone tablets of the original temple, Nanguan temple is one of the six most famous mosques in Lanzhou since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was built in the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1398).

History and layout of Mosques

According to the local historical materials and the stone tablets of the original temple, Nanguan temple is one of the six most famous mosques in Lanzhou since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was built in 1368-1398 (Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty).

In 1376 (the ninth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty), the ancestors of Ma family, a big family in Nanshaomen, settled in Daliushu lane of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province with Zhu Mo, King Su of Ming Dynasty, and advocated to raise funds to build the temple. In 1436-1449 (during the reign of emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty), the temple was moved to Xiaowen Street (Jiuquan Street) in the northwest corner of Nanshaomen. In 1785 (the 50th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty), Nanguan temple was relocated and rebuilt to its present site. In 1920 (the ninth year of the Republic of China), a strong earthquake occurred in Xihaigu and other places in the midsummer, which affected Lanzhou. Many buildings of Nanguan temple were fractured, and Nanshaomen Hui people had raised money to repair them.

The former Nanguan temple, located in the West and facing the East, is divided into two courtyards. It covers an area of about 6 Mu and has a construction area of nearly 2000 square meters. It adopts the traditional palace style, with buildings such as archways and pavilions in turn. The layout is compact, harmonious and solemn. Pailou Tili street, 7 rooms wide and 3 floors high, is of brick and wood structure. The front of the first floor is a 5-bay wooden gate, the second floor is composed of two parallel rolling sheds, and the third floor is a 5-bay rolling shed roof, green glazed tile, brick ridge, cornice, bucket arch, Qiji Woge. It is said that there is a huge picture of "life" inscribed by songyun, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in March 1809 (the 14th year of Jiaqing) Erect a plaque. The north and south of Mucha gate are the gates of brick carving. On the north and south sides of the front courtyard are the master's living rooms. In the middle of the front courtyard are the three-story hanging style of mind saving joints, with blue tiles and red pillars. The ancient and elegant plaques are decorated with Chinese couplets and plaques. Among them, the giant plaques of "Daoguan ancient and modern" and "Kaitian ancient religion" inscribed by the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in the Qing Dynasty and Yang Changrui are even more attractive. On the West platform of the central courtyard is a majestic worship hall, with couplets hanging on the top columns on both sides: "if you want to trace the great source, don't go to other places; if you want to return to the right way, you should come to this door.". Banner: "fascinating.". The main hall consists of the front hall, the middle hall and the kiln hall. The front hall is 3 rooms wide, the middle hall is 5 rooms, and the kiln hall is 3 rooms, which is the "Ming three accompany five" type building. The front and back halls are respectively covered with rolling awnings, with a Huagai roof, and the middle hall is covered with rolling awnings with double eaves. The layers are clear and well arranged, with a large glazed tile ridge. The whole hall and the heart building, archway echo each other, integrated. The main hall covers an area of 500 square meters. On the four walls of the hall, there are various kinds of "DUWA", eulogy and selected passages from the Koran, showing the strong Islamic cultural characteristics. In front of the hall, there are plaques and couplets inscribed by Jingshi, military and political officials in the past dynasties since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them are the plaques of "respecting education and persuading learning" presented by Ma Fu, the inscriptions of "inexplicable mystery" by Ma Anliang, the inscriptions of "promoting education and building a country" by Bai Chongxi, the inscriptions of "Jiexing Yanzhen" by Lai Ziwen, and the inscriptions of "Tiande Haosen" by Dai Jitao. The north room of the central courtyard is Arwen primary school, which is the location of "Shengyu hall", and the south room is the office and storeroom of the board of directors. The backyard is the Arwen University, where the Imam's living room and water room are located. The temple was closed and demolished in 1958.

In 1982, Lanzhou municipal government issued a document to restore the temple. Facing the ruins, nearly 500 Muslim families in nanguanfang are determined to rebuild the temple on the original site. In April 1988, the construction of the main hall of Nanguan Temple broke ground and was successfully completed in October 1989.

The new main hall of worship adopts the architectural style of Arab mosque, imitating the style of Jerusalem green dome holy rock temple. The main hall is 37 meters high and is divided into four floors. The main hall is a frame structure with 12 reinforced concrete top columns and 24 beams, which can resist earthquakes below magnitude 8. The building area is 1056 square meters, and the main worship hall is 400 square meters.

The mosque faces east from the West and steps into a special building. The majestic green dome hall stands out in front of you. The buildings are well-organized, and the green and white colors are fresh and bright. Facing the 8-shaped screen wall, which is 3 meters high and 5 meters wide, on the north and south sides are the steps to the hall on the second floor. On the first floor, there are some places such as duoguan meeting, Imam lecture room, reading room, large exhibition hall, reception hall, etc. On the platform of the second floor, it is facing the main door of the main hall of worship - the double door of aluminum alloy tawny glass. On the lintel of the door, there is a large green plaque with yellow characters on the ground of "explaining heaven" and a couplet with green characters on the ground of yellow on both sides, which reads "to be merciful and to rely on Allah; to seek protection and help depends on saints". In the hall of the National People's Congress, facing the "miharab" decorated with yellow metal strips and green plastic plates, there is the scripture "Allah to the great" in the middle. In the west of the main hall, there are three Arwen plaques and a tapestry woven with the holy temple of kelbai. There are side doors and windows in the South and north respectively. The wooden floor of the hall is covered with green carpet, which is covered with nine lines of pure wool blue worship carpet, which is noble and elegant. In the hall, you can look up to the third floor of the worship hall and the dome shaped inner roof of the main hall. The dome was deep and white. The main square hall on the second floor covers an area of 225 square meters, but it can not meet the needs of Muslim congregation. Therefore, the expansion project of the main hall on the second floor was started in May 1993. The task is to shed the platform on the second floor with brown glass and transparent green plastic plate. The reconstructed hall covers an area of 700 square meters and can accommodate nearly 1000 people. The three-story worship hall covers an area of 165 square meters and can serve 200 people. It has seven windows and one gate. Because of the connection between the third floor and the top of the fourth floor hall, it is cylindrical. From the third floor platform, you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape. The four layer green dome is a hollow bead shaped body, which is located on 12 white top columns cast by reinforced concrete. The diameter of the sphere is 15 meters, and the surface is covered by green tiles. The 1.5-meter-high stainless steel crescent shape stands on the top of the neck column, towering over the clouds. There are two small two-story buildings on the back of the main hall, which are the reservoir and Manla dormitory. West of the building is a 21 meter wide open space and a back door. The mosque plans to build a new designed gate and shop in 1994, with a preliminary budget of several hundred thousand yuan (including the world Yimeng grant equivalent to more than 100000 yuan).

At the end of 2007, the main hall of worship was completed with a cement steel frame structure, covering a total area of 3000 square meters. The main hall is 31.5 meters high, which is composed of 21 columns and 25 well shaped beams. The top of the building is a double roll shed with one ridge and two slopes, cornices and brackets, and covered with green glazed tiles. The eaves and lintels of the building are decorated with scriptures, calligraphy and patterns. The second and third floors are the main hall of worship, with a five bay wide surface and a glass outer wall. It is spacious and bright, and can accommodate about 1200 people to worship at the same time. The fifth floor of the north wing of the hall building is the classroom, meeting room, Imam's living room and office. The whole building is magnificent, elegant and magnificent.

personnel training

Nanguan Temple belongs to the school of cultivating justice. After many vicissitudes, it has evolved into today's Tsinghua primary school. Influenced by Islamic culture and Chinese traditional culture, Nanguan temple was once the center of Islamic Scripture education and Sinology education in Lanzhou area, and cultivated many famous imams and Sinologists in Northwest China. In the later period of Qianlong, Mahalanobis was the Imam. There were a number of imams and outstanding figures in nanguanfang. Imam Ma Wutai, Imam Yihai, Imam Ma Yilong, Imam Ma Jinhan, and a number of famous imams such as Chen Lian, Ma Xing, Ma Yi, Ma Zhong, Yang Sen, Yang runlin, and Xian Jipin have been in succession since then.

Nanguan temple, a large number of talented people, in history produced a lot of highly respected, erudite and learned Ma quanen

Imam, Imam Ma Zixin, Imam ma mi, Imam Ma Zhonglin, Imam Ma Zixing, Imam Ma Yushan.

After the reconstruction of Nanguan temple in 1982, Imam Ma Yushan, Imam Han Yangtian, Imam Ma Zhizhi, Imam Ma Mingbang, Imam Ma Youliang, Imam Ma Nanlin, Imam Ma Weibing and Imam shuguangyue successively served as the Imam.

Ma Liangui, Ma Ziyi and Ma Yaowen served as the directors of the temple management committee.

Over the years, in response to the call of the party and the government, Nanguan temple has conscientiously implemented the party's religious policy, adhered to patriotism, love of religion, harmony and unity, actively carried out the activities of "four maintenance" and "five good mosques", founded an Arabic language school, strengthened friendly exchanges, carried out poverty alleviation and other activities, and made gratifying steps in adapting religion to socialist society, and made great achievements It has been awarded the title of "advanced" for many times.

Address: 256 Jiuquan Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou, Gansu Province

Longitude: 103.826682

Latitude: 36.051771

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