Xiguan Mosque

Xiguan Mosque

Xiguan mosque is one of the ancient Muslim temples in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. It was built in Hongwu or Yongle years of Ming Dynasty, and is commonly known as "guest Temple". The existing Xiguan mosque was rebuilt in 1990, covering an area of more than 4800 square meters and a construction area of more than 3000 square meters.

The Xiguan mosque faces east from the West and is composed of a main hall of worship, a small hall of worship, a lecture hall, and a dormitory. There are also Scripture rooms, broadcasting rooms, and rest rooms in the plane of the horse racing gallery.

The temple has also cultivated a large number of scholars of Islamic scriptures, and more than 100 foreign Muslims come here to worship every year.

Historical evolution

Xiguan mosque was built in Hongwu or Yongle years of Ming Dynasty.

It was rebuilt in 1684 and expanded in Yongzheng. In 1712, a new gate of Guangxia was built in the mosque.

In the early years of the Republic of China, we expanded the street front shops and the bathroom in the hospital. In 1929, initiated by the Imam of Xiguan mosque and the head of the society at that time, together with the sponsorship of the leather goods merchants who donated money for charity, Yuanxiang primary school, a primary school for the children of Hui people, was established in the mosque.

In 1938, the Japanese invaders entered the temple and were destroyed.

During the ten-year catastrophe, the party's ethnic and religious policies were destroyed, the Muslim's right to religious belief was deprived, and the Xiguan mosque was destroyed to varying degrees.

After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the national policy and the policy of freedom of religious belief were implemented smoothly, and the Xiguan mosque resumed normal religious life.

In 1980, the majority of Muslims voluntarily donated "moti" to rebuild three lecture halls, two inner houses, four water rooms and two kitchen rooms.

In April 1983, Qiao Liansheng and Wan Yaobin, the directors of the Religious Affairs Bureau of the State Council of China, together with the relevant provincial and municipal leaders and the Muslim masses, took the measures of state funding and voluntary donations from the religious masses to rebuild the Xiguan mosque in its original site. After its completion, it was opened to Muslim guests at home and abroad, restoring its historical status as a "guest Temple".

In March 1986, the temple construction committee was formed by Lanzhou City, and the engineer Wang Honglie (Hui nationality) was appointed as the plenipotentiary representative to start the construction work. After more than two years and at a cost of more than 1.45 million yuan, a worship hall with a construction area of 3000 square meters has been built. The total height of the hall is about 37 meters, and it is divided into four floors. The ground floor is 3.9 meters high. There are offices, lecture halls, dormitories, storage rooms, bathrooms, and a small worship hall for women. The upper three floors are the worship hall, which can accommodate more than 3000 people. There are also Scripture room, broadcasting room and rest room in the plane of the horse racing gallery. The main hall of worship was donated by Muslim heads of state and friendly people who visited Gansu Province during the construction. The Secretary General of the world Islamic Union, naysev, Ayatollah janaki of Iran, and friendly personages from Pakistan, Malaysia, Egypt, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries and regions have all given warm donations.

In 1990, with the support of leaders at all levels, the Temple Management Committee and the Muslim masses raised funds and materials in many ways, and renovated the water house, gate building and platform.

In 2002, the mosque rebuilt the main hall, North lecture hall and water room. The main hall, lecture room and other buildings have basically maintained their original appearance.

Scale system

The original Temple consists of three parts: the outer courtyard's big screen wall and bath room; the inner courtyard's Bangke building and worship hall; the north courtyard's study room and dormitory.

The main hall of Xiguan mosque is round in plane. After entering the main hall from the outside, the orientation of the main hall is at an angle with the external central axis, so that the orientation of the main hall is in the direction of "kelbai" (Mecca is in the direction of 16 degrees and 25 minutes south by west of Lanzhou). Through this turning point, the worshippers feel "there is another heaven and earth", turn their thoughts completely into the atmosphere of worship, and immerse themselves in the pure atmosphere In the environment of body, solemnity and worship of Allah. The large section of the second floor and the happy horse gallery are a connected space, the third and fourth floors are a connected space, and the four floors can also be connected vertically. Each space has a "miharab" sign. The main hall is tightly surrounded by 20 17 meter high circular arches with a 25 meter diameter oblate shell in the center. On the one hand, it looks at the confluence of the five roads from different angles; on the other hand, it shows the unity and upward of the Muslim masses of all nationalities.

In 1712, the temple was granted two plaques of "praying for rain" and "chengnenggetian" by guide government. In 1808, the mosque stele was recorded in the 13th year of Jiaqing period, and in 1918 and 1934, the mosque stele was rebuilt. After that, there was only the inscription of rebuilding the mosque in the seventh and thirteenth years of the Republic of China.

Architectural features

The gate of Xiguan mosque, bangkelou and worship hall are all Chinese palace style buildings with cornices and angles. The outstanding feature is that the main hall is connected with bangkelou and the second door by corridors. The bangkelou with four floors and six eaves and 16-7 meters high is matched with the grand and dignified hall, which can accommodate thousands of people. It is magnificent, reasonable in layout and ingenious in living alone The emissary in the temple was once a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level, but it was completely demolished during the cultural revolution.

The exterior wall uses milky white as the base color, with green, blue and other colors of decorative patterns. Twenty "virtual" arches support a "real" dome, which reproduces the characteristics of Islamic architecture. The flat large-span dome and thin high arch reflect the modern technical level. In the aspect of decoration, domes, arches and large-area decorative patterns are widely used. The facade windows are all made of aluminum alloy frames (treated with bronze series coloring anodized film).

Xiguan mosque is one of the top ten excellent buildings in Lanzhou City in 1992. It has exquisite design and unique shape.

Geographic transportation

position

East of jiefangmen square, Chengguan District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province.

traffic

Take bus 2, 4, 6, 9, 13, 15, 101, 102.

admission ticket

10 yuan (March 2015)

Address: Xiguan Street, Chengxi District, Xining City, Qinghai Province

Longitude: 101.769951

Latitude: 36.62345

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