Great Mosque

Halal temple in Huajue lane, Xi'an

synonym

Halal Temple (Xi'an halal Temple) generally refers to the halal Temple of Huajue Lane in Xi'an

The date of the construction of Huajue Lane mosque in Xi'an is unknown, because there is a monument to the creation of mosque written by Wang Zhen in 742 A.D., the first year of Tianbao in Tang Dynasty. There is a legend that it was built in Tang Dynasty, but it has been written by Chinese and foreign scholars such as Hai Sibo and Chen Yuan

Bai Shouyi

, sangyuan Musashi

, Yang Xiaochun

In addition, the location of the mosque in the Tang Dynasty belonged to youwuwei and youxiaowei government offices in the imperial city of the Tang Dynasty, so it was impossible to move the government offices to build the temple. The mosque in Xi'an was rebuilt during the reign of emperor Zhongtong of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was called Wanshan Temple of Huihui. This theory is also unreliable, because the yuan stele in the temple was also a false trust of the Ming Dynasty

In the 25th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1392), it was repaired and expanded again, which was called qingxiuzhuan; in the 30th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1765), the religious people raised money again to rebuild it, which was called mosque. After that, it was repaired many times. In 1984, under the care of the government, the temple was thoroughly repaired.

In 1956, the people's Government of Shaanxi Province announced it as a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level.

Historical restoration

Xi'an mosque has been repaired many times. In 1984, under the care of the government, the temple was completely repaired again. In 1956, the people's Government of Shaanxi Province announced it as a key cultural relics protection unit at the provincial level.

The temple faces east from the West. The whole temple is an east-west rectangle, surrounded by blue brick walls, covering an area of about 18 mu. The temple is divided into four courtyards along the east-west axis, with a total construction area of about 4000 square meters.

Courtyard brick carving

In the first courtyard, the brick wall and the wooden archway are separated from each other. After the archway, there are five buildings, each of which is ancient and elegant.

In the second entrance, a stone archway with three rooms and four pillars is erected in the center of the courtyard. The middle lintel is engraved with "Tianjian zaizi", and the lintels on both sides are engraved with "Qinji Zhaoshi" and "pious Shengli". There are corridors in front of and behind the archway, and two stone tablets are built on both sides, embedded in brick niches. In 1606, Feng Congwu wrote the stele of chici rebuilt mosque, which was engraved with five characters of "chici worshiped Temple" written by Mi Fu in his handwriting; in 1772, the stele of chixiu mosque was engraved with five characters of "chici worshiped Temple" written by Dong Qichang, Minister of rites of Ming Dynasty.

Layout structure

At the entrance of the third entrance is the chixiu hall, which is the main gate of the mosque built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, with a width of 3 rooms. On the top of the mountain, there are gold nails, brick carvings and silver ornaments on the door. On the door, there is a gold plaque with the inscription "chici worship Temple". It is also written by Dong Qichang. There is an Arabic "moon tablet" in the hall, which records the calculation method of the Arabic calendar. In the center of the back yard, there is the heart saving building, also known as the bunker building, which is an octagonal three story, triple eaves, harbor spire and wood structure. The fourth entrance is the main body of the temple. On the west side of the temple, there is a worship hall with a single eaves and a green glazed roof. The five steps of the Dou Gong are seven in width and four in depth. The back building kiln hall is three in width and three in depth. The hall is convex in plane, with an area of 1300 square meters, which can accommodate more than 1000 people. The ceiling is set with ceiling and the floor is paved with wood. The ceiling caisson is composed of more than 600 colored drawings, all of which are geometric patterns in Arabic. The four walls of the kiln hall are covered with carvings and paintings, and the Koran scriptures are carved in the pattern of twigs and vines. The colors are gorgeous and resplendent. The South and North Gables with the eaves and the brick carvings on the whole wall are of great achievements. The carvings are exquisite and full of texture. They are the best brick carvings of the Qing Dynasty. There is a spacious platform in front of the hall, surrounded by stone railings. The whole building forms a magnificent classical architecture community. With its perfect composition, regular layout, left and right reflection, and prominent center, it has become an outstanding representative of Chinese mosque classical architecture.

Plaques and couplets

There are a lot of inscribed boards in Huajue Lane mosque in Xi'an, which is a collection of moral education aphorisms and calligraphy treasures. There are many precious trees and plants in the temple, which are reflected in each other's branches and make the worshippers feel that they are in the valley. Every day, Moslems from all over the country or overseas come to worship in the temple. At the same time, they also receive a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists.

The inscription on the founding of a mosque was written by Jinshi Ji, wailang, a member of the Ministry of household, and Wang Hong, who served as the censor. He who hears of a hundred generations without perplexity has the same way, and he who feels for a hundred generations without perplexity has the same heart. But the saints' hearts are in the same way, and speechless is not confused. Therefore, there are sages in all the world. The so-called sages have the same mind and the same way. Mohamed, the sage of the western regions, lived in the kingdom of Tianfang after he was born to Confucius. How many times did he go to the world of Chinese sages? If the target language is contradictory and consistent, why not? One mind, the same way.

Once upon a time, there was a saying: a thousand saints with one heart, a gift for all ages. I believe it. But the world is far away, and the Scriptures are still there. The hearsay tells us that the sage of Xicheng is born with gods, and that heaven and earth are transformed into life. He has a clear idea of life and death, such as bathing to clean the body, lusting to nourish the heart, fasting to forbear, removing evil and moving to good to cultivate himself, sincerity to be the foundation of feeling things, marriage smoke to help each other, death and funeral to send each other, so as to make life big and small Such as eating and breathing, no way, no religion, no fear of heaven.

Although the program is complex, it is about meeting the whole, and it is mainly about transforming the heaven of all things. The way of doing things in heaven can be said in a word, not more than the respect of heart. There are some similarities between Yan and Yao's "Qin Ruo Wu Tian", Tang's "Sheng Jing RI Ji", Wen's "Zhao Shi God", and Confucius's "get sin in, have nothing to pray". The so-called hundred generations of feeling and not confused, foot Zheng Ao. Although the holy way is the same, it runs in the western regions, but not in China. As for his majesty Tianbao, because the way of the sages in the western regions was the same as that of the Chinese sages, he established the right foundation of education, and ordered Luo Tianjue, the supervisor of the Ministry of industry, and Dong lizhangyi, the craftsman, to establish his temple to deal with the public.

A monument

And the master of its teaching, put all but also. He was quite well versed in scriptures. Gai general led the masses, worshipped the holy religion, worshipped heaven at any time, and wished him a place to extend his holy life. It started on the auspicious day of March in the first year and completed on August 20 this year. We are afraid that the world will be far away from us, and we have nothing to study. So we set up a monument to record what happened. In the first year of Tianbao, the year of Renwu was mid autumn.

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