Shuichengmen Mosque

Shuichengmen mosque in Xining City

synonym

Shuichengmen mosque generally refers to the shuichengmen mosque in Xining city

The shuichengmen mosque in Xining City, Qinghai Province, is located at the entrance of beixiaojie, No. 119, Qiyi Road, Xining city. It was built in the early years of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, destroyed by war in 1896 and rebuilt in 1922. It is one of the oldest mosques in Dongguan area of Xining..

essential information

At that time, the mosque covered an area of 2200 square meters and built nine single ridge and two water flow worship halls of brick and wood structure. There are 16 civil structure bungalows in the southeast and north of the hospital, including Imam dormitory, Manla dormitory, classroom, pond, coal room and kitchen. During the religious reform in 1958, the temple was occupied by the lead wire society in Chengdong District of Xining city. In 1962, in order to expand the factory site, the lead wire society demolished all the buildings of shuichengmen mosque and built a factory.

development history

In 1980, when the party's ethnic and religious policy was implemented, part of the houses in the temple were returned to the mosque. On December 2, 1980, it was approved by the United Front Work Department of the municipal Party committee to resume opening. After the approval of the opening of the temple, the masses appointed Ma Zhaorui and Xie Youlu as imams. In 1986, Ma Zhaorui died of illness, and Xie Youlu served as Imam. On February 3, 1981, Ma Zhongliang, Zhang Jie, Ma Jilin, Ma Yonggui and others donated more than 160000 yuan to some religious believers in MATI and Xining. On March 1, 1983, they started to rebuild shuichengmen mosque, build 14 upper and lower brick structure chapel hall and two wake-up buildings. In May 1987, the temple building was completed. The mosque was rebuilt in 2006 and the completion ceremony of the expansion was held on August 30, 2007. The temple adopts the traditional Chinese classical architectural style. The whole hall is simple, elegant and magnificent. At the same time, a five story wake-up Pavilion (Xuanli tower) was built to match the main hall as a whole. There is a three meter high barrier in the temple, with two round gates on both sides. On the top of the gate, there is the word "shuichengmen mosque" carved in cement. The total cost of the construction project is about 500000 yuan. Outside the temple, there are fifty-six bedrooms (public houses of the temple), which are rented to others.

Address: Qiyi Road, Chengdong District, Xining City

Longitude: 101.797453

Latitude: 36.619519618052

Ticket information: free.

Chinese PinYin : Shui Cheng Men Qing Zhen Si