South Mosque

South Mosque

Muslim South Temple is an Islamic architectural group, which is the largest and most famous Islamic chapel in Northeast China.

It was expanded in 1662-1722 and maintained in 1796-1820. According to tie's Genealogy: "the ancestor tie Kui had military achievements in the early Qing Dynasty. He paid homage to the commander of the cavalry, granted the general of Fengxian and the doctor of Guanglu, and was enthusiastic about the cause of the sect. His family was famous. He gave alms to build the South Mosque in xiaoxiguan Hui inhabited area. The scale of the mosque began to expand.".

Historical origin

Muslim South Temple, sitting West to East, covers an area of 6116 square meters, building area of 1706 square meters. This is an ancient Chinese temple building surrounded by green brick walls. It has three courtyards and has ethnic and religious characteristics. The center of the temple is the hall of worship (also known as the main hall). There are more than 60 rooms in the front and back courtyard, such as remote hall, lecture hall, Jingzhang hall, men's and women's bath room, Dean's room, office, foreign guest room, etc.

Layout of the main hall

Also known as the temple of worship, is the place where Muslims chant and worship. With an area of 415 square meters, there are more than 20 rooms in the hall. In front of the door hung a striking banner of "identification of principal offender 1". The hall is divided into front and back floors, with arched compartments juxtaposed. On the top of the front, there is a plaque in Arabic written by the late calligrapher Zhao Mingzhou. The hall is whitewashed, with chandeliers and Western style hanging lamps hanging high. It is spacious and bright. It gives people a sense of solemnity, and has Islamic style. In the back hall, the four pillars stand upright, the red ground battle, the fighting chess is in full swing, the eaves are raised, and the wind is hanging at the end of the eaves.

Brick wood structure

In the hall, there were three plaques, the middle of which was "heavenly orthodoxy", the left was "Truthfulness" and the right was "Loftiness" (destroyed). Wangyuelou (also known as Yaodian), next to Baidian, is 30 meters high, three stories, covering an area of 22.5 square meters. There are six windows, six corridors, six big corners, and a copper crescent at the top. The eaves are hexagonal, the overhanging eaves are tilted, and the six beasts at the eaves end are attached with Fengduo. The building is of brick and wood structure with rigorous layout and orderly arrangement. This is the place where Muslims climb to observe the moon on Ramadan. The South and North lecture halls, each with five rooms and 110 square meters of marble floor, were built in 1755 (the second year of Qianlong).

Renovation and expansion

The South lecture hall is the conference room, and the North lecture hall is the place for the headmaster and office. Chuihuamen, built in 1796 (the first year of Jiaqing), imitates the palace style, with wood carvings of flowers and birds, relief stone drum patterns and brick carvings of chess pieces. Ancillary buildings are: dining room, boiler room, bathroom, teahouse, garage, etc. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the people's government has repeatedly allocated funds for the renovation of the temple, rebuilt the bath room, female bath room and female worship hall, and added heating facilities. The temple is the first batch of key religious open units in China. The municipal Islamic Association is located here. The Imam presides over the educational affairs and establishes the temple Affairs Management Committee.

Cultural relics protection

In February 1985, the people's Government of the city announced the South mosque as a municipal cultural relics protection unit. In March 2003, Liaoning Provincial People's government announced it as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. Wangyuelou is also called Yaodian. It is the highest building in the temple, with a height of about 30 meters. It is a three story hexagonal pavilion. It is the Islamic "entering the fast" or "starting the fast". It is based on the beginning of the month. Therefore, this building is built to watch the moon. At the top of the building, the new moon is gilded with copper, and the sky is high. The external eaves angle is upward, and the eaves end is inlaid with 4 animals, and there is an alarm bell. The second gate is also called Chuihua gate. It is a palace style building with exquisite workmanship. The door cover of the gate tower is carved with wood relief and painted with flowers. Two stone drums are carved on both sides of the gate. Flowers and trees are planted on both sides of the corridor.

Great significance

There are three big gold characters "mosque" hanging on the mountain gate. There is a square outside the gate and a shadow wall on the east side, which is opposite to the mountain gate.

Address: No.23, South Qingzhen Road, Xiaoxi Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province

Longitude: 123.44013929367

Latitude: 41.802283373339

Tel: 024-22726760

Ticket information: 5 RMB

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