Yinchuan Nanguan Mosque

Located in Nanguan, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the Muslim temple in Nanguan, Yinchuan is a building with Arabic style and ethnic characteristics. It was rebuilt in 1981 and is the center of religious activities of the Hui people in Yinchuan city. Every year, hundreds of Muslims gather here for pilgrimage and worship.

In recent years, leaders, envoys and friends from more than 90 countries and regions have visited, and many overseas Muslims have also come here to worship. So far, the mosque in Nanguan has played a unique role in carrying out the national policy, strengthening national unity and foreign friendly exchanges.

Yinchuan Nanguan Mosque

As an Islamic mosque, Nanguan mosque in Yinchuan is located in Nanguan, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

history

According to legend, the original temple was built in the late Ming Dynasty, is a Chinese classical architecture. Large scale and well-organized layout. The main hall of worship has a front building and a back room. The doors and windows of the hall are made of red pine wood with exquisite carving technology. The north and South Wing rooms are well arranged. It was demolished in the cultural revolution. It was rebuilt in August 1981. The newly built temple covers an area of 2074 square meters and is divided into upper and lower floors. The worship hall is located on the upper floor. It is square, 21 meters long and 21 meters wide. There are four square columns decorated with green tiles in the middle, and the ceiling is a huge dome with a diameter of 9.5 meters. Between the bottom of the dome and the square column is a cylindrical drum seat with 24 high windows, which is spacious and bright with a wide field of vision. In the middle of the dome, a moon shaped lamp is suspended, 22 meters across the ground, and towering into the clouds. The lower level is the chapel hall, men's and women's bath room, reception room, dormitory, etc. Among them, there are cloisters connected to form a whole. The whole building is elegant and magnificent, showing a typical Arab architectural characteristics.

Architectural pattern

Nanguan mosque in Yinchuan is a building with Arabic style and national characteristics. It was rebuilt in 1981 and designed by Yao Fuxing, a Hui architect who graduated from the architectural design department of Tsinghua University. Located in the southeast corner of Yinchuan City, it is the central place for Hui people to carry out religious activities. Every year, hundreds of Muslims gather here for pilgrimage and worship.

The mosque in Nanguan has a long history. At the end of Ming Dynasty, the original temple was located in Gongbei Pavilion outside Nanguan, Yinchuan, with a small scale. In 1916, the site of the temple was moved into Nanguan and a large temple with classical style was built. In the 1960s, temples were destroyed in the turmoil. In 1981, Muslims raised money to rebuild the site.

The main hall of the reconstructed mosque in Nanguan is 26 meters high, with an area of about 10000 square meters. The main hall has two layers of round vault, the upper layer is the main hall and balcony, and the square worship hall can accommodate more than 1300 people. The lower floor has a spacious bath room, Chapel hall, female chapel hall, Arabic school, Imam's bedroom, office, reception room, etc., all connected by cloisters. In the center of the roof stands a large and four small green dome decoration. The large one is in the center, with a diameter of 9 meters. The crescent moon is hanging at the top, and the small one is 3 meters in diameter. It is distributed in the four corners of the roof. Looking from afar, the green dome is shining and magnificent. There are stairs leading to the upper floor in front of the main building, and flower beds are planted on both sides. In the middle of the front of the hall is a 15 meter diameter fountain, surrounded by flowers and trees, with 30 meter high "minarets" on both sides. Many precious pines and cypresses, trees and flowers are also planted in the temple. The whole building has a strict layout, compact structure and grand scale.

With its unique, elegant and solemn characteristics, and strong Islamic architectural art style, Nanguan mosque has become one of the key religious activity sites and Tourism Landscapes in the autonomous region. Leaders, envoys and friends from more than 90 countries and regions visited. Many overseas Muslims also come here to worship.

So far, the mosque in Nanguan has played a unique role in carrying out the national policy, strengthening national unity and foreign friendly exchanges.

Address: Yuhuangge South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Longitude: 106.280936

Latitude: 38.455237

Tel: 0951-4106714

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: take bus No.12, 20, 28, 29, 43, 102 and get off at Nanguan mosque station

Ticket information: ticket 10 yuan per person, tour guide explanation 10 yuan

Opening hours: 8:00-18:30

Non muslims are not allowed to enter the chapel. They can only have a glimpse of the interior from the door. On the small blackboard at the door is written the time of Muslim worship. In the morning of Eid al AdhA and Eid al Fitr, non muslims can visit it free of charge

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