Jingxing Road Mosque, Shanghai
Jingxing Road Mosque is located on No. 117, Lane 302, Jinxing Road, Yangpu, Shanghai. It's established in 1947, and covered 132 square meters, with a construction area of 185 square meters. Its predecessor just rent a room, in the house upstairs located at No.20, Yixing Li, Tongzhou Road in the 1930s, to be a temporary place. Imam Dai Yiheng presided over the senate, and then Imam Wang Shihe instead of him. The Mosque belonged to the Xibei Menhuan--Zhe He Ren Ye Menhuan. In 1948, Muslim from Jiangshu, Anhui and so on raised funds to buy the house as the Mosque at Jinxing Road. Imam Zhou Shidao is the dean in the Mosque, so that the Muslim from Jiangshu and so on to Shanghai has their own Mosque. In 1959, it's amalgamated to the Fenzhou Road Mosque. After 1984, it's resumed normal religious activity after been repaired.
Written by Athena Lee |
