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Mosque in China Part B |
Net Jue Temple
Net Jue Temple is located in Yutian County, east Nan Manzi Jhongying Village East, key cultural relics protection units of the Department of Hebei Province. Was built in the Tang and rebuilt in the Qing, is a large-scale, layout, strict, reasonable structure, primary and secondary orderly, stylized ancient building groups. The main building has three Hall: Door Hall, main hall, apse; on the third floor: Bei Lou, Bell Tower, Drum Tower. Another wind-room, allocated units, penthouse, etc. more than 80, all kinds of gate 6. Temple of the unique architectural structure, the form of exotic are different, painting, murals Seiko secret agents, skilled.
 Net Jue Temple
Dongda Mosque
The Dongda Mosque is one of the most famous mosques in China. It is located at Kaifeng City, Henan Province.
The existing mosque is the one rebuilt in 1846. It faces the east and covers an area of 6,600 square meters. It is composed of three major parts, and is a good example of traditional Chinese construction. The main buildings include two gates, a pavilion, a sermon room, a water room, a main hall and so on. Some tablets written by celebrities are hung on the first gate. Tablets and couplets are also hung on the second gate. On both sides there are aisles carved with inscriptions. There are the water hall and the pavilion in the courtyard inside the gate. The main hall is very large and has many steles in it.
There are lots of cultural relics preserved in the mosque, most of which are epigraphs. It is the largest mosque in Kaifeng City, and one of four major temples in Kaifeng City.
 Dongda Mosque
Jining Dongda Mosque
Jining Dongda Mosque is located in the west of the Grand Canal, Jimi District, Shandong Province. It was built in 1368 during the Ming Hongwu years (1368~1398) and then rebuilt in 1459.
 Jining Dongda Mosque
Dongguan Mosque
Situated in Dongguan Street, Xining City, Dongguan Mosque is the biggest mosque in Qinghai Province. It was built in 1380, and now boasts a history of more than 600 years. The Mosque is not only famous for its magnificent architecture but also as a religious education center and as the highest learning institution of Islam. The Qinghai Aheng Islam College is located in the mosque.
It is said that the mosque was established at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It has undergone several destructions and reconstructions in the history. The existing buildings were rebuilt in 1913, expanded in 1946, and renovated in 1979.
Covering an area of 11,940 square meters (about 3 acres), Dongguan Mosque is built on a grand scale. Its style combines both Chinese traditional architectural art and Islamic architectural features. When traveling to the Mosque, the first thing you can see is the elegant arched door on which is written 'Dongguan Mosque'. On either side of the front door stands the Xuanli Lou (Xuanli Pavilion). The Xuanli Lou is special as the place where the Imams invite people to pray. It is 8 meters (some 26 feet) high, and consists of three floors which are hexagonal in shape.
There is a square with an area of some 30,000 square meters (about 7 acres). The prayer hall is the main building in Dongguan Mosque. It covers an area of 1,136 square meters (about 0.3 acres). The whole prayer hall is resplendent and magnificent. It can hold more than 3,000 people at prayer at the same time. Since the Mosque was built, it has become an important place of worship and assembly for Muslims. When Islam's important festivals come round, tens of thousands of the Prophet's followers from every quarter come to participate in ceremonies and religious activities. On such occasions, the Mosque wears a festival mood.
 Dongguan Mosque
Xiguan Mosque
Xiguan Mosque is located in Eastern Jiefangmen Square, Guancheng District, Lanzhou, Gansu Province. It was built during 1573~1619; and then rebuilt in 1584. It cavers more than 4800 square meters.
 Xiguan Mosque
Etigar Mosque
The Etigar Mosque, a grand Islamic structure located in the center of the city of Kashgar, has a history of more than five hundred years. Shakesimirzha, the ruler of Kashgar, had the mosque built here first in 1442, where he would say prayers to the souls of his deceased relatives. Extended and renovated time and again through the ages, it has finally reached its present shape and size.
 Etigar Mosque |
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