The Big Mosque of Ningxia is a combination of the Arabic style and the national characteristics construction. It was reconstructed in 1981 and was located on the southeast corner of Yinchuan City. It was the centre where Hui tribe populace carried out religious activities in Yinchuan. During the Djumah Date or Hui tribe tradition holiday every year, hundreds and thousands of Muslim religion will converge here to go on pilgrimage week.
The Big East Close Islamic temple main shrine construction's height is 26 meters. It sits west and face east and the temple area covers approximately 10,000 square meters. The main shrine is circular in shape with two arches. The upper formation is the main hall; balcony and the big square shape hall can accommodate more than 1,300 people for praying. The lower level comprised of spacious bathroom, little praying palace, female praying palace, Arabic school, and the akhoond bedroom, and office and reception room and so on.

They are all connected by a winding corridor. There is a big arch decoration composed by four smaller green arches in the center of the tower roof. The bigger one resides in the central committee with a diameter of 9 meters. The peak was hung with crescent moon where the small ones has diameter of 3 meters, distributed in all four corners of the roof.


Name:Yinchuan The Big Mosque Of Ningxia (Ningxia Qingzhen Dasi)
City:Yinchuan
Address:Southeast of Yichuan
Admission:CNY25

This article was posted on 2007-08-22
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