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Phoenix Mosque 凤凰寺Fènghuáng Sì
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Phoenix Mosque
One of the four great old mosques of China's south-east coast, on Zhongshan Middle Road in central Hangzhou, first built in the Tang or Song and rebuilt in 1281 with funds from Ala al-Din, a Persian Muslim settler. Its brick prayer hall without beams is roofed by three domes painted inside, an unusual blend of Islamic and Jiangnan building, and a Ming carved board of 1451 with Qur'an text stands against its rear wall. The front buildings were cut back for road widening in 1928, and the gate with its moon-viewing tower was rebuilt in 2009.
How to get to Phoenix Mosque
On Zhongshan Middle Road about 600 m north of Hefang Street; it is still a mosque, so check whether visitors are being admitted before going.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 under 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 under 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Former Zhejiang Xingye Bank Building 浙江兴业银行旧址 (under 10 km), Qinghefang Historic District 清河坊 (under 10 km), Hu Qing Yu Tang & Hu Xueyan's Former Residence 胡庆余堂 (under 10 km), Southern Song Capital Lin'an & Deshou Palace Museum 临安城遗址 (under 10 km), Hangzhou Confucian Temple & Forest of Steles 杭州孔庙碑林 (under 10 km), Mahakala Carving at Baocheng Temple 宝成寺麻曷葛剌造像 (under 10 km).
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