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Taiyuan Ancient Mosque 太原清真古寺Tàiyuán Qīngzhēn Gǔsì
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 30–60 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Taiyuan Ancient Mosque
A working mosque in the old city, laid out as two courtyards on an east-west axis in Chinese timber style. Inscriptions date its foundation to the Tang dynasty, but the surviving buildings are Ming and Qing: a gate, a two-storey Ming tower called Xingxin Tower, a lecture hall and a prayer hall with Arabic-style patterns painted on its walls. Two hexagonal pavilions in the front courtyard shelter steles, one carrying a Qing imperial edict protecting Muslims.
How to get to Taiyuan Ancient Mosque
On Jiefang Road in central Taiyuan. It is a working mosque, so check visiting rules and prayer times before going.
Nearby
- Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 under 10 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River - Jinci Temple 晋祠 20 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs - Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 50 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern
Also within 20 km: Grand Guandi Temple, Taiyuan 大关帝庙 (under 10 km), Peng Zhen Memorial Hall and Former CCP Taiyuan Branch Site 中共太原支部旧址 (under 10 km), Changjing Tower 唱经楼 (under 10 km), Chunyang Palace, Taiyuan 纯阳宫 (under 10 km), Jin Merchants Museum (Former Shanxi Military Governor's Office) 山西督军府旧址 (under 10 km), Former Shanxi Daxuetang (Shanxi University Hall) 山西大学堂旧址 (under 10 km).
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