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Xianxian Mosque prayer hall. The mosque was built with Ming dynasty architecture style and covers an area of 1,860 m 2 including the 1,077 m 2 of constructed area. It consists of prayer hall, pavilion, wing room and other facilities. The prayer hall is a two-story building capable of accommodating 1,000 worshipers. [2]
In 1349, Ramadan ibn Alauddin, the first named Korean Muslim, was buried in the mosque cemetery. The mosque was rebuilt in 1350 then again in 1695 after being destroyed in a fire. The Huaisheng Light Tower or minaret was built at an earlier period. [12] As late as the 19th century, the minaret tower was one of the major landmarks of Guangzhou. [8]
The first mosque in China was the Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou, built during the Tang dynasty in 627 CE. In of 2014 there were 39,135 mosques in China, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in 2009 an estimated 25,000 of these were in Xinjiang , a north-west autonomous region , having a high density of one mosque per 500 Muslims.
Superlatives dominate this locale. Not only is it among the biggest mosques in the world, it is home to one the globe's largest chandeliers and the planet's most sizeable hand-knotted carpet. 6 ...
The Xiaodongying Mosque (simplified Chinese: 小东营清真寺; traditional Chinese: 小東營清真寺; pinyin: Xiǎodōngyíng Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.
Francis arrived at Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia, in the morning, driving past streets lined with well-wishers in a metropolis that is one of the fastest sinking cities in the world.
Badshahi Mosque: Night View of Badshahi Mosque (King’s Mosque) 100,000 [17] Lahore Pakistan: 1673: Sunni: Bahria Grand Mosque: Side view of Grand Jamia Masjid Bahria Town Lahore: 70,000 [18] Lahore Pakistan: 2014: Sunni: Çamlıca Mosque: 63,000 [19] Istanbul Turkey: 2019 Sunni: Al Jabbar Grand Mosque: 60,000 [20] 25,997 Bandung Indonesia ...
The Huaisheng Mosque is the main mosque of Guangzhou. It has been rebuilt many times over its history. According to tradition it was originally built over 1,300 years ago in 627 CE by Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who was an uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was named in memory of Muhammad. Xianxian Mosque: Guangzhou City China: 629