Mosque of Nanquan is located in Jiefang Road, Yinchuan City. To its north is the Red Water River. Mosque of Nanguan is the place for Muslim masses organization and worshipping activities in Linxia.
It was built in the last year of Yuan dynasty. The total area occupied is 2,180 square meters. The Sunday hall sits west and face east. It is a combination of winding in the front and straight in the back in structure.
The surrounding hall is magnificent and solemn and built by 30 pieces of big round root decorated with cement relief, where the wall looks very elegant and unique.
There are three green peak towers with the roof of round vaults on the roof of the front of the palace, named as "munanai” and "Wangyue Building”, with an altitude of 22 meters. The round vaults were decorated with blessing bottles and colorful moon.
The middle munaina were scripted with varied bibles in ancient language where it is a good place for studying and reciting the bible. With an integration of the Chinese traditional architecture arts and the style of Arabic, it is the core of the combination of sino-west culture.


Name:Yinchuan Mosque of Nanguan
City:Yinchuan
Address:located in Jiefang Road, Yinchuan City
Admission:Free

This article was posted on 2007-09-25
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