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Home » Amdo Attraction Guide » Dongguan Mosque

Dongguan Mosque

Contents

  1. The center Hall
  2. Establishing
  3. Importance
  4. Dongguan Mosque Data
    1. Address & Contact
    2. Opening hour
    3. Altitude
    4. Entrance fee
  5. The Festival
  6. How to get to there
  7. Useful links

Dongguan Mosque is located at the south side of Dongguan Street in Xining. It is an Islamic buildings that Towers, walls, houses are built together as one.

The center Hall

The center of the assembly hall is the largest building of the mosque that covers 1,102 square meters. The whole mosque covers an area of 11,940 square meters, and another 363 square meters each of North and South Houses.

Establishing

The mosque was built during the Hong-wu reign of Ming Dynasty (1380 AD) , and it unfortunately had repeatedly been destroyed in history and has been continuously constructed. The existing building was rebuilt in 1913, reconstructed and expanded in 1946 and rebuilt in 1979.

Importance

It is one of the major mosques in northwestern China. The Mosque building is magnificent with style of combining both traditional Chinese and Islamic architectural features, and with grand appearance and delicate, dazzlingly inside ornaments interior appointments. Its prayer hall is large enough to contain 3,000 people praying together in the same time.

With a history of more than 600 years, Dongguan Mosque is not only well known for its magnificent architecture but also for its role as a religious education center and an Islamic institute of higher learning.

The night view
Dongguan Mosque
front apperance
Mosque full view

Dongguan Mosque Data


Address & Contact

Add : No.31, Dongguan Street, Chengdong District
Contact : +86 971 817-0489

Opening hour

Winter 08am – 18pm
Summer 08am – 20pm

Altitude

2,295 meters

Entrance fee

Free of charge,
Note: No entry for those, who wear short skirts, strapless shirt

The Festival

The Qinghai Tulip Festival is held also in this Mosque in May of each year

How to get to there


Dongguan Mosque is located in downtown area of the east district of Xining city. The trasnportation to this site is very convenient.

By bus : line 1, 2, 10, 17, 23, 25, 26, 33, 40, 43, 81, 83, 101, 102, 109, at bus stop “Bei-Xiao-Jie-Kou, then walk 150 meters along Dongguan Street.

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