Beiwujia Mosque

📜 About & history

Beiwujia Mosque is in Beiwujia Village, Yuanzi Township, Jingyuan County, Ningxia. Founded in 1874 (13th year of the Qing Tongzhi era), it is the oldest palace-style mosque in Jingyuan. Chen Lin, a leader of the Shaanxi-Gansu Hui uprising, applied to the Huapingchuan sub-prefect in 1871 to build it; the Qing court approved, but limited its height to 2.4 zhang and its length and width to 10 zhang and banned tall towers outside. The mosque has three courtyards with a gate, side rooms, prayer hall and scripture hall, and Chen Lin served as its first imam. Zuo Zongtang wrote its gate plaque and couplets; the plaque was later destroyed.

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