📜 About & history
Built in 1519 in the Ming Zhengde era by the noted Hui figure Yang Jimin on South Gate East Street, this ancient mosque was repaired in 1574, 1733 and again in the 1940s-1950s. Facing south with the old city moat to its rear, the roughly square, six-mu compound is built in traditional palace-hall style and is one of the best-known old mosques in southern Hebei.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
Daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah; Chinese-language sermon. Active county-town Hui congregation.
📍 Address
🇨🇳 Inside China use Baidu or Amap; Google Maps needs a VPN.
🚇 How to reach the mosque
Daming county buses and taxis serve the old-town South Gate area; ask for Nanguan Qingzhen Si.
In Daming county town, about 40 km northeast of Handan city; intercity bus to Daming then local taxi.
Daming county has a large Hui population and many mosques; halal food widely available. Chinese spoken.