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Dangui Mosque (Kedu)

丹桂清真寺(柯渡)
📍 Xundian · Kedu Town 🏛️ Qing dynasty (Qianlong era)

📜 About & history

Built in the Qing Qianlong era, this Chinese-style mosque has a three-bay prayer hall and a three-tier minaret (bang tower). It is nationally famous as a Long March site: on 30 April 1935 Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De stayed in Dangui village, and that night Commander Zhu De met the mosque's imam here while Red Army staff lodged in the minaret. It stands in Xundian, the Hui-Yi autonomous county that is now part of Kunming municipality.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Hui Muslim, Gedimu)

Five daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah; imam preaches in Chinese. Also a revolutionary heritage site open to visitors.

📍 Address

Dangui Village, Kedu Town, Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County, Kunming, Yunnan
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 云南省昆明市寻甸回族彝族自治县柯渡镇丹桂村

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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Bus from Xundian county town to Kedu Town, then local transport to Dangui village.

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From the Arab districts

Arab and foreign Muslim traders in Yunnan gather mainly around Shuncheng Street Mosque in central Kunming; from there travel north to Xundian/Kedu by long-distance bus or car (about 2 hours).

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From downtown

In Kedu Town of Xundian county, north of Kunming; roughly 1.5–2 hours by car from central Kunming. Show the Chinese address to the driver.

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Useful tip

Combines Hui religious heritage with Long March history; halal food in the Hui village of Dangui.