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Dayang Mosque (Songming)

嵩明大营清真寺
📍 Kunming · Songming County 🏛️ 1851

📜 About & history

Dayang Mosque is in Dayang Community (Dayang Village), Songyang Subdistrict, Songming County, Kunming, Yunnan. Founded in 1851 (1st year of the Qing Xianfeng era), it was destroyed in war, rebuilt in 1893, enlarged in 1923 and destroyed again in the Cultural Revolution; the present buildings were rebuilt in 1983 with funds raised by local worshippers. The mosque covers 1,500 square metres and its prayer hall 200 square metres. Built in Chinese palace style, it has a pagoda-like gate tower, a hexagonal main hall and a distinctive moon-watching tower. Dayang lies in northern Songming about 12 km from the county town along National Highway 213 and is a multi-ethnic, mainly Hui community. The current imam is Ma Wenzhou.

📍 Address

Dayang Community, Songyang Subdistrict, Songming County, Kunming, Yunnan
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 云南省昆明市嵩明县嵩阳街道大营社区
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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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From downtown

In northern Songming County, about 12 km from the county town along National Highway 213.

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