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Hua Si Gongbei (Ma Laichi Shrine)

华寺拱北
📍 Linxia · Western suburb (Qijia village) 🏛️ 1766 (Qianlong 31, Qing dynasty) 👥 Shrine complex, over 60 mu grounds

📜 About & history

Hua Si Gongbei is the mausoleum of Abu al-Futuh Ma Laichi (1681-1766), founder of the Khufiyya Hua Si menhuan, the earliest and most influential Naqshbandi Sufi order among Chinese Muslims. First built in 1766, it centres on a three-tier octagonal brick-and-timber golden-domed tomb and remains the headquarters of the Hua Si Khufiyya order. It is one of Linxia's 'Eight Great Gongbei'.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSufi (Khufiyya, Hua Si menhuan / Naqshbandi)

Working Sufi shrine with mosque; five daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah. Chinese-language sermons. Respectful, modest dress required.

📍 Address

Gongbei Xincun No. 1, Qijia Village, western suburb of Linxia City, Gansu
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 甘肃省临夏市西郊祁家村拱北新村1号院
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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Reached by city bus or taxi toward the western suburb (Qijia village); no metro in Linxia.

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From the Arab districts

From the Bafang Shisan Xiang Muslim quarter, take a taxi westward to the western suburb (Qijia village).

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From downtown

About 10-15 minutes by taxi west of central Linxia City to Qijia village in the western suburb.

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Useful tip

Historic centre of Han-Hui religious interaction. Halal dining throughout Linxia; Chinese widely spoken.

Source: Baidu Baike 华寺拱北; Wikipedia Ma Laichi/Khafiya; Baidu Maps POI

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