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Ankang Middle Mosque (Zhongsi)

安康清真中寺
📍 Ankang · Hanbin District 🏛️ Yuan dynasty 👥 several hundred worshippers

📜 About & history

The mosque stands in Bizi Lane, Dongguan, Hanbin District, and is the "Middle Mosque" among Ankang's seven surviving mosques, dating from the Yuan dynasty. In 1923 a five-storey hexagonal minaret 37 m high was built in imitation of Mecca; destroyed by the 1983 flood, it was rebuilt, and most present buildings were restored after the 1984 flood. Ming and Qing steles survive.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Hui Muslim, Gedimu / old teaching)

📍 Address

Bizi Lane, Dongguan, Hanbin District, Ankang, Shaanxi
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 陕西省安康市汉滨区东关篦子巷
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