📜 About & history
Shaowu Mosque, the only mosque in northern Fujian and one of the four ancient mosques of Fujian province, was first built in 1276 during the Yuan dynasty to serve Shaowu's Hui Muslim quarter. Destroyed by fire, it was rebuilt on the same site in 1374 (the 7th year of the Ming Hongwu reign). The timber-framed complex blends Hui and Han architectural styles and includes a main prayer hall, a moon-viewing tower, a lecture hall and storerooms. It preserves a Yuan-dynasty stone stele, a Ming-dynasty bronze incense burner, and thirty hand-carved woodblock volumes of the Qur'an, and is protected as a municipal-level cultural relic.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
Open for the five daily prayers, with the main Friday Jumu'ah gathering around midday; ablution (wudu) facilities are on site. Modest dress is requested, and non-Muslim visitors are welcome outside prayer times.
📍 Address
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🚇 How to reach the mosque
Local buses serve central Shaowu.
About 1.5 hours by car from central Nanping south to Shaowu.
One of Fujian's four ancient mosques, preserving a Yuan-dynasty stele. Taxi phrase: 请带我去邵武清真寺