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Yongchang Mosque (Baoshan City Mosque)

永昌清真寺(保山城区清真寺)
📍 Baoshan · Longyang District (old city) 🏛️ Qing dynasty (Baoshan Hui community, Ming–Qing origins)

📜 About & history

Baoshan — historically Yongchang, a western Yunnan frontier town on the Burma trade route — has had a Hui community since the late Ming and Qing, when Muslims settled while trading with Burma and built mosques. The Yongchang (Baoshan city) mosque serves the Longyang District Hui community. Baoshan Hui were prominent in the Yunnan-Burma caravan trade and figured in the Panthay-era history of western Yunnan.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Hui Muslim, Gedimu)

Five daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah; imam preaches in Chinese.

📍 Address

Old city of Longyang District, Baoshan City, Yunnan
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 云南省保山市隆阳区城区

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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Baoshan city buses through the old town of Longyang District; ask for the mosque (qingzhensi) in the Hui quarter.

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From downtown

In the old city of Longyang District (central Baoshan); a few minutes by taxi from the city centre. Show the Chinese address to the driver.

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Useful tip

Baoshan Hui cuisine (e.g. huopiao beef) is well known; halal food in the Hui quarter. Exact street address best confirmed locally.