Zhuzhen Mosque

📜 About & history

Zhuzhen Mosque, also called Wangjia Lane Mosque, is in Wangjia Lane on the old street of Zhuzhen Town, Luhe District, Nanjing, and is a Luhe district heritage site. Founded in 1901, it has south, north and east courtyards covering about 1,200 m²; the surviving three-bay prayer hall measures 132 m², and with the ablution room and reception hall the buildings total 333.3 m². An old well inscribed "Song Quan" (Pine Spring) is in the grounds. In 1938 Imam Dai Penggao and his family were killed in a Japanese bombing raid, and during the war Imam Li Shudu formed a Hui anti-Japanese guerrilla battalion.

📍 Address