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Donnguan Mosque
Dongguan Mosque (simplified Chinese: 东关清真寺; traditional Chinese: 東關清真寺; pinyin: Dōngguān Qīngzhēnsì), is a mosque in Xining, Qinghai province, China. Restored recently, it was built in the 14th century and has colorful white arches along the outside of the wide building. It has a green and white dome and two tall minarets.[1]
Generals Ma Qi and Ma Bufang controlled the Great Dongguan Mosque when they were military governors of Qinghai.[2]
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Donnguan Mosque
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Prayers at Donnguan Mosque
References
- ^ China. Eye Witness Travel Guides. pp. 498.
- ^ Stéphane A. Dudoignon (2004). Devout societies vs. impious states?: transmitting Islamic learning in Russia, Central Asia and China, through the twentieth century : proceedings of an international colloquium held in the Carré des Sciences, French Ministry of Research, Paris, November 12-13, 2001. Schwarz. p. 68. ISBN 3879973148. http://books.google.com/books?id=NyhtAAAAMAAJ&q=ma+qi+muslim&dq=ma+qi+muslim&hl=en&ei=pX-qTOXTFMP88AbioMSODQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBTgK. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
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- Mosques in China
- Buildings and structures in Qinghai
- Xining
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