Multicoloured Mosque

Multicoloured Mosque
The Huasi Mosque (left) and the gongbei (mausoleum) of Ma Laichi (right)

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This box: view · simplified Chinese: 华寺清真寺; traditional Chinese: 華寺清真寺; pinyin: Huásì Qīngzhēnsì) was a mosque in China built between 1465 and 1487 during the Ming Emperor Chenghua's rule. Buddhist temples and Imperial palaces were the basis of construction for the mosque. It was constructed by Muslims living in the Bafang areas of Linxia City in West Phoenix Wood Town. It was destroyed by arson in 1928 and built again in 1941, it was capable of holding 2,000 people being 5 mu in area.[1]

References

  1. ^ Michael Dillon (1999). China's Muslim Hui community: migration, settlement and sects. Richmond: Curzon Press. p. 119. ISBN 0700710264. http://books.google.com/books?id=BwuSpFiOFfYC&pg=PA119&dq=hua+si+mosque&hl=en&ei=FjA1TIDmEIOclge1tOHjAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=multicoloured%20chenghua%20huasi&f=false. Retrieved 2010-06-28. 

Coordinates: 35°35′21″N 103°11′48″E / 35.5891°N 103.1968°E / 35.5891; 103.1968


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