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Dongguan Mosque 东关清真大寺Dōngguān Qīngzhēn Dàsì
National heritage site · Xining, Qinghai
- Time needed
- 30–60 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xining
- Region
- Qinghai
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dongguan Mosque
A mosque in the Dongguan quarter on the east side of Xining, a focus of the city's Hui Muslim community, founded in the Hongwu era of the early Ming (1368–98). The compound covers about 11,940 square metres, with a prayer hall of 1,102 square metres. It was listed as a provincial heritage site in 1986 and as a national one in 2013.
How to get to Dongguan Mosque
On Dongguan Street in the Hui quarter just east of central Xining.
Nearby
- Kumbum Monastery 塔尔寺 20 km
Golden roofs and butter sculptures at the birthplace of Tsongkhapa
Also within 20 km: Limeng Pedestrian Street 力盟步行街 (under 10 km), Western Route Army Memorial Hall, Xining 中国工农红军西路军纪念馆 (under 10 km), Qinghai Provincial Museum 青海省博物馆 (under 10 km), Nanliang Hutai Site 虎台遗址 (under 10 km), Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Wildlife Park 青藏高原野生动物园 (under 10 km), Xining Sports Park 西宁市体育公园 (under 10 km).
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