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Zhuxian Mosque 朱仙镇清真寺Zhūxiānzhèn Qīngzhēnsì
National heritage site · Kaifeng, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Kaifeng
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhuxian Mosque
A mosque founded in the Ming and rebuilt in 1738, a reminder that Zhuxian's Ming and Qing trade drew Hui merchants who built several mosques in the town. Its east-facing gate stands on stone columns carved with landscapes and couplets beneath dense wood carving of dragons, phoenixes, lions and leaping carp, and the prayer hall is formed by two linked buildings under green glazed tiles. Two stele pavilions keep Qing inscriptions, one of them in Arabic dated 1805.
How to get to Zhuxian Mosque
In the south-east of Zhuxian town, about 22 km south-west of central Kaifeng, a short walk from the Yue Fei Temple. It is a working mosque, so check the current rules for visitors before going.
Nearby
- Iron Pagoda 开封铁塔 30 km
A 56-metre glazed-brick pagoda of 1049 that has outlasted floods and earthquakes - Henan Museum 河南博物院 60 km
Zhengzhou's treasure house of Central Plains bronzes, jades and Neolithic finds
Also within 20 km: Yue Fei Temple, Zhuxian 朱仙镇岳飞庙 (under 10 km), Qifeng Old Garden, Zhuxian 启封故园 (under 10 km), Aisijia Agricultural Carnival 爱思嘉农业嘉年华 (under 10 km), Kaifeng Parachute Tower 开封伞塔 (20 km).
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