Qingjing Mosque
» Quanzhou, Fu Jian

清净寺

Ashab Mosque

Qingjing Mosque, also known as the Ashab Mosque, is located in the center of Tumen Street in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. It is one of the major tourist attractions in China and is admired for its cultural related notion. Initially built in 1009 during the Northern Song Dynasty, it is one of the oldest mosques in China and stretches over an area of 2,500 square meters (0.62 acre). Throughout the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279), Quanzhou City was one of the key ports of foreign trade and attracted many Arabs. The mosque, built and repaired by Arab Muslims, reflects the friendship and cultural exchange between China and Arabic countries.

Qingjing Mosque is completely constructed from granite and is an exact copy of a mosque in Damascus in Syria. It has a pointed dome roof with three layers: inside, middle and outside. On the external wall, there is a statue on the top, which is carved with "Alcoran" in Arabic. The back wall is carved with ancient Arabic script, recording the time of construction and repair and the builders.

There are three gates that defend the mosque's grand main entrance which is 20 meters high and 4.5 meters wide. The niches in the exterior of the south wall of the altar are inscribed with Arabic passages from the Koran. There is also an exhibition hall behind the mosque that offers some additional information about the development of Islam in Quanzhou.

In the mosque, there is a stone carving of the emperor's instruction about the protection of the Islamic mosque in Yongle Year 5 of Ming Dynasty (1407). On top of the mosque gate, there is a platform named "platform looking at the moon" which is built with bricks in the shape of dual-square.

The spacious Fengtian Hall was once the main prayer hall of the mosque. Unfortunately, the hall's spectacular roof collapsed in an earthquake, leaving only the granite walls intact. After the earthquake damaged Fengtian Hall, Mingshan Hall became the mosque's central prayer hall. Located in the northwestern portion of the Mosque, Mingshan Hall was built in a more Chinese style and is smaller than Fengtian Hall. It is a traditional residential compound with a courtyard (common in northern China). Here the stone walls are adorned with Arabic inscriptions dating back to the Song and the Yuan Dynasties.

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Natural Scene

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Historical Site

Qingjing Mosque is completely constructed from granite and is an exact copy of a mosque in Damascus in Syria. It has a pointed dome with three layers: inside, middle and outside. Mingshan Hall, the mosque's central prayer hall, is a traditional residential compound with a courtyard.

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