Xining dongguan halal Abbey

China's famous Islam mosque.Is located in xining city in qinghai province dongguan street, so the name.According to the temple, the xining Abbey inscriptional record "records, only the" gen since the Ming dynasty, and destroyed by BingXian ".Generation Ming hongwu period, by general xiping hou Ming MuYing played Ming court granted, please instruct toast is Ming presided over to create.A few degrees in the qing dynasty broke down.In 1913, gansu and ningxia commanders in the horse jiaqi, donor Muslim reconstruction.In 1916, because the worship hall toward the bearing is not straight, after dismantling the expansion.After adding minarets, doors, etc., is the pattern of into today.Only the total area of 13602 square meters, building area of 4654 square meters.Magnificent temple architecture, with Chinese ancient palatial architecture style and the islamic decoration art features, rational layout.The front entrance to the temple for a big two small green western-style door, 10 meters high, 15 meters wide, door top banner plaques saying "xining dongguan Muslim temple".In front of about 30 meters, in the 13th level set on the pier of the granite stand 5 flat arched gate, known as the "five", about 10 meters high, is 21 meters wide.In the "five" stand on both sides of north and south two about 15 meters high layer 4 hexagonal saved the minaret of the spire type, on the other side of the battery.Through the "five", north and south are two old MuLou, north tower as the scriptures room, conference room, reception room, south tower for the lecture room, student dormitory, etc.The two floor area of 4490 square meters of compound, is among the big blue bricks paving, a religious holiday for nearly 20000 people in the week.Compound to the west, is located in the week of 2 meters kaolinite based on hall, covers an area of 1136 square meters, can hold 1500 people worship.Basilica for the traditional Chinese a ridge of the two volumes of scroll house building, after volume shed before the temple, main hall and kiln temple of three sections connected in turn.Architecture adopted double-hipped roof jehiel mountain type stone roof, the eaves high up, the roof covered with colorful glazed tiles and Chinese style tile temple ridge center has three golden gold-plating.Brick structure for the whole building, the exterior wall all built with big blue bricks, volume relative sides of gables with 9 brick pattern, elegant and beautiful."One of the four acquainting" northwest in China.Temple has given by zhu yuanzhang existing hundreds of words like "holy", set a modern writing upon the reconstruction of xining Abbey inscriptional record "and so on stone tablets 3.In the early 20th century, the temple once was the Hector varney education center, establishment of oratory education, cultivate both religious personnel.In 1979 a comprehensive repair, is listed as the provincial cultural relics protection units.Founded in 1987 of islamic theology in qinghai province is located in the temple.(la grasp)