List of mosques in China

This is a list of notable mosques in China. A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the religion of Islam. The first mosque in China was the Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou, built during the Tang dynasty in 627 CE. In of 2014 there were 39,135 mosques in China,{{cite web|language=zh |url=http://dzb.rmzxb.com/detail.aspx?id=352820 |title=Strengthen and promote the standardization of mosque management |publisher=CPPCC News |date=2014-12-18 |access-date=2015-02-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222163343/http://dzb.rmzxb.com/detail.aspx?id=352820 |archive-date=2015-02-22 }}{{Cite web|title=2015最新中国清真寺数量及分布|url=http://www.chinaislam.net.cn/cms/news/media/201503/03-8001.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=www.chinaislam.net.cn}} in 2009 an estimated 25,000 of these were in Xinjiang, a north-west autonomous region, having a high density of one mosque per 500 Muslims.{{cite web|language =zh|url=http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2009-07/17/content_2761116.htm|title=The amount of mosques in Xinjiang is increasing to near 25,000|publisher=Chinese Youth Daily|date=2009-07-17|access-date=2015-02-22 }}

In China, mosques are called Qīng Zhēn Sì ({{lang|zh|清真寺}}, "Temples of the Pure Truth"), a name which was also used by Chinese Jews for synagogues. Other names include Huí Huí Táng ({{lang|zh|回回堂}}, "Hui people's hall"), Huí Huí Sì ({{lang|zh|回回寺}}, "Hui people's temple"), Lǐ Bài Sì ({{lang|zh|礼拜寺}}, "Temple of worship"), Zhēn Jiào Sì ({{lang|zh|真教寺}}, "Temple of the True Teaching") or Qīng Jìng Sì ({{lang|zh|清净寺}}, "Pure and clean temple").{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XULERYYEJo0C&q=huihui+tang+mosque&pg=PA29|title=Islam in China|author=Shoujiang Mi, Jia You|year=2004|publisher=五洲传播出版社|page=29|isbn=7-5085-0533-6|access-date=2011-05-16}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6wEMAAAAYAAJ&q=mohammedan+temple+arabic|title=The Chinese repository, Volume 13|year=1844|publisher=Printed for the proprietors|page=31|access-date=2011-05-08}}

During the Qing dynasty, at the mosque entrance of Hui Mosques, a tablet was placed upon which "Huáng Dì Wàn Suì, Wàn Suì, Wàn Wàn Suì" ({{lang|zh|皇帝萬歲，萬歲，萬萬歲}}) was inscribed, which means, "The Emperor, may he live forever". Wansui means Ten thousand years, which means forever in Chinese.[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ObcNAAAAIAAJ/page/n269 Broomhall 1910], p. 290. Westerners traveling in China noted the presence of these tablets at mosques in Yunnan and Ningbo.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xX8jAAAAMAAJ&q=happening+to+see+in+the+mosque+threshold+as+you+enter+a+tablet+temple+inscription+the+emperor+may+he+live+for+ever+the+emperor+the+everliving&pg=RA2-PA33|title=The Chinese repository, Volumes 11-15|year=1842|publisher=Printed for the proprietors.|page=33|access-date=2010-06-28}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hUEswLE4SWUC&q=mosques+tablets+wishing+the+emperor+long+life+prominent+position+entrance+mosque|title=China's Muslim Hui community: migration, settlement and sects|author=Michael Dillon|year=1999|publisher=Curzon Press|location=Richmond|page=77|isbn=0-7007-1026-4|access-date=2010-06-28}}{{Cite journal|last=Hagras|first=Hamada|title=An Ancient Mosque in Ningbo, China "Historical and Architectural Study"|date=2017|journal=Journal of Islamic Architecture|volume=4|issue=3|pages=102–113|doi=10.18860/jia.v4i3.3851|doi-access=free}}

Most mosques have certain aspects in common with each other however as with other regions Chinese Islamic architecture reflects the local architecture in its style. China is renowned for its beautiful mosques, which resemble temples. However, in western China the mosques resemble those of Iran and Central Asia, with tall, slender minarets, curvy arches and dome shaped roofs, as well as the unique multi-layered portals. In northwest China where the Chinese Hui have built their mosques, there is a combination of eastern and western styles. The mosques have flared Buddhist style roofs set in walled courtyards entered through archways with miniature domes and minarets.Saudi Aramco World, July/August 1985 , page 3035

== List of iconic mosques ==

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valign=top \| Niujie Mosque \| 120px \| Xicheng \| Beijing \| 996 \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.islamichina.com/page/niujiemosquesinbeijing.htm \|title=存档副本 \|access-date=2006-10-15 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814121536/http://www.islamichina.com/page/niujiemosquesinbeijing.htm \|archive-date=2007-08-14 }}
Hangzhou New Grand Mosque \| \|Hangzhou \|Zhejiang \|2016(complete) \|
valign=top \| Qingjing Mosque \| 120px \| Quanzhou \| Fujian \|1009 \|Qīng Jìng Sì
valign=top \| Dunhuang Mosque \| 120px \| Dunhuang \| Gansu \| 1917 \|Dūn Huáng Qīng Zhēn Sì
valign=top \| Huasi Mosque \|120px \| Linxia \| Gansu \|1487 \|Huá Sì Qīng Zhēn Sì
valign=top \| Huaisheng Mosque \| 120px \| Guangzhou \| Guangdong \| 627 \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.islamichina.com/page/hshmosquesinguangzhou.htm \|title=存档副本 \|access-date=2006-10-15 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004215114/http://www.islamichina.com/page/hshmosquesinguangzhou.htm \|archive-date=2007-10-04 }}
valign=top \| Nanning Mosque \| 120px \| Nanning \| Guangxi \|1707 \|Nán Níng Qīng Zhēn Sì
valign=top \| Daowai Mosque \| 120px \|Daowai \| Harbin \| 1897 \|Dào Wài Qīng Zhēn Sì
valign=top \| Bukui Mosque \| 120px \|Qiqihar \| Heilongjiang \| 1684 \|Bo Kuí Qīng Zhēn Sì
valign=top \| List of mosques in Hong Kong \| \| \| Hong Kong \| \|
valign=top \| Great Mosque of Hohhot \| 120px \| Hohhot \| Inner Mongolia \|1693 \|Hū Hé Hào Tè Qīng Zhēn Dà Sì
valign=top \| Macau Mosque \| 120px \| Our Lady of Fatima Parish \| Macau \| \|
valign=top \| Tongxin Great Mosque \| 120px \| Tongxin \| Ningxia \| ca.1400 \|Tóng Xīn Qīng Zhēn Dà Sì
valign=top \| Dongguan Mosque \| 120px \| Xining \| Qinghai \| 1380 \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.islamichina.com/page/gmosquesinxian.htm \|title=存档副本 \|access-date=2006-10-15 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925190251/http://www.islamichina.com/page/gmosquesinxian.htm \|archive-date=2006-09-25 }}
valign=top \| Jiezi mosque{{cite web \|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/09/content_11159058.htm \|title=China's oldest handwritten copy of the Koran to open to public_English_Xinhua \|website=news.xinhuanet.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325173127/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/09/content_11159058.htm \|archive-date=2010-03-25}} \| \| Xunhua Salar \| Qinghai \|? \|?
valign=top \| Great Mosque of Xi'an \| 120px \| Xi'an \| Shaanxi \| 742 \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.islamichina.com/page/gmosquesinxian.htm \|title=存档副本 \|access-date=2006-10-15 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925190251/http://www.islamichina.com/page/gmosquesinxian.htm \|archive-date=2006-09-25 }}
valign=top \| Jinan Great Southern Mosque \| 120px \| Jinan \| Shandong \|1295 \|Jì Nán Qīng Zhēn Nán Dà Sì
valign=top \| Fuyou Road Mosque \| 120px \| Huangpu \| Shanghai \|1870 \|Fú Yòu Lù Qīng Zhēn Sì
valign=top \| Xiaotaoyuan Mosque \| 120px \| Huangpu \| Shanghai \|1917 \|Xiǎo Táo Yuán Qīng Zhēn Sì
valign=top \| Lhasa Great Mosque \| 120px \| Lhasa \| Tibet \| 1716 \|Lā Sà Qīng Zhēn Dà Sì
valign=top \| Afaq Khoja Mausoleum \| 120px \| Haohan \| Xinjiang \|1640 \|Ā Bā Hé Jiā Má Zhá
valign=top \| Khotan Mosque \| 120px \| Hotan \| Xinjiang \|1870 \|Hé Tián Qīng Zhēn Sì
valign=top \| Id Kah Mosque \| 120px \| Kashgar \| Xinjiang \| 1442 \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.islamichina.com/page/mosquesinkashgar.htm \|title=存档副本 \|access-date=2006-10-15 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111161003/http://www.islamichina.com/page/mosquesinkashgar.htm \|archive-date=2006-11-11 }}
valign=top \| Najiaying Mosque \| 120px \| Yuxi \| Yunnan \|1370 \|Nà Jiā Yíng Qīng Zhēn Sì

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