Jiezi Mosque
| Jiezi Mosque | |||||||
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街子清真寺 | |||||||
| Religion | |||||||
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam | ||||||
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque | ||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Location | Jiezi, Xunhua, Qinghai | ||||||
| Country | China | ||||||
| Architecture | |||||||
| Type | Mosque | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 街子清真寺 | ||||||
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The Jiezi Mosque (Chinese: 街子清真寺; pinyin: Jiēzǐ Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque located in Jiezi Town, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, in the Qinghai province of China.
Overview
The mosque was built in the early years of the Ming dynasty and later extended. It serves as a place of worship for the Salar Muslim minority and is also the second-largest mosque in Qinghai Province. It houses a rare hand-written copy of the Quran which is according to the National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books (国家珍贵古籍名录, MOC) on the website of the National Library of China reputed to date to the 13th century.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ "Second Batch of the National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books - no. 06870" (PDF). nlc.cn (in Chinese).
- ^ "China's oldest handwritten copy of the Koran to open to public". news.xinhuanet.com. April 9, 2009. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010.
External links
- China restores oldest handwritten copy of Quran
- Oldest Quran Manuscript in China at Jiezi Mosque
- China preserves one of the oldest written copies of the Quran in the world
- The oldest Qur'an in China
- 中国青海撒拉族 “祖莹之地” — 街子清真寺
Further reading
- Erie, Matthew S. (2016). China and Islam: The Prophet, the Party, and Law (front cover in partial view).