Niu Jie Mosque

Chinese mosques. GuangAnMenNei Niujie in Xuanwu District, Beijing. Is Beijing's largest and oldest mosque. According to "Beijing Niu Jie Mosque on the post" records, the monastery was built in Northern Song Dynasty Shido two years (996), Xuande years (1427) expansion, Ming Zhengtong seven years (1442) renovated. Chenghua years (1474), have questions, please name the command Zhan L, Feng Chi Ciming "Mosque", and therefore, "that the temple," said. Thirty-five years of Qing Emperor Kangxi (1696) once again overhaul.

Monastery sitting East west, an area of 6,000 square meters, construction area of 3,000 square meters. The whole temple structure is concentrated symmetry, its pattern of use of Chinese palace-style wooden structure-based, Beijing day Tour its Arab architectural detail with a strong decorative style. By the worship hall, Mochizuki F, Lai Yi floor, auditorium, pavilion, on the hall, shower room and other components. Terakado across a large screen wall, 40 meters long, five meters high, white marble base, a large gray tiles cladding. Temple's main building for the worship hall, an area of ??600 square meters, take the east, it is different from other mosques, into the Temple Gate roundabout and then left and right around the hall Rudian, so called "Pearl rewind curtain."

Structure consists of three collusion hall-style roof and a ride Cuanjian Ding hexagonal pavilion style building components, so lined Baoxia, the ancient Pu Hongli. Five Ying Hall South, East and West into a total of 42 3, 30 meters in depth, composed of 18 pillars 21 arches, the hall of worship for more than a thousand people. Angle between the arched beams, ceiling beams to powder laced with gold coming up on the Arab pattern, lintels decorated with all style of the "Koran" article. Department of the Ministry of Song rear dome caisson construction, carved on both sides of the Arabic form of the empty windows and doors, vigorous strokes, is a "body of law library."

Left and right sides of the hall before the building has two Beiting, right pavilion built in the Ming Hongzhi first year (1487), as Chici Mosque inscription. Pavilion built in the Ming Hongzhi left nine (1496), there are two languages ??Han A carved "Chici Mosque in mind," the monument, but most of the inscription illegible handwriting.

New Theory (1068 - 1077) years, with Kan Mading Mahathir's son, the minaret was built of wood floor, eaves side pavilion for the Xieshan building, formerly known as the Song, the first year of construction between the respect by the Court, with two Beiting tripod. Moon about 10 meters tall, flat hexagonal pavilion style attic, eaves Xieshan Ding, yellow on the pavilion roof covered with green glazed tiles, under, around the sash, the window around the corridor. Beijing Xingang Port Tour East of the temple and hall, building into a form appropriate ceremony on Hall 7, built in the Ming orthodox seven years (1442), is the procedure of the meeting. The southern end of the hall there called "wash into account at the" men and women grouped shower room, clean body for Muslim Joshin purposes.

Southeast across the temple courtyard has two "sieve sea grave," Yuan Yuan, according to the existing eleven years (1274) and two years (1283) two Arabic tombstone records, Department of Song Yuan Dynasty Persian missionary to come to China Ahmed Ali's tomb and Bukhara people.

After the founding of the People's Republic, has in 1955 and 1979 to fund two full restoration. This is often foreign Muslim religious activities and visits. Islamic Association and Beijing Xuanwu District, Beijing Niu Jie Muslim Foundation building located in the Temple. 1988 as a national key cultural relics protection units.