Yizheng Ancient Mosque

📜 About & history

Yizheng Ancient Mosque, also called the Libai Si, is at 350 Kuiguang Lane, Yizheng. Its founding date is unknown, but its history goes back to roughly the same period as Yangzhou's Xianhe Mosque; it was destroyed and rebuilt several times, and the present buildings date from a 1985 restoration. It has 459.21 square metres of buildings, with an Arab-style prayer hall, and keeps three stone plaques reading "Libai Si", "Gu Qingzhen Si" and "Zunshou Shengzhi". Its congregation of 350 households (over 800 people) includes Hui, Uyghur and Salar Muslims and follows the Gedimu tradition.

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