📜 About & history
Changying Mosque was founded during the Zhengde reign of the Ming dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Jiaqing period, with a surviving 1796 restoration stele. It was damaged during the Cultural Revolution, being turned into a foundry and materials workshop, then gradually repaired and rebuilt after 1979 and listed as a Chaoyang District protected cultural site in 1986. Major expansion projects followed in 1998 and 2002, with the largest reconstruction completed in October 2004. Today it covers more than 8,400 square meters and is the largest mosque in Beijing's suburbs, holding hand-copied Qur'ans and other historic artifacts.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
Five daily prayers are held; the Friday Jumu'ah congregation is large. As the hub mosque of Changying Hui Township, it is busiest on Fridays and major Islamic festivals.
📍 Address
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🚇 How to reach the mosque
- Line 6 Changying （常营）
Buses serve the Changying (常营) area along Chaoyang Road; verify routes on a map app.
The largest suburban mosque in Beijing, at the heart of a Hui ethnic township with abundant halal food and markets nearby.
About 13 km east of central Beijing near Guanzhuang. Take Metro Line 6 to Changying; by taxi roughly 30–40 minutes depending on traffic.
Distinctive modern crescent-topped architecture; large congregation. Show a driver: please take me to 常营清真寺.