Hetian Old Mosque

📜 About & history

Hetian Old Mosque, also called the Yinxianqiao Old Mosque, is in Yinxianqiao Township, Shaoyang County, and dates from the Ming dynasty. It consists of a main hall, a front hall and five large buildings on either side; the 150-square-metre prayer hall is in classical hip-roof style, and the whole mosque covers 0.5 mu in a quiet setting between hills and water. Its congregation of 132 households (532 people), all Hui, follows the Gedimu tradition, with one imam, ten students and five trustees.

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