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Huihuideng Mosque

回辉登清真寺
📍 Weishan · Yongjian Town 🏛️ 1253 (Yuan Xianzong 3); rebuilt 1894-1897 👥 400+ (historic hall)

📜 About & history

Huihuideng Mosque, a designated National Model Mosque, stands in the Hui village of Huihuideng in Yongjian, whose community dates to Kublai Khan's Yuan-era garrisons. First built in 1253 (Yuan Xianzong 3), it was rebuilt between 1894 and 1897 with a three-storey minaret tower and a palace-style prayer hall seating over 400. A new western hall was added in 1944, and a large-scale reconstruction in 1993 produced what has been described as the largest prayer hall in the whole province. The mosque blends Chinese palatial timber architecture with Islamic form.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Hui)

Five daily prayers and a well-attended Friday Jumu'ah in this large village congregation.

📍 Address

Huihuideng Village, Yongjian Town, Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 云南省大理白族自治州巍山彝族回族自治县永建镇回辉登村

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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Reached by local bus or taxi from Weishan county town toward Yongjian Town; ask for Huihuideng Village.

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From the Arab districts

Yongjian is a heartland of Yunnan's Hui community with plentiful halal food; Arabic-speaking visitors are warmly received.

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From downtown

About 20-30 minutes by car north of Weishan Ancient Town.

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Useful tip

Home to one of the largest prayer halls in Yunnan and a National Model Mosque. To ask a driver to take you here, say: 请带我去回辉登清真寺