📜 About & history
Hushu Mosque is at 39 Shuibei Street, Hushu Subdistrict, Jiangning District, Nanjing. Founded in 1537 (16th year of the Ming Jiajing era), it was listed as a Nanjing municipal heritage site in 2006 and is the main place of worship for Hushu's more than 1,000 Hui. Facing east, it covers 2,600 m² with 1,600 m² of buildings arranged in three courtyards, and preserves three ginkgo trees over a century old and two steles from the Qing and Republican periods. A well was added in 1910, the front hall and side rooms rebuilt in 1919, and a primary school for Hui children opened in 1932; the dilapidated prayer hall was pulled down in 1964 and rebuilt with government funds in 1979.
📍 Address
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