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Luling Temple (Baba Mosque)

鹿龄寺(巴巴寺)
📍 Xixiang · Chengguan Town 🏛️ 1719 (Kangxi 58, Qing dynasty) 👥 small (shrine and prayer hall)

📜 About & history

Also called the Baba Mosque, Luling Temple was built in 1719 to honour the Sufi master Qi Jingyi, founder of the Dagongbei branch of the Qadiriyya order in China, who preached in Xixiang from 1682 and died here in 1719. Once a three-temple complex of about 60,000 sq m, only the roughly 1,800 sq m Luling Temple survives. It was listed as a provincial-level protected cultural relic by Shaanxi in 2003.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Qadiriyya Sufi, Dagongbei order)

A Sufi shrine (gongbei) and prayer hall; used for worship and pilgrimage. Chinese-speaking custodians; visitors should dress modestly.

📍 Address

East foot of Niutou Mountain, ~1 km northwest of Chengguan Town, Xixiang County, Hanzhong, Shaanxi
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 陕西省汉中市西乡县城关镇西北二里牛头山东侧鹿龄寺
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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

In Xixiang county town; local taxi or town bus from Xixiang centre to Niutou Mountain.

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From the Arab districts

No Arab trader quarter nearby; this is a historic Sufi pilgrimage site drawing Chinese Hui pilgrims.

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From downtown

No metro. Xixiang is about 60 km east of Hanzhong city (roughly 1 hour by road/expressway). From Xixiang county town it is a short 1-2 km taxi ride northwest to Niutou Mountain.

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Useful tip

A historic and architecturally notable site often overlooked by tourists. Halal food available in Xixiang county town. Languages: Mandarin, local dialect.

Source: Shaanxi provincial cultural-relic listing (2003); Baidu Baike; bytravel; silkroads heritage database

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