Mapo Old Mosque

📜 About & history

Mapo Old Mosque, originally called the Upper Mosque, is in Chanhe Hui District, Luoyang, Henan. Founded in the late Ming dynasty, it blends traditional Chinese architecture with Arabic style. The prayer hall was enlarged in 1755 (20th year of the Qing Qianlong era), and a congregant, Ma Kun, donated 63 mu of ancestral land to support the mosque. A north lecture hall and ablution rooms were added in the late Qing and early Republic; renovations began in 1983, the prayer hall was rebuilt in 1988, and in 1990 a north lecture hall, funeral room and women's prayer hall were completed. The prayer hall covers 192 square metres on a 2.5-mu site; the mosque serves 550 Hui households (2,700 people) and has trained 120 students.

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