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Mengda (Dazhuang) Grand Mosque

孟达大庄清真寺
📍 Xunhua · Mengda (Jishi Gorge) 🏛️ Ming–Qing dynasties 👥 Village congregation, several hundred

📜 About & history

A historic Salar mosque inside the Jishi Gorge, celebrated for its dazzling polychrome painted decoration — the whole main hall is richly and orderly colored. It forms part of the Salar mosque architecture group listed as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit on 5 March 2013.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Salar)

Daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah led by a Salar imam; sermons in Salar and Chinese, recitation in Arabic.

📍 Address

Dazhuang Village, Mengda, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Haidong, Qinghai
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 青海省海东市循化撒拉族自治县孟达乡大庄村
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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Rural Mengda; reach by taxi or car from Xunhua county town toward Jishi Gorge / Mengda Tianchi.

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From the Arab districts

Xunhua is the Salar heartland; from the county town near Jiezi Grand Mosque, hire a car east to Mengda.

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From downtown

About 30 km east of Xunhua (Jishi) town along the Yellow River toward the Gansu border; combine with a visit to Mengda Tianchi nature reserve.

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Useful tip

Deep in the Salar homeland; local Salar hospitality and halal home cooking. Pair with Mengda Tianchi scenery.

Source: Qinghai provincial government (dmqh); Xunhua county / neac.gov.cn — National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit (Salar mosque group)

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