Miaowan Mosque

📜 About & history

Miaowan Mosque stands on the north bank of the Hong River in Hexi Village, Miaowan Town, Pingyu County, Henan, its main building facing west over the water on a site of about 2 mu. Founded in 1827 (7th year of the Qing Daoguang era) on a small scale, it kept up basic worship in the Republican era, and public worship stopped during the Cultural Revolution. After the reform era, as Miaowan's leather industry grew, local notables such as Wu Xuefu funded its rebuilding in 1994, and it was registered with the county Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau in April 1995. The present Arabic-style reinforced-concrete buildings include a gatehouse topped by a green dome and a stainless-steel crescent and a three-storey prayer building, plus the imam's quarters, ablution rooms and a ground for Eid prayers. It is the main religious centre of western Pingyu County, and Wu Xueshu is in charge.

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