Nanchuan South Street Mosque

📜 About & history

Nanchuan South Street Mosque is on Nanmennei Road in Weishi County, Kaifeng, Henan. Founded in the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty, it was moved and rebuilt twice after 1949 along Nanmennei and Nanmenwai roads, and reached its present size after a fund-raised expansion in 1987. It covers 1.4 mu with 300 m² of buildings, including a five-bay, 160 m² prayer hall, a three-room north lecture hall and ablution rooms. It keeps 15 volumes of scripture and has one imam, two students and six trustees; its 105 households (452 people) are all Hui and follow the Qadim tradition.

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