Qianchuan Grand Mosque

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Qianchuan Grand Mosque is in Qianchuan Village, Monigou Township, Linxia County, Gansu. Founded in the 9th year of the Qing Tongzhi era, it follows the Ikhwan tradition. Originally part of the Monigou Haiyi (congregational) mosque, it was enlarged several times from the late Qing through the Republican era. The old mosque was demolished in 1958 and rebuilt in 1981. Its buildings include a seven-bay brick-and-concrete prayer hall with a hipped roof and a five-bay front porch, a five-storey reinforced-concrete minaret and 22 school rooms.

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