📜 About & history
Tianjin South Great Mosque was founded in 1822 (the 2nd year of the Daoguang reign), enlarged in 1899 and completed in 1909, becoming at the time the largest mosque in North China. It occupies about 4,452 square metres with a built area of some 2,000 square metres. The original Qing prayer hall was destroyed by fire in 1967 after the site had been turned into a factory, and a temporary structure collapsed in the 1976 Tangshan earthquake; the municipal government funded a major restoration, and the mosque reopened in July 1980. It is a Tianjin municipal protected cultural relic.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
The mosque holds the five daily prayers and the Friday Jumu'ah prayer, with the two Eids drawing the largest congregations.
📍 Address
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🚇 How to reach the mosque
Reachable by Hongqiao District city buses toward the Xibeijiao / Hongqiao old-city area; alight nearby and walk into Huanqing West Hutong.
In Tianjin, head to the Hongqiao old-city / Xibeijiao Hui district; the South Great Mosque is an active historic mosque, and the surrounding quarter is well known for halal food.
The mosque is in the Hongqiao old city, a short taxi ride from Tianjin's centre and the Xibeijiao Hui quarter near the older Tianjin (Great) Mosque.
A historic municipal protected mosque distinct from the older Tianjin Great Mosque; dress modestly and enter shoeless. If lost, show a local: 请带我去天津清真南大寺