Shigatse Mosque

Shigatse Mosque
日喀则清真寺
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Samzhubzê District, Shigatse, Tibet
Country	China
Coordinates
Architecture
Style	Tibetan-Islamic
Completed	1343 CE
Specifications
Interior area	320 m2 (3,400 sq ft)
Minaret	2
Minaret height	c. 10 m (33 ft)
Materials	Stone, wood
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	日喀则清真寺
Traditional Chinese	日喀則清真寺
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Rìkāzé Qīngzhēnsì

The Shigatse Mosque (simplified Chinese: 日喀则清真寺; traditional Chinese: 日喀則清真寺; pinyin: Rìkāzé Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque located in Samzhubzê, Xigazê, Shigatse City, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

History

From the 14th century, a group of Muslim immigrants from present-day Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Kashmir and other countries and regions, as well as China's Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and other areas, began to settle in Shigatse. In 1343 CE, Muslims raised funds and the mosque was completed. In the Qianlong period, the Qing government decided to station troops in Jiangzi, Shigatse. Part of the army from Sichuan, Shaanxi area who were stationed in Shigats, formed a small Muslim settlement and repaired the mosque. At the time, it was the only mosque in Shigatse.

The Shigatse Mosque is a Tibetan-style flat-roofed building, sitting west to east, with a floor area of 320 square metres (3,400 sq ft). The mosque is rectangular in shape. There are doors on both sides of a more than 10-metre-high (33 ft) Xuanli minaret, which has an iron, crescent-shaped tip. The mosque is listed as a Cultural Relics Protection Unit in Shigatse.

See also

• Islam in Tibet
• List of mosques in China

External links

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