Key facts
- Affiliation
- Sunni Islam
- Ecclesiastical or organisational status
- Mosque
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Niujie , Xicheng , Beijing
- Country
- China
- Architect
- Nazaruddin
- Type
- Mosque
- Style
- Chinese
- Completed
- 996 CE (original) 1443 CE (rebuild) 1696 CE (current)
- Destroyed
- 1215 CE, (by Genghis Khan )
- Capacity
- 1,000 worshipers
- Interior area
- 600 m (6,500 sq ft)
- Site area
- 10,000 m (110,000 sq ft)
- Materials
- Timber
- Official name
- Niujie Mosque, 牛街礼拜寺
- Criteria
- Religion
- Reference no
- 3-134
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Wikidata facts
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- catalog code
- 134
- Commons category
- Niujie Mosque
- heritage designation
- Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level
- Commons gallery
- Niujie Mosque
- native label
- 牛街礼拜寺
- Commons Institution page
- Niujie Mosque
- architectural style
- Chinese architecture
- inception
- 1442-00-00
- street address
- 中国北京市西城区牛街18号
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Encyclopedic overview
The Niujie Mosque (simplified Chinese: 牛街礼拜寺; traditional Chinese: 牛街禮拜寺; pinyin: Niú Jiē Lǐ Bài Sì; Wade–Giles: Niu-chieh Li-pai-ssu), also known as the Oxen Street House of Worship (Chinese: 牛街清真寺; pinyin: Niú Jiē Qīng Zhēn Sì; Wade–Giles: Niu-chieh Ch'ing-chen-ssu), or the Oxen Street Mosque, is the oldest mosque in Beijing, China.
It was built in 996 CE during the Liao dynasty, destroyed during the Mongol conquest of China, was rebuilt during the 15th century, and was reconstructed and enlarged during the 17th century, under the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722) of the Qing dynasty. The mosque is listed as a Chinese major cultural heritage site.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niujie Mosque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.