Located in the middle section of the Tumen Street in the Licheng District,Quanzhou.The Qingjing Temple is the earliest and oldest Islamic temple of the Arabic architectural style existent in our china. As one of earliest mosque in China, Qingjing Mosque in Tumen Street was built in 1009 AD during Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
Qingjing Mosque is an exact copy of a mosque in Damascus in Syria. It has a pointed dome roof with three layers: inside, middle and outside. On the external wall, there is a statue on the top, which is carved with "Alcoran" in Arabic. The back wall is carved with ancient Arabic script, recording the time of construction and repair and the builders.
There are three gates that defend the mosque's grand main entrance which is 20 meters high and 4.5 meters wide. The niches in the exterior of the south wall of the altar are inscribed with Arabic passages from the Koran. There is also an exhibition hall behind the mosque that offers some additional information about the development of Islam in Quanzhou.
In the mosque, there is a stone carving of the emperor's instruction about the protection of the Islamic mosque in Yongle Year 5 of Ming Dynasty (1407). On top of the mosque gate, there is a platform named "platform looking at the moon" which is built with bricks in the shape of dual-square.
The spacious Fengtian Hall was once the main prayer hall of the mosque. Unfortunately, the hall's spectacular roof collapsed in an earthquake, leaving only the granite walls intact. After the earthquake damaged Fengtian Hall, Mingshan Hall became the mosque's central prayer hall. Located in the northwestern portion of the Mosque, Mingshan Hall was built in a more Chinese style and is smaller than Fengtian Hall. It is a traditional residential compound with a courtyard (common in northern China). Here the stone walls are adorned with Arabic inscriptions dating back to the Song and the Yuan Dynasties.
The Qingjing Mosque in Quanzhou is one of the five most time-honored, best preserved and biggest Qingjing Mosques in the Islamic world. It was designed after the mosque in Damascus, Syria, and built with pure granite. its pointed-arch portal, has three layers, outer, middle and inner. The outer and middle layers are similar to the caisson ceiling in the Chinese ancient architecture. The vaulted inner layer took on the architectural style of the ancient Arab. Standing under the vault, you can realize the time-honored cultural exchange between China and foreign countries.
Ticket :3 Yuan per person
Opening Hour: 8:00—17:30