Rizhe Mosque in Qiubei County, Wenshan

Chinese Name: 丘北日者清真寺
English Name: Rizhe Mosque in Qiubei County, Wenshan

Keywords: Rizhe Mosque in Qiubei County, Muslim culture, Hui nationality
Location:
Located in Rizhe Village, Qiubei County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

An Overview of the Mosque
Rizhe Mosque(日者清真寺)also known as Songwuli Mosque(松雾里清真寺) is located in Rizhe Village, Qiubei County, Yunnan Province. Before the Remembrance Day in Qing Dynasty of ancient China, the mosque was built at the Rizhe Street(日者街). Due to the cruel and miserable event, the mosque which was built by the thatch was then moved to the center of Hebian Village.
So far, the mosque which was rebuilt for 108 years covers an area of 600 square meters. The worship hall is a civil engineering structure which is 200 square meters. Here are 387 families, all together 1748 Hui ethnic people.

The Collections in the Mosque

There contains one copy of the Quran, one copy of the Quran Notes (古兰经简注)which was written on the 18th century. There collects a meaningful horizontal boards which were given by the Lieutenant General Majiwu(马继武)in the 33th years of the Republic of China , writing the words “master of the universe”(主宰宇宙), the board “Xun Zhi Jue Zhong”(允执厥中) given by the Major General Mawenzhong(马文仲)in the fifth years of the Republic of China, and the board “Boost the education, defend the country”(兴教卫国) granted by Baichongxi(白崇禧) in the 33th years of the Republic of China.
Rizhe Mosque in Qiubei County, Wenshan