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Sandaohe Mosque

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📍 Lufeng · Heijing Town (Sandaohe) 🏛️ Qing dynasty (17th-19th century) 👥 small village congregation; exact capacity not documented

📜 About & history

Sandaohe Mosque is a Qing-dynasty mosque in the historic salt-town area of Heijing, a former imperial salt-mining center in Lufeng City. Salt merchants, including Hui Muslim traders who moved along Yunnan's inland salt and trade routes, helped establish a Muslim community in the area, and the mosque is preserved today as a municipal-level protected cultural heritage site.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni Islam (Hui Chinese Muslim community, Hanafi tradition)

Serves as the neighborhood mosque for Heijing's small Hui Muslim community, open for the five daily prayers and Friday jumu'ah; it is a working village mosque with no organized tourist access.

📍 Address

Sandaohe, Sanhe Village Committee, Heijing Town, Lufeng City, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 云南省楚雄彝族自治州禄丰市黑井镇三合村委会三道河

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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Heijing town is served by long-distance buses from Lufeng and Chuxiong; from Heijing town center the mosque is a short local taxi ride or walk away.

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From the Arab districts

There is no Arab expatriate community in Lufeng or Heijing; the nearest sizeable halal dining and Muslim community options are in Kunming, about 2 hours away by expressway.

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From downtown

Heijing town, where the mosque is located, is about 1-1.5 hours by car from central Lufeng City.

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Useful tip

Heijing is a well-preserved historic salt-town popular with domestic tourists for its Ming-Qing architecture; the mosque itself is a modest, active place of worship and should be visited respectfully.