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Menyuan Nanguan Mosque

门源南关清真寺
📍 Menyuan · Haomen Town (South Gate) 🏛️ 1735 (Qing), rebuilt 1897, enlarged 1924 👥 Approx. 800 worshippers

📜 About & history

Originally built in 1735, the mosque was destroyed by fire in 1896 and rebuilt the following year, then enlarged in 1924 as a brick-and-timber complex. It was designated a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in 1998 and anchors the Hui community of Menyuan county town.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Hui Muslim)

Daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah; sermons in Chinese, recitation in Arabic.

📍 Address

South Gate, Haomen Town, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 青海省海北藏族自治州门源回族自治县浩门镇南关

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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

In central Haomen town; walkable from the Menyuan bus station or a short taxi.

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From the Arab districts

From Xining's Dongguan take a Menyuan-bound bus north; the mosque is central in Haomen.

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From downtown

Menyuan (Haomen) is about 100 km north of Xining across the Daban Mountain, roughly 2 hours by bus; the mosque is in the county-town core.

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Useful tip

Menyuan is famous for its summer rapeseed-flower fields; halal food throughout the county town. Mandarin spoken.