Lhasa Great Mosque
Mosque in Lhasa, Tibet, China
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The Lhasa Great Mosque (simplified Chinese: 拉萨清真大寺; traditional Chinese: 拉薩清真大寺; pinyin: Lāsà Qīngzhēndàsì; Standard Tibetan: རྒྱ་ཁ་ཆའི་ལྷ་ཁང་།་), also known as the Hebalin Mosque (Chinese: 河坝林清真寺; pinyin: Hébàlín Qīngzhēn Sì), is a mosque in Lhasa, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[1][2]
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拉萨清真大寺 | |||||||
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| Religion | |||||||
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam | ||||||
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque | ||||||
| Status | Active | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Location | Lhasa, Tibet | ||||||
| Country | China | ||||||
  Location of the mosque in Tibet | |||||||
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| Coordinates | 29°39′03″N 91°08′12″E | ||||||
| Architecture | |||||||
| Type | Mosque | ||||||
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| Specifications | |||||||
| Interior area | 1,300 m2 (14,000 sq ft) | ||||||
| Dome | 1 | ||||||
| Minaret | 2 | ||||||
| Site area | 2,600 m2 (28,000 sq ft) | ||||||
| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | རྒྱ་ཁ་ཆའི་ལྷ་ཁང་།་ | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 拉萨清真大寺 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 拉薩清真大寺 | ||||||
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History
The mosque was built in 1716 and was expanded in 1793.[3] It was primarily built by traders from Kashmir who settled in Lhasa.[4][5]
Soon after being destroyed by Tibetan mobs during the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the mosque was rebuilt and renovated.[4] During the Cultural Revolution, the mosque was repurposed as a committee office and agricultural co-operative site until 1978, when the mosque was reinstated as a religious space.[4] During the 2008 Tibetan unrest, Tibetan mobs burned the mosque.[6][7]
Architecture
The mosque has a three-entrance sahn which covers 2,600 square metres (28,000 sq ft). The built area is 1,300 square metres (14,000 sq ft) which consists of the prayer hall, Pai building, bunker building, ablution hall, bathroom and other facilities. The 285-square-metre (3,070 sq ft) prayer hall is located in the west which consists of inner hall, open hall and main platform.[citation needed] The building was completed in the traditional Zang architectural style and also combines religious and local features.[citation needed]
Gallery
The mosque in 2004
Entrance to old mosque in 1993
The mosque in 2007
Main gate
