{{Short description|Mosque in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Bukui Mosque | native_name = 卜奎清真寺 | native_name_lang = zh | image = 卜奎清真寺_窑殿_2017.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = Heilongjiang | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location of the mosque in Heilongjiang | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{Coord|47|21|3|N|123|57|3|E|type:landmark_region:CN-23|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = Sunni Islam | locale = | location = Qiqihar, Heilongjiang | country = China | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = | festival = <!-- or | festivals = --> | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status = Mosque<!-- or | organizational_status = --> | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | website = | architect = | architecture_type = Mosque | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = {{ubl|{{nowrap|1684 {{small|(East)}}}}|1852 {{small|(West)}}}} | construction_cost = | date_demolished = <!-- or | date_destroyed = --> | facade_direction = | capacity = 450 worshipers | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = {{cvt|2000|m2}} | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = 1 {{small|(pagoda-style)}} | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = {{cvt|6400|m2}} | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m = <!-- or | elevation_ft = --> | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | module = {{Infobox designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Major Historic and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level (China) | designation1_offname = Bukui Mosque<br/>卜奎清真寺 | designation1_type = Cultural | designation1_criteria = Religion | designation1_date = 25 June 2006 | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = 6-504 | designation1_free1name = | designation1_free1value = | designation1_free2name = | designation1_free2value = | designation1_free3name = | designation1_free3value = }} | footnotes = }} The '''Bukui Mosque''' ({{zh|s=卜奎清真寺|p=Bǔkuí Qīngzhēnsì}}) is a mosque in Qiqihar, in the Heilongjiang province of China. It is located in Mosque Road ({{zh|c=清真路|p=Qīng Zhēn Lù|links=no|s=|t=}}) off Bukui Street.<ref name="Mook">{{citation |language=zh |script-title=zh:卜奎清真寺 |pages=79–81 |script-journal=zh:MOOK 自游自在 |issue=50 |year=2001 |isbn=957-667-787-4}}</ref> It was built during the Qing dynasty, and was listed as a Chinese major cultural heritage site in 2006.<ref name="QiqiharNews">{{citation |date=2005-06-27 |access-date=2010-09-11 |language=zh |script-title=zh:卜奎清真寺 |work=Qiqihar News |url=http://qiqihar.dbw.cn/system/2005/06/27/050067612.shtml |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165245/http://qiqihar.dbw.cn/system/2005/06/27/050067612.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="CCH">{{Cite web |title=卜奎清真寺 |script-title=zh:卜奎清真寺 |url=http://www.cchfound.org/doc/207.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911235145/http://www.cchfound.org/doc/207.html |archive-date=2011-09-11 |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=www.cchfound.org |publisher=China Cultural Heritage Foundation |language=zh}}</ref> It is the largest and oldest mosque in Heilongjiang province.<ref name="Xinhua">{{citation |url=http://www.hlj.xinhuanet.com/ljtj/2008-12/12/content_15161013.htm |periodical=Xinhua News |date=2008-12-12 |access-date=2010-09-11 |language=zh |script-title=zh:黑龙江规模最大的伊斯兰建筑:卜奎清真寺 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312025540/http://www.hlj.xinhuanet.com/ljtj/2008-12/12/content_15161013.htm |archive-date=2012-03-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History and structure== The name "Bukui" is the Chinese transcription of a Daur word meaning "auspicious".<ref name="Mook"/> Bukui Mosque originally consisted of two separate mosques:<ref name="QiqiharNews"/> *The East Mosque, a three-storey, {{convert|374|m2|sqft|adj=on}} building constructed in Kangxi 23 (1684), predating the city of Qiqihar by seven years<ref name="QiqiharNews"/> *The West Mosque, a two-storey, {{convert|173|m2|sqft|adj=on}} building constructed in Xianfeng 3 (1852) by followers of the Jahriyya menhuan who immigrated from Gansu<ref name="Mook"/><ref name="QiqiharNews"/> The mosque contains approximately {{convert|2000|m2}} of constructed space; the whole compound covers an area of approximately {{convert|6400|m2}}. The two prayer spaces together can hold approximately 450 worshipers.<ref name="QiqiharNews"/>
The mosque's long history has led to a saying in Qiqihar: "the mosque existed long before the town Bukui".{{#tag:ref|{{zh|s=先有清真寺，后有卜奎城 |t=先有清真寺，後有卜奎城 |p=Xiān yǒu qīngzhēnsì, hòu yǒu Bǔkuíchéng.}}|group=n}}<ref>{{citation |periodical=China Central Television |date=2005-08-29 |access-date=2010-09-11 |url=http://www.cctv.com/program/happychina/20050829/101432.shtml |language=zh |script-title=zh:齐齐哈尔第三集|title=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115115124/http://www.cctv.com/program/happychina/20050829/101432.shtml|archive-date=2007-11-15}}</ref> In 1958, the two mosques were reorganised as a single mosque, with the name "Qiqihar Mosque". The mosque was listed as a city-level protected cultural relic in 1980, and as a provincial-level protected cultural relic in 1981; its name was then also changed to the present "Bukui Mosque".<ref name="QiqiharNews"/>
An assessment completed in 1981 found that while the East Mosque was in relatively good condition, there was serious structural damage to the West Mosque.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTOTAL-XXTS198103024.htm |last1=Liu |first1=Peilin (刘沛霖) |language=zh |script-title=zh:卜奎清真寺 |script-work=zh:学习与探索 |year=1981 |issue=3 |access-date=2010-09-11|title=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716152819/http://www.cnki.com.cn/Article/CJFDTOTAL-XXTS198103024.htm|archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=April 2025}} Reconstruction efforts were undertaken in 1989–1990.<ref name="CCH"/> On 25 June 2006, the Bukui Mosque was entered onto the list of Chinese major cultural heritage sites of national significance.<ref name="CCH"/>
==See also== {{stack|{{portal|China|Islam}}}} {{Infobox Chinese|s=卜奎清真寺|t=|poj=|p=Bǔkuí Qīngzhēnsì|l=}} * Islam in China * List of mosques in China * List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Heilongjiang
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==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} * [http://www.simaosavait.com/index.php?post/2013/03/02/A-la-decouverte-de-la-Mandchourie-%3A-Qiqihar Photos of the Bukui mosque] {{in lang|fr}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20130528205054/http://www.simaosavait.com/index.php?post/2013/03/02/A-la-decouverte-de-la-Mandchourie-%3A-Qiqihar Archived]
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