{{Short description|Mosque in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Crane Mosque | native_name = 仙鹤寺 | native_name_lang = zh | image = Jingjingtang Xianhesi.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = China Jiangsu | map_size = 250px | map_alt = | map_relief = yes | map_caption = Location of the mosques in Jiangsu | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{coord|32.396556|N|119.439883|E|type:temple_region:China|format=dms|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = Sunni Islam | locale = | location = Yangzhou, Jiangsu | country = China | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = | festival = <!-- or | festivals = --> | cercle = | sector = | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status = Mosque<!-- or | organizational_status = --> | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | architect = | architecture_type = Mosque | architecture_style = Chinese | founded_by = Puhading | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = '''Disputed''': {{bulleted list|1275 CE {{small|(original)}}|1390 CE {{small|(reconstruction)}}|1523 CE {{small|(renovation)}}}} | construction_cost = | date_demolished = <!-- or | date_destroyed = --> | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | 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 = Xianhe Mosque<br/>仙鹤寺 | designation1_type = Cultural | designation1_criteria = Religion | designation1_date = 7 October 2019 | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = 8-0269-3-072 | designation1_free1name = | designation1_free1value = | designation1_free2name = | designation1_free2value = | designation1_free3name = | designation1_free3value = }} | footnotes = | website = }} The '''Crane Mosque''', also known by its Chinese name as the '''Xianhe Mosque''' and by other names, is a mosque located in Yangzhou, in the Jiangsu province of China.
The mosque was listed as a Chinese major cultural heritage site in 2019.{{cn|date=October 2025}}
{{anchor|Etymology|Toponymy|Name}} == Etymology == The English name, ''Crane Mosque'', is a partial calque of its Chinese name {{lang|zh|{{linktext|仙|鶴|寺}}}}, pronounced ''Xiānhè Sì'' in Mandarin. The name is sometimes explained by the supposed resemblance of the mosque's shape to a crane,<ref name="lion"/><ref name="ele"/> although the Chinese name references a Taoist immortal. As the most historically important mosque in the city, it is also known as the '''Yangzhou Mosque''' and as the '''Qingbai Liufang Mosque'''.{{fact|date=October 2023}}
== History == The Crane Mosque was reportedly built in 1275 CE{{dubious|date=October 2023}} by Puhaddin, an Arab Muslim and 16th-generation descendant of Muhammad,<ref name="lion"/><ref name="ele"/><ref name="dog"/><ref name="cat"/> in the year after his death<ref name=Oliv/>{{rp|30}} and the year before the Mongol general Bayan received the surrender of Yangzhou following the execution of Li Tingzhi by the Southern Song.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waterson |first1=James |title=Defending Heaven: China's Mongol Wars, 1209–1370 |date=2013 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |location=Havertown |isbn=978-1783469437 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=DtTLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT230 230] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DtTLDwAAQBAJ }}</ref><ref name=Oliv>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvFJQ6WE1agC |title=Lifestyle and Entertainment in Yangzhou |editor=Olivová, Lucie B. |editor2=Børdahl, Vibeke |series=NIAS Studies in Asian Topics, No. 44 |date=2009 |publisher=Nordic Institute of Asian Studies |location=Copenhagen |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=dvFJQ6WE1agC&pg=PA3 3{{ndash}}36] |contribution=Building History and the Preservation of Yangzhou |last=Olivová |first=Lucie B. |isbn=9788776940355 |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvFJQ6WE1agC&pg=PA3 }}</ref>{{rp|6}}
The mosque was severely damaged during the Red Turban Rebellion that ended the Mongolian Yuan dynasty. An Arab Muslim named Hasan{{which?|date=October 2023}} rebuilt the mosque in 1390 under the early Ming.{{fact|date=October 2023}} It was further renovated and refurbished in 1523 under the Jiajing Emperor.{{fact|date=October 2023}}
The Crane Mosque is accounted as one of the Four Great Mosques of China{{mdash}}alongside the Huaisheng, Qingjing, and Phoenix Mosques in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Hangzhou<ref name="lion">{{cite news |author1=Sha Zongping ({{lang|zh|沙宗平}}) |author2=Wang Jianping ({{lang|zh|王建平}}) |url=http://www.chinaislam.net.cn/cms/zt/phdy/yzysl/201501/29-7905.html |script-title=zh:中国伊斯兰教建筑珍品：仙鹤寺 |work=chinaislam.net.cn |date=7 July 2021 |access-date=21 July 2021 |language=zh}}</ref><ref name="ele">{{cite news |url=http://www.yangzhou.gov.cn/yangzhou/jdtj/201112/7644c2a50b914e5ebf043786f282e593.shtml |script-title=zh:仙鹤寺 |work=Government of Yangzhou |date=6 December 2011 |access-date=21 July 2021 |language=zh |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721125529/http://www.yangzhou.gov.cn/yangzhou/jdtj/201112/7644c2a50b914e5ebf043786f282e593.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="dog">{{cite news |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2006-04-17/11589641616.shtml |script-title=zh:仙鹤寺(组图) |work=sina |date=17 April 2006 |access-date=21 July 2021 |language=zh}}</ref><ref name="cat">{{cite news |author1=Lin Yuanqin ({{lang|zh|林元沁}}) |url=http://js.ifeng.com/travel/cyjs/fengjing/detail_2015_04/07/3753240_0.shtml |script-title=zh:扬州：仙鹤寺 伊斯兰教清真寺 |work=ifeng.com |date=7 April 2015 |access-date=21 July 2021 |language=zh}}</ref>{{emdash}}and was inscribed as a cultural relic protected by the Jiangsu government in April 1995.{{fact|date=October 2023}} It now includes a small collection of documents concerning China's relations with Muslim countries.<ref>{{cite book |last= |first= |location=El Segundo |publisher=Fodor's Travel |chapter=Garden Tomb of Puhaddin |url=http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/china/beijing-to-shanghai/review-434792.html |title=China: Beijing to Shanghai |date= }}.</ref>
== See also == {{stack|{{portal|China|Islam}}}} {{chinese|s={{linktext|仙|鹤|寺}}|t={{linktext|仙|鶴|寺}}|p=Xiānhè Sì|w=Hsien-ho SSu|l=Immortal Crane Temple|altname=Qingbai Liufang Mosque|c2={{linktext|清白|流芳|大寺}}|p2=Qīngbái Liúfāng Dàsì|w2=Ch'ing-pai Liu-fang Ta Ssu|l2=Pure & Renowned Great Temple}} * Islam in China * List of mosques in China * List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Jiangsu
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{commons category-inline|Crane Mosque}} * {{cite AV media |last= |first= |work=YouTube |date=17 March 2023 |title=Jumma prayer at the Crane Mosque |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqqd3nFxDWw |format=streaming video |access-date= }}
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