Great Mosque of Hohhot

{{Short description|Mosque in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{for|similarly named mosques|List of grand mosques}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Great Mosque of Hohhot | native_name = 呼和浩特清真大寺 | native_name_lang = zh | image = Hohhot.Batiment principal.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = Inner Mongolia | map_size = 250px | map_alt = | map_relief = yes | map_caption = Location of the mosque<br/>in Inner Mongolia | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{coord|40|48|34.8|N|111|39|20.0|E|type:landmark_region:CN|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | religious_affiliation = Sunni Islam | locale = | location = 28 Tongdao South Road, Huimin, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia | country = China | deity = | rite = | sect = | tradition = | festival =  | cercle = | sector = | administration = | consecration_year = | organisational_status = Mosque | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = | bhattaraka = | patron = | website = | architect = | architecture_type = Mosque | architecture_style = {{ubl|Chinese|Islamic}} | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1693 CE | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | 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 = 1 | minaret_height = {{cvt|15|m}} | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = {{cvt|4000|m2}} | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = Black bricks | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | footnotes = | module = {{Infobox Chinese | headercolor = #9BE89B | child = yes | ibox-order = zh | order = st  | s = 呼和浩特清真大寺 | t = | p = Hūhé Hàotè Qīngzhēndàsì }} }}

The '''Great Mosque of Hohhot''' ({{zh|s=呼和浩特清真大寺|p=Hūhé Hàotè Qīngzhēndàsì}}) is a mosque in Huimin District, Hohhot, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China. It is the oldest and largest mosque in Inner Mongolia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreignercn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7885:great-mosque-of-hohhot&catid=39:inner-mongolia&Itemid=123|title=Great Mosque of Hohhot|website=ForeignerCN.com|accessdate=9 October 2018}}</ref>

==History== The mosque was constructed in 1693 by the Hui people. It was then renovated in 1789 and 1923.<ref name="Muslim2China">{{cite web|url=https://www.muslim2china.com/china-mosques/Hohhot-Great-Mosque-53.html|title=Hohhot Great Mosque|website=Muslim2China|accessdate=9 October 2018|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930083626/https://www.muslim2china.com/china-mosques/Hohhot-Great-Mosque-53.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Architecture== The mosque was designed using Sino-Islamic architecture and built with black bricks. It covers {{convert|4000|m2}} and has a {{convert|15|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} minaret and a ''wudu''.<ref name="Muslim2China"/>

The mosque houses a lecture hall and a prayer hall. The mosque contains a notable four-story tower.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sun |first1=Dazhang |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySpQnwEACAAJ |title=Islamic Buildings: The Architecture of Islamic Mosques in China |last2=Qiu |first2=Yulan |date=2015 |publisher=CN Times Books |isbn=978-1-62774-019-7 |pages=137 |language=en}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery> 亜東印画輯 11 066 "清眞寺本堂".jpg|The mosque, {{circa|1940}} Inside_Roof_of_Great_Hohhot_Mosque_2009.jpg|Inside the mosque </gallery>

== See also == {{stack|{{portal|China|Islam}}}} * Islam in China * List of mosques in China

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Category:1693 establishments in China Category:17th-century mosques in China Category:Buildings and structures in Hohhot Hohhot Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in China Category:Mosques completed in the 1690s Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1693 Category:Sunni mosques in China Category:Mosques in Inner Mongolia