Crane Mosque

Crane Mosque
仙鹤寺
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Yangzhou, Jiangsu
Country	China
Location of the mosques in Jiangsu
Geographic coordinates	32°23′48″N119°26′24″E / 32.396556°N 119.439883°E / 32.396556; 119.439883
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Chinese
Founder	Puhading
Completed	Disputed: 1275 CE (original) 1390 CE (reconstruction) 1523 CE (renovation)
Major cultural heritage sites under national-level protection
Official name	Xianhe Mosque 仙鹤寺
Type	Cultural
Criteria	Religion
Designated	7 October 2019
Reference no.	8-0269-3-072

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Etymology

The English name, Crane Mosque, is a partial calque of its Chinese name 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, ^{[1] [2]} 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

The Crane Mosque was reportedly built in 1275 CE ^{[ dubious – discuss ]} by Puhaddin, an Arab Muslim and 16th-generation descendant of Muhammad, ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} in the year after his death ^{[5] : 30} and the year before the Mongol general Bayan received the surrender of Yangzhou following the execution of Li Tingzhi by the Southern Song. ^{[6] [5] : 6}

The mosque was severely damaged during the Red Turban Rebellion that ended the Mongolian Yuan dynasty. An Arab Muslim named Hasan^{[ which? ]} rebuilt the mosque in 1390 under the early Ming.^{[ citation needed ]} It was further renovated and refurbished in 1523 under the Jiajing Emperor.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Crane Mosque is accounted as one of the Four Great Mosques of China—alongside the Huaisheng, Qingjing, and Phoenix Mosques in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Hangzhou ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} —and was inscribed as a cultural relic protected by the Jiangsu government in April 1995.^{[ citation needed ]} It now includes a small collection of documents concerning China's relations with Muslim countries. ^[7]

See also

• China portal
• Islam portal

1. Sha Zongping (沙宗平); Wang Jianping (王建平) (7 July 2021). 中国伊斯兰教建筑珍品：仙鹤寺. chinaislam.net.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 July 2021.
2. 仙鹤寺. Government of Yangzhou (in Chinese). 6 December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
3. 仙鹤寺(组图). sina (in Chinese). 17 April 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
4. Lin Yuanqin (林元沁) (7 April 2015). 扬州：仙鹤寺 伊斯兰教清真寺. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 July 2021.
5. Olivová, Lucie B. (2009). "Building History and the Preservation of Yangzhou". In Olivová, Lucie B.; Børdahl, Vibeke (eds.). Lifestyle and Entertainment in Yangzhou. NIAS Studies in Asian Topics, No. 44. Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. pp.  3–36. ISBN   9788776940355.
6. Waterson, James (2013). Defending Heaven: China's Mongol Wars, 1209–1370. Havertown: Casemate Publishers. p.  230. ISBN   978-1783469437.
7. "Garden Tomb of Puhaddin". China: Beijing to Shanghai. El Segundo: Fodor's Travel..

External links

• Media related to Crane Mosque at Wikimedia Commons
• Jumma prayer at the Crane Mosque (streaming video). YouTube . 17 March 2023.

Crane Mosque
Traditional Chinese	仙 鶴 寺
Simplified Chinese	仙 鹤 寺
Literal meaning	Immortal Crane Temple
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiānhè Sì Wade–Giles Hsien-ho SSu

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