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Lhasa Great Mosque

Coordinates: 29°39′03″N 91°08′12″E / 29.65084°N 91.13671°E / 29.65084; 91.13671
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Lhasa Great Mosque
拉萨清真大寺
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationLhasa, Tibet
CountryChina
Lhasa Great Mosque is located in Tibet
Lhasa Great Mosque
Location of the mosque in Tibet
Map
Geographic coordinates29°39′03″N 91°08′12″E / 29.65084°N 91.13671°E / 29.65084; 91.13671
Architecture
TypeMosque
Completed
  • 1716 (original)
  • 1959 (current)
Specifications
Interior area1,300 m2 (14,000 sq ft)
Dome1
Minaret2
Site area2,600 m2 (28,000 sq ft)
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྒྱ་ཁ་ཆའི་ལྷ་ཁང་།་
Transcriptions
Wyliergya kha cha'i lha khang
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese拉萨清真大寺
Traditional Chinese拉薩清真大寺
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLāsà Qīngzhēndàsì

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]

History

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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

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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]

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  • The mosque in 2004
    The mosque in 2004
  • Entrance to old mosque in 1993
    Entrance to old mosque in 1993
  • The mosque in 2007
    The mosque in 2007
  • Main gate
    Main gate

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lhasa Great Mosque, the Mosques in Lhasa". Tour-Beijing.com. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ^ Gyatso, Lobsang (20 February 2025). "Exploring the Popular Lhasa Mosque: A Journey Through Its Islamic in Tibet". Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  3. ^ Zangjia, Ga (2003). Tibetan Religions. China Intercontinental Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-7-5085-0232-8.
  4. ^ a b c Yang, Xiaochun (2016). "The festival of fast-breaking Eid al-Fitr in the Great Mosque of Lhasa. Some observations". Études Mongoles et Sibériennes, Centrasiatiques et Tibétaines. 47 (47). doi:10.4000/emscat.2867. ISSN 0766-5075.
  5. ^ Zhou, Chuanbin (January 2017). "Islamic Culture in Tibet". Islam in Tibet. Brill. pp. 35–52. doi:10.1163/9789047428008_004. ISBN 978-90-474-2800-8.
  6. ^ "Chinese police close Muslim quarter in Lhasa". The Associated Press. 28 March 2008. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022 – via CTV News.
  7. ^ "Tibetan-Muslim tensions roil China". Los Angeles Times. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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  • Media related to Lhasa Great Mosque at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Lhasa Great Mosque". islamichinatravel.com.
  • I Visit a Mosque in Lhasa. YouTube.
  • Islam in Tibet (1997). Gray, Henry (ed.). The Ornaments of Lhasa (VHS). YouTube. Tibet. 25 minutes in. Courtesy of the filmmaker, Fons Vitae, 49 Mockingbird Valley Dr., Louisville, KY 40207-1366. Tel/Fax: 509-897-3641. Email: grayhl01@aol.com English narration.
  • "西藏自治区 拉萨市 拉萨清真大寺". k.sina.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  • "百度安全验证". wappass.baidu.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025. Interview with current Imam Mosque
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