Bukui-Moschee

Bukui Mosque (卜奎清真寺) stands in the city of Qiqihar in Heilongjiang Province, in northeastern China. Its address is on Laodong East Road in Jianhua District. It was built under the Qing dynasty, in 1684 according to the record, and is protected as a Major Historical and Cultural Site at the national level. The mosque preserves historic items, including a manuscript of the Quran and a copy of a Qing-era commentary work dated 1858. It is described in sources as the largest and oldest mosque in the province.

The mosque was built in the second half of the 17th century, in 1684 according to the record, during the Qing dynasty. Qiqihar was formerly known as Bukui, and the mosque is said to be older than the city itself. A local saying expresses this: first the mosque, then the city of Bukui.

Among the objects kept at the mosque are a Quran manuscript and a copy of the Collected Commentaries on the Four Books dating from the eighth year of the Xianfeng reign (1858). Since 2006 the mosque has been listed among the nationally protected monuments of China.