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Crane Mosque

mosque in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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The Crane Mosque, also known by its Chinese name Xianhe Mosque (仙鹤寺), stands in Yangzhou, in China's Jiangsu province. It is counted among the four great mosques of the Chinese coastal region, together with the Phoenix Mosque in Hangzhou, the Qingjing Mosque in Quanzhou and the Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou. The site is protected as a Major Historical and Cultural Site at the national level, and it also contains the tomb of Puhading.

History

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The mosque was founded in 1275, during the Southern Song dynasty, by Puhading, a Muslim teacher and scholar from Mecca. His tomb is located at the mosque.

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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.

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