Baitula Mosque

Baitula Mosque

Yining baitula mosque is located in the commercial developed area at the junction of Jiefang South Road and Xinhua Road, Yining City, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. The baitula mosque in Yining was built in 1773 (the 38th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong), also known as "medris". It was the first Islamic temple built in Ili with direct funding from the Qing government, and also the largest mosque in Yining. The mosque belongs to the ancient Central Plains city gate building form, with a bucket arch cornice and a wooden structure. It adopts carving and painting techniques. There is a crescent moon on the top of the temple, and a new temple with Islamic style is built beside it.

Historical evolution

The baitula mosque in Yining was built in 1773. It became a dangerous building in 1995. With the approval of Yining Municipal People's government, it was rebuilt in the original site. Except the gate tower, it was demolished. The gate tower was listed as a cultural relic protection building at the autonomous region level.

Scale system

The architectural style of the temple is typical of the gate style of the Central Plains in ancient China. The bucket arch cornice is mainly made of wood. It adopts carving and painting techniques, carving beams and painting buildings, which better reflects the style of ancient Chinese Pavilion buildings. A crescent moon is added at the top of the building, which is the meticulous design of the architectural designer to position the building in the mosque, so that the purpose of the building can be identified at a glance.

Geographic transportation

Baitula mosque is located in the commercial developed area at the junction of Jiefang South Road and Xinhua Road in Yining City.

Exchange and cooperation

After the completion of the temple, many Muslims came here to study scriptures, so it is also known as "Medes", which means higher school of scriptures.

Address: 55 Jiefang South Road, Yining City, Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Longitude: 81.324138

Latitude: 43.9125