Tongzhou Mosque

Tongzhou Mosque

Tongzhou mosque is one of the ancient mosques in Beijing. It was built in the reign of Yanyou of the Yuan Dynasty. It is one of the four mosques in Beijing. In 1959, it was designated as a cultural relic protection unit in Tongzhou District. In 1995, it became a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing.

Quick navigation

Panorama

Historical evolution

Initial construction

Tongzhou mosque is a municipal cultural relics protection unit. Located in Tongzhou District mosque Hutong. It was built in Yanyou period of Yuan Dynasty.

Renovation and reconstruction

In 1516, it was renovated and renamed as "Chaozhen Temple" and expanded in 1593. In the 47th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1708), the sleeve Pavilion of the auxiliary hall was added to connect the main hall with the corridor structure of the kiln hall. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, it was rebuilt again. During the reign of Daoguang, there were 16 classical learning houses, which connected with the north gate. During the Tongzhi period, the original temple was expanded to the East, the front courtyard was expanded, and the attic was built on the central axis. In 1933, some of the buildings were destroyed by the Japanese army and then restored.

It was the site of the University in 1945.

After 1966, Shanmen, Yingbi, nanjingting and Yaodian were destroyed.

It was rebuilt in the 1970s.

The temple was reopened in 1996.

Scale system

The main hall covers an area of more than 670 square meters, divided into men's and women's worship halls. In addition, there are also the North lecture hall of the main courtyard, the water room and five inscriptions.

Architectural features

Temple East, across the north and south two courtyard. On the axis, the main building, the worship hall, is still in existence. It is connected with four volumes, three bright and five dark. It has a magnificent shape and a variety of roof styles. It is a rare building in the suburbs. 1、 The second volume has three rooms, the former is open hall, the top of rolling shed, and the back is hall and hard ridge; the third volume and the fourth volume have five rooms, the former is tiaodai ridge, and the latter is Xieshan ridge; the fourth volume is Mingjian, and the latter is wangyuelou, with glass vase on the four corners. Inside the hall, there is a ceiling at the mouth of the well, with a freehand peony design, and all the beams and fangs around are decorated with colorful pictures. Dozens of gold pillars and red lacquer are surrounded by iron thread and twig peony, which is gorgeous and unique. On the side of the two mountains in the second volume, there are two pavilions with six corners and a sharp top, which are slightly connected with the third volume. This design is also unique.

The North lecture hall of the main courtyard and the water room still exist, with 5 inscriptions embedded in the wall. If the hall style wooden stele tower in the north entrance of Hutong and the Zhaobi, chuihuamen and Shili building in the main courtyard were not destroyed in the cultural revolution, the temple could not be separated from Niujie mosque.

Geographic transportation

Zhongcang street, Tongzhou District, Beijing

Address: No.1 Huimin Hutong (near TongZhou railway station)

Longitude: 116.6697699994

Latitude: 39.907680000001