Entrance to the Huihuiying Mosque (回子營清真寺), Beijing
Collection
Identifier
Bo01-056
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bo01-056. Photograph by Charles Frederick Moore. Huihuiying Mosque [回子營清真寺; 回回营清真寺遗存; Huiziying mosque; mosque of the Turkic-Muslim Camp; Fragrant Concubine’s Mosque], in Western Chang’an Street, Donganfu Hutong, near Beihai Park, Beijing. The mosque was built during the Qing Dynasty, and unusually, faced north towards the Imperial Place, rather than westwards towards Mecca, “rendering it effectively defunct” (source: Tristan G. Brown ‘Towards an Understanding of Qianlong’s Conception of Islam: A Study of the Dedication Inscriptions of the Fragrant Concubine’s Mosque in the Imperial Capital’). The mosque was demolished in 1915. Part of the square main building (Worship Hall 礼拜大殿) of the mosque can be seen behind the entrance. A Peking Cart is on the left and some people are sitting by the entrance. In the foreground is a wide rutted road. See James A. Millward ‘A Uyghur Muslim in Qianlong’s Court: The Meaning of the Fragrant Concubine’ (1994) and https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/1954657402793202541. See also PF01-07.
Caption in album or on mount
Entrance to the Mahomeddan mosque Peking.
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Location
Estimated Date
1870
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Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
