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Southern Mosque
Province:

Xinjiang

City:

Urumqi

Southern Mosque is located near the south gate of Urumqi. This center of Moslem worship was built in 1919 and subsequently renovated on three different occasions. Southern Mosque is an important mosque in Urumqi city.

Embraced by four minarets, the vaulted mosque, grand and imposing, expresses the elegant characters of Islamic architecture. The main body of the mosque, taking the shape of a tower, consists of four stories, two underground and two above. The storeies underground are shops and living area of Moslems while the two overground used as prayer hall and seminary. Two walls of the passageway leading to the prayer hall are decorated with carved orchids, plums, bamboo and lotuses. The compound also includes a washing room for use before prayers.