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Description
Property Name: Yongshou Mosque
Inventory No: 86-10-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-08-21
Country (State party): China
Province:
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 39° 55′ 7.41″ N
116° 23′ 21.42″ E
Historic Period: 17th century, 1st half
Year of Construction: 1605
Style:
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The Yongshou Mosque is significant because of being one of the major mosques, established in the beginnig of the 17th century.To memorize the reconstruction of 1625, an obelisk was installed. The epigraph of this obelisk was written by Shi Sanwei, a famous literator as well as a Jinshi.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
There is no much information of the property’s present situation but the mosque is presumed to be well preserved.
References
Website of China Culture; http://www.chinaculture.org
WIAS Group2. sent SATO Minoru, a Research Affiliates, to China for Collecting Documentation on Huiru’Chinese Muslim Scholar’ in Beijing.(retrieved from the website of http://www.islam.waseda.ac.jp)