Shigatse Mosque

Shigatse Mosque
日喀则清真寺
Shigatse Mosque is located in Tibet
Shigatse Mosque
Location of the mosque in Tibet
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Mosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationSamzhubzê District, Shigatse, Tibet
CountryChina
Coordinates29°16′21″N 88°52′32″E / 29.2725°N 88.8756°E / 29.2725; 88.8756
Architecture
StyleTibetan-Islamic
Completed1343 CE
Specifications
Interior area
320 m2 (3,400 sq ft)
Minaret2
Minaret height
c. 10 m (33 ft)
MaterialsStone, wood
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese日喀则清真寺
Traditional Chinese日喀則清真寺
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinRìkāzé Qīngzhēnsì

The Shigatse Mosque (simplified Chinese: 日喀则清真寺; traditional Chinese: 日喀則清真寺; pinyin: Rìkāzé Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque located in Samzhubzê, Xigazê, Shigatse City, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[1][2]

History

According to local tradition, since the 12th century, groups of Kashmiri Muslim merchants settled in Shigatse and other parts of Tibet.[3] The community began intermarrying with locals and assimilating into Tibetan culture for several centuries afterwards. In the 17th century, the fifth Dalai Lama granted privileges and space for the community to build mosques and burial sites.[3] The Shigatse Mosque was likely constructed around the 17th century though earlier dates such as 1443 or 1343 have been proposed.[1][4] In the Qianlong period, the Qing government decided to station troops in Jiangzi, Shigatse. Part of the army from Sichuan, Shaanxi area who were stationed in Shigats, formed a small Muslim settlement and repaired the mosque. At the time, it was the only mosque in Shigatse.[5][6][7]

The Shigatse Mosque is a Tibetan-style flat-roofed building, sitting west to east, with a floor area of 320 square metres (3,400 sq ft). The mosque is rectangular in shape. There are doors on both sides of a more than 10-metre-high (33 ft) Xuanli minaret, which has an iron, crescent-shaped tip. The mosque is listed as a Cultural Relics Protection Unit in Shigatse.[8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Atwill, D.G. (2018). Islamic Shangri-La: Inter-Asian Relations and Lhasa's Muslim Communities, 1600 to 1960. University of California Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-520-29973-3. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  2. ↑ 中国边疆学（第九辑） (in Chinese). Social Sciences Literature Press. 2018. p. 1-PT91. ISBN 978-7-5201-3922-9. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Houérou, F.L. (2023). Tibetan Muslims: A Minority Within a Minority. from a Kashmiri Muslim Immigration to Tibet to a Tibetan Muslim Forced Migration to India. Ethnologie / Anthropology Series. Lit Verlag. pp. 18, 27. ISBN 978-3-643-91445-3. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  4. ↑ 马, 强; 马, 生福 (2018). "西藏穆斯林行迹和伊斯兰教遗存补正与存疑". 西北民族论丛（第18辑）. 社会科学文献出版社. pp. 316–345. Archived from the original on May 12, 2026.
  5. ↑ "日喀则的世界意义：被世人遗忘的朝觐之路" [The World Significance of Shigatse: A Pilgrimage Route Forgotten by History]. 中国西藏新闻网 (in Chinese). March 21, 2015. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  6. ↑ "日喀则清真寺旅游介绍". www.tcmap.com.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on February 14, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ "日喀则的世界意义：被世人遗忘的朝觐之路". www.amdotibet.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  8. ↑ 日喀则城市与建筑. 喜馬拉雅城市與建築文化遺產叢書 (in Chinese). Dong nan da xue chu ban she. 2017. p. 75. ISBN 978-7-5641-6974-9. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  9. ↑ "桑珠孜区旅游景点之清真寺" (in Chinese). Sangzhuzi District Cyberspace Administration. July 5, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ 西藏宗敎. 中国西藏基本情况丛书 (in Chinese). 五洲传播出版社. 2002. p. 157. ISBN 978-7-80113-917-7. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  • 马英杰, Ma Yingjie (July 12, 2011). "世界屋脊上的清真寺——日喀则清真寺和它的哲麻提" [The Mosque on the Roof of the World: Shigatse Mosque and its Muslim Community(Jamaat)]. 西北民族大学 (硕士论文／学术文章) (in Chinese). Archived from the original on May 20, 2026. 2010年暑假，笔者来到日喀则，在年楚河以北、扎什伦布寺以南的小巷子里，探访了日喀则清真寺及其哲麻提（Jamaat）。
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