A Qing-Dynasty Salar Muslim Minaret in Beijing: Hidden Muslim Heritage
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Summary: This travel note introduces A Qing-Dynasty Salar Muslim Minaret in Beijing: Hidden Muslim Heritage. I went for a walk at the Beijing Chinese Ethnic Culture Park (Zhonghua Minzu Yuan) last weekend and was surprised to find a Qing Dynasty minaret of the Salar people in the North Park. It is useful for readers interested in Salar Muslims, Beijing Mosque, Minaret.
I went for a walk at the Beijing Chinese Ethnic Culture Park (Zhonghua Minzu Yuan) last weekend and was surprised to find a Qing Dynasty minaret of the Salar people in the North Park. I read the introduction, which says it was relocated from Shangbaizhuang Village, Baizhuang Township, Xunhua in 2003. This practice violates the principles of protecting immovable cultural relics, causing the loss of the historical information and cultural significance of the immovable relics, and I personally do not agree with it. However, looking at the reality, before the Salar mosque architectural complex was selected as a national protected site in 2013, some Qing Dynasty mosque historical buildings were successively demolished and rebuilt by the local community; if this minaret had not been relocated, it might have also faced the possibility of being demolished.
I am sharing here the Salar minarets I photographed previously.
The minaret of Qingshuihe East Mosque
The minaret of Mengda Mosque
The minaret of Tashapo Mosque
The minaret of Labian Mosque
The minaret of Zhangga Mosque
The minaret of Kewa Mosque
The minaret of Ahetan Mosque
In 2003, the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park also relocated a Qing Dynasty Salar libalou (fence-style building) from Mengda Village in Xunhua, moving it along with the furniture. Now the west side is the original building, and the east side is a new construction modeled after the west side. However, placing a tangping (a traditional Islamic ewer for ritual washing) on the table seems out of place; there should be an incense burner on the table instead.
Summary: This travel note introduces A Qing-Dynasty Salar Muslim Minaret in Beijing: Hidden Muslim Heritage. I went for a walk at the Beijing Chinese Ethnic Culture Park (Zhonghua Minzu Yuan) last weekend and was surprised to find a Qing Dynasty minaret of the Salar people in the North Park. It is useful for readers interested in Salar Muslims, Beijing Mosque, Minaret.
I went for a walk at the Beijing Chinese Ethnic Culture Park (Zhonghua Minzu Yuan) last weekend and was surprised to find a Qing Dynasty minaret of the Salar people in the North Park. I read the introduction, which says it was relocated from Shangbaizhuang Village, Baizhuang Township, Xunhua in 2003. This practice violates the principles of protecting immovable cultural relics, causing the loss of the historical information and cultural significance of the immovable relics, and I personally do not agree with it. However, looking at the reality, before the Salar mosque architectural complex was selected as a national protected site in 2013, some Qing Dynasty mosque historical buildings were successively demolished and rebuilt by the local community; if this minaret had not been relocated, it might have also faced the possibility of being demolished.
I am sharing here the Salar minarets I photographed previously.
The minaret of Qingshuihe East Mosque
The minaret of Mengda Mosque
The minaret of Tashapo Mosque
The minaret of Labian Mosque
The minaret of Zhangga Mosque
The minaret of Kewa Mosque
The minaret of Ahetan Mosque
In 2003, the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park also relocated a Qing Dynasty Salar libalou (fence-style building) from Mengda Village in Xunhua, moving it along with the furniture. Now the west side is the original building, and the east side is a new construction modeled after the west side. However, placing a tangping (a traditional Islamic ewer for ritual washing) on the table seems out of place; there should be an incense burner on the table instead.
