Searching for Jiaochangkou Mosque Outside Beijing's Fuchengmen
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Summary: This travel note introduces Searching for Jiaochangkou Mosque Outside Beijing's Fuchengmen. A friend told me that there is a stone tablet named "Record of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque" in the mosque of Emperors of Successive Dynasties in Beijing, which is the only relic of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque. It is useful for readers interested in Beijing Mosque, Hui Muslims, Muslim Heritage.
A friend told me that there is a stone tablet named "Record of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque" in the mosque of Emperors of Successive Dynasties in Beijing, which is the only relic of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque. Upon hearing the news, I immediately went to the Temple of Emperors of Successive Dynasties to check it, but unfortunately, the inscription was blurred and unclear, and apart from the signature "39th Year of the Qianlong Reign of the Great Qing Dynasty," I could not identify any other information.
The top of the tablet reads "Gu Zhi Xian Xing" (Ancient System and Former Model), which is quite rare.
After returning home, I began to search for information about this mosque. Regrettably, the information about the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque is very limited, far less than that of the more famous Sanlihe Mosque outside Fuchengmen. The most valuable record comes from the "Draft of Beijing City Annals" written in the 1930s: "The Qingzhen Zhengyuan Mosque is located at No. 5 Jiaochangkou outside Fuchengmen. The mosque was built in the 39th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. The cemeteries belonging to the Hui Muslims are generally located in the areas outside Fuchengmen and Xibianmen. The "39th year of the Qianlong reign" here is consistent with the signature on the tablet, which is 1774, so it is speculated that the tablet in the Mosque of Emperors of Successive Dynasties may have been written when the mosque was built.
In addition, according to an advertisement for the throat medicine "Wanying San" (all-purpose powder) by the Hui Muslim Yang Youxin during the Republic of China period, the production site of Yang Youxin's Wanying San was located at "No. 3, Libaisi Hutong (Mosque Alley), Guanxiang, outside Fuchengmen." It is not yet clear what the positional relationship is between Libaisi Hutong and Jiaochangkou, but the mosque mentioned here definitely refers to the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque.
According to the data, we can know that the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque was located at Jiaochangkou, south of the Zhenghong Banner barracks outside Fuchengmen, so it is also called the Jiaochangkou Mosque. Jiaochangkou was originally a place for the soldiers of the Zhenghong Banner to drill, and after 1965, it was merged with the main road crossing the barracks on the north side, collectively known as Beiyingfang Middle Street. The location of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque was in the middle section of Beiyingfang Middle Street, which is now the west wall of the Fuwai Hospital.
In addition, the 5th issue of "Yugong" magazine in 1937 mentioned that the Ahong (Imam) of the mosque at that time was named Ma Zirong. Another dost (friend/fellow Muslim) mentioned that an elder from the Beigouyan Mosque had studied the Quran at the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque when he was a child, and said that the Ahong at that time was surnamed Hong. Interestingly, after the Beigouyan Mosque was demolished and rebuilt in 1997, it was renamed Zhengyuan Mosque, which is exactly the name of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque recorded in the "Draft of Beijing City Annals."
If any dost knows more information about the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque, please leave a message on my official account, may you receive thawab (divine reward).
Summary: This travel note introduces Searching for Jiaochangkou Mosque Outside Beijing's Fuchengmen. A friend told me that there is a stone tablet named "Record of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque" in the mosque of Emperors of Successive Dynasties in Beijing, which is the only relic of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque. It is useful for readers interested in Beijing Mosque, Hui Muslims, Muslim Heritage.
A friend told me that there is a stone tablet named "Record of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque" in the mosque of Emperors of Successive Dynasties in Beijing, which is the only relic of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque. Upon hearing the news, I immediately went to the Temple of Emperors of Successive Dynasties to check it, but unfortunately, the inscription was blurred and unclear, and apart from the signature "39th Year of the Qianlong Reign of the Great Qing Dynasty," I could not identify any other information.
The top of the tablet reads "Gu Zhi Xian Xing" (Ancient System and Former Model), which is quite rare.
After returning home, I began to search for information about this mosque. Regrettably, the information about the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque is very limited, far less than that of the more famous Sanlihe Mosque outside Fuchengmen. The most valuable record comes from the "Draft of Beijing City Annals" written in the 1930s: "The Qingzhen Zhengyuan Mosque is located at No. 5 Jiaochangkou outside Fuchengmen. The mosque was built in the 39th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. The cemeteries belonging to the Hui Muslims are generally located in the areas outside Fuchengmen and Xibianmen. The "39th year of the Qianlong reign" here is consistent with the signature on the tablet, which is 1774, so it is speculated that the tablet in the Mosque of Emperors of Successive Dynasties may have been written when the mosque was built.
In addition, according to an advertisement for the throat medicine "Wanying San" (all-purpose powder) by the Hui Muslim Yang Youxin during the Republic of China period, the production site of Yang Youxin's Wanying San was located at "No. 3, Libaisi Hutong (Mosque Alley), Guanxiang, outside Fuchengmen." It is not yet clear what the positional relationship is between Libaisi Hutong and Jiaochangkou, but the mosque mentioned here definitely refers to the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque.
According to the data, we can know that the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque was located at Jiaochangkou, south of the Zhenghong Banner barracks outside Fuchengmen, so it is also called the Jiaochangkou Mosque. Jiaochangkou was originally a place for the soldiers of the Zhenghong Banner to drill, and after 1965, it was merged with the main road crossing the barracks on the north side, collectively known as Beiyingfang Middle Street. The location of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque was in the middle section of Beiyingfang Middle Street, which is now the west wall of the Fuwai Hospital.
In addition, the 5th issue of "Yugong" magazine in 1937 mentioned that the Ahong (Imam) of the mosque at that time was named Ma Zirong. Another dost (friend/fellow Muslim) mentioned that an elder from the Beigouyan Mosque had studied the Quran at the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque when he was a child, and said that the Ahong at that time was surnamed Hong. Interestingly, after the Beigouyan Mosque was demolished and rebuilt in 1997, it was renamed Zhengyuan Mosque, which is exactly the name of the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque recorded in the "Draft of Beijing City Annals."
If any dost knows more information about the Fuchengmen Guan Mosque, please leave a message on my official account, may you receive thawab (divine reward).
