Halal Travel Guide: Dali Fengyi — Fengming Mosque and Clay Pot Rice Noodles
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Summary: Fengyi Ancient Town in Dali is home to Fengming Mosque and a local Hui Muslim food scene shaped by Yunnan streets and everyday community life. This account covers the mosque visit and clay pot rice noodles while keeping the original sequence and images.
I rode my bike 10 kilometers east from Xiaguan in Dali to reach the ancient town of Fengyi, where I visited the century-old Fengming Mosque.
As the seat of Zhaozhou since the Yuan Dynasty, Fengyi Town has long been home to Hui Muslims, who built an old mosque on South Street. After 1872, the Hui Muslims of Fengyi died or fled, and the South Street mosque was burned down. For the next 50 years, the few remaining Hui Muslims in Fengyi could only perform their worship at the home of Mu Benren on West Street. At that time, the second floor of the Mu family home was the prayer room, while the first floor served as a scripture hall where a teacher (laoshi) named Luo Wusuo from Zhihua taught the scriptures.
During this period, the Hui Muslims of Fengyi kept raising money to rebuild their mosque. Finally, Yang Chaozhu, who had served as a military commander in Guangxi, asked the Fengyi county magistrate for help, bought land from the Wu family in Yaojia Lane, and worked with local community leaders to fund and build the Fengming Mosque in 1922. After 2001, the main prayer hall (Chaozhen Dian) was expanded from three rooms to five, giving it the appearance it has today.
The plaque inscribed with the words "Zhong Gu Yi Xi" was donated by Ding Guotai from Shaanxi when the mosque was built in 1922.
While walking around the ancient town of Fengyi, I ate a bowl of clay pot rice noodles (shaguo mixian) served with the local staple side dish of pickled radish.
Summary: Fengyi Ancient Town in Dali is home to Fengming Mosque and a local Hui Muslim food scene shaped by Yunnan streets and everyday community life. This account covers the mosque visit and clay pot rice noodles while keeping the original sequence and images.
I rode my bike 10 kilometers east from Xiaguan in Dali to reach the ancient town of Fengyi, where I visited the century-old Fengming Mosque.
As the seat of Zhaozhou since the Yuan Dynasty, Fengyi Town has long been home to Hui Muslims, who built an old mosque on South Street. After 1872, the Hui Muslims of Fengyi died or fled, and the South Street mosque was burned down. For the next 50 years, the few remaining Hui Muslims in Fengyi could only perform their worship at the home of Mu Benren on West Street. At that time, the second floor of the Mu family home was the prayer room, while the first floor served as a scripture hall where a teacher (laoshi) named Luo Wusuo from Zhihua taught the scriptures.
During this period, the Hui Muslims of Fengyi kept raising money to rebuild their mosque. Finally, Yang Chaozhu, who had served as a military commander in Guangxi, asked the Fengyi county magistrate for help, bought land from the Wu family in Yaojia Lane, and worked with local community leaders to fund and build the Fengming Mosque in 1922. After 2001, the main prayer hall (Chaozhen Dian) was expanded from three rooms to five, giving it the appearance it has today.
The plaque inscribed with the words "Zhong Gu Yi Xi" was donated by Ding Guotai from Shaanxi when the mosque was built in 1922.
While walking around the ancient town of Fengyi, I ate a bowl of clay pot rice noodles (shaguo mixian) served with the local staple side dish of pickled radish.
