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Tracing the Roots of Ningxia's Sufi Heritage: The History and Architecture of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei
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Tracing the History of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei in Ningxia: The Spiritual Seat and Architectural Record of the Khufiyya Sufi Order Predecessors
Abstract:
A 54-photo and text documentation diving deep into the exploration of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei and Honggang Gangzi Gongbei. Tracing the historical lineage of the Khufiyya Sufi order taking root and preaching in Ningxia, documenting the solemn gongbei mausoleums, scripture hall brick carvings, and the cultural landscape of surrounding Hui Muslim villages.
Zhongwan Liye Gongbei (Khufiyya Sufi Order)
The Honggang Gangzi Gongbei (associated with Master Hong Shoulin) is the first-generation missionary of the Ningxia Khufiyya Sufi order. Amin!
Zhongwan Liye Religious Activity Venue Registration Certificate
Introduction to Liye:
Liye was profoundly knowledgeable; his character was of the highest virtue, renowned across mountains and rivers. His spiritual cultivation reached the rank of a 'wali' (friend of Allah), a shining star of the Khufiyya Sufi order. Liye's given name: Li Changyu, Islamic name: Muhammad Wangas. Religious title: Yahaozu Rezu Sheih Maolainai, Kebiliuli; and Laimayi, Muhammad Wangas; praise be to Allah; Xinrehfuni; and Zui Zi. Ancestral home: Zhongwan Natural Village, Laoya Administrative Village, Zhengqi Township, Haiyuan County, Ningxia. He was the first 'khalifa' (successor) appointed by Master Hong (Hong Shoulin). Other appointed successors included Master Zhou of Tongxin (name: Zhou Zhaoren), Master Ding of Haiyuan (name: Ding Wanming), and Old Master Ershiya—the grandson of Old Master Liangzhouzhuang of Datong, Qinghai (Old Master Ershiya only initiated slightly over 100 people in his lifetime, including the grandson of Zhongwan Liye: Master Li Wenli, Master Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu). Liye completed three periods of spiritual seclusion ('chilla') at Honggang Gangzi in Tongxin; (according to the historical tracking of our editor, passed down by senior elders, the exact dates of the first two seclusions are unknown). In 1920, during his third seclusion, right as he emerged from the seclusion room, Master Hong (Hong Shoulin) told Liye to return home. Liye was physically weak and reluctant to leave, but Master Hong said: 'Hurry home, people in the south are waiting for you.' Three days after Liye returned home, the great Haiyuan earthquake struck. Liye was born in 1858, in the traditional Chinese imperial year: the 8th year of Xianfeng under the Qing dynasty, the Wuwu year (Year of the Horse). He returned to the truth (passed away) in 1921 on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month, living to the age of 63. Amin!
Our editor has excerpted records from the internet of the Quranic texts studied by Liye; Amin!
Liye's Hat (According to oral history passed down by elders: this hat was brought back from Mecca by the Seventh Old Master and distributed to Liye)
The knife used by Zhongwan Liye for slaughtering cattle
Liye's stationary box used for writing scripture scrolls
Liye's sajda mat (used for prayer/salah)
Liye Gongbei Bronze Incense Burner: Distributed by Li Yanqing (Haji)
Liye's Bagua Pavilion
Do you recognize all of these old masters (preachers)? Amin!
A commemorative photo of Master Hong Weizong and Master Li Wenjie taken in 1992 (Master Hong came to Laoya to preach). Photographed by Shuangwa on the South Mountain.
Master Bai Geda and Master Li Yanxue of Zhongwan at the 2007 completion celebration of the Liye Gongbei
Group photo of the Seventh Master and the Zhongwan Liye family on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month in 2007
In 2012, Li Cungui, researchers from the Second Northwest University for Nationalities and the Ningda Institute of Social and Ethnic Sciences came together to Mullah Li Wenjiang's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Photographed by Li Chengyu
Li Cungui, Professor Ma Jianfu from the University for Nationalities; Ningda graduate student; Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and Li Chenggang came to Zhou's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Hearing that Master Li Yanxue—the great-grandson of Zhongwan Liye—had come to visit, Zhou's granddaughter-in-law (who is blind) repeatedly said: 'Liye is the senior martial brother of Master Zhou.' She then reached into her clothes and shook out over one hundred yuan in saved-up money, giving it all to Master Li, the great-grandson of Liye.
Lecturing on the missionary journeys of Liye, Master Zhou, and Master Ding.
The 2012 Liye History Tracking Team visiting the Zhou Gongbei
Professor Ma Jianfu lecturing his students on the Khufiyya Sufi order at the Zhou Gongbei. Photographed in 2012 by Li Chengyu
The grandson of Master Zhou and Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Liye), along with Li Chenggang, exchanging stories about the history of Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding after completing an 'ayliya/meal prayer' (Dua/Dhikr gathering). Photographed in 2011 by Li Chengyu
In 2011, Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Zhongwan Liye) and Li Chenggang finished an ayliya gathering at the home of Master Ding's grandfather, and asked him about the history of Old Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding. Li Chenggang asked Master Ding's grandfather: 'Some people nowadays refuse to acknowledge that Zhongwan Liye was appointed as a 'khalifa' by Master Hong Shoulin.' Master Ding's grandfather replied: 'Children must not talk nonsense; whoever makes such claims is responsible for them. In our Khufiyya order, the Master of Liangzhouzhuang appointed two khalifas in Tongxin and Haiyuan counties: Liye of Haiyuan; while Master Hong of Tongxin appointed three khalifas: Zhongwan Liye of Haiyuan, Master Zhou of Tongxin, and Master Ding of Haiyuan. Before Master Hong returned to the truth, he said that religious teachings were reaching a time of weakness, and that we would stop with Ding. Master Hong sent his personal seal to the Daliang Gongbei, saying that forty years later someone would come to retrieve it. Forty years later, Master Weizong went to Daliang Gongbei to claim the seal.' Master Ding also said: 'In 1982, Master Li Wenjie and I were eating youxiang (traditional golden fried dough cakes) in Jiatang and discussing how the two of us should sort out and write down some history, but then he got sick, and we never saw each other again.'
Searching for historical truth is so difficult!! Amin!
Professor Ma Jianfu, Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and the graduate students from the University for Nationalities and Ningda tracing Liye's history at the home of Haji Li Yanqing. According to Haji Li Yanqing, he was serving as an accountant in Laoya Administrative Village at the time, and a working group dispatched by Haiyuan County stayed at his house and confiscated Zhongwan Liye's seal (the missionary seal).
Master Li Yanxue prepared a lavish plate of dapanji (spicy big plate chicken) for the Liye History Tracking Team
In 2012, led by Professor Ma Jianfu, visiting the Liye Gongbei for academic inspection and grave visitation
Professor Ma Jianfu and Li Cungui paying their respects at the Liye Gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex). Photographed by Li Chengyu in 2012.
After the Cultural Revolution, masters Li Wenlin, Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu rebuilt the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) for their grandfather, Elder Li.
After finishing the *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at Liye Gongbei, Professor Ma and many students (*studani* / religious seekers) went to study the history of Liye's missionary work.
Students from the Second Ethnic Minority Normal School and graduate students from Ningxia University taking photos at Liye Gongbei.
Holding an *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall) on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016.
Visiting and paying respects at Liye Gongbei.
The president of the Ningxia Yiguang Alumni Association and Master Li Yanxue posing for a commemorative photo at the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei.
Imam He from Xishan visiting the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall).
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016, Master Li Yanxue (great-grandson of Liye) and imams from the Yiguang Association went to the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) to pay their respects.
Master Li Yanxue and the imams visiting the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei to pay their respects. Amin! (Amen!) view all
Tracing the History of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei in Ningxia: The Spiritual Seat and Architectural Record of the Khufiyya Sufi Order Predecessors
Abstract:
A 54-photo and text documentation diving deep into the exploration of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei and Honggang Gangzi Gongbei. Tracing the historical lineage of the Khufiyya Sufi order taking root and preaching in Ningxia, documenting the solemn gongbei mausoleums, scripture hall brick carvings, and the cultural landscape of surrounding Hui Muslim villages.
Zhongwan Liye Gongbei (Khufiyya Sufi Order)
The Honggang Gangzi Gongbei (associated with Master Hong Shoulin) is the first-generation missionary of the Ningxia Khufiyya Sufi order. Amin!
Zhongwan Liye Religious Activity Venue Registration Certificate
Introduction to Liye:
Liye was profoundly knowledgeable; his character was of the highest virtue, renowned across mountains and rivers. His spiritual cultivation reached the rank of a 'wali' (friend of Allah), a shining star of the Khufiyya Sufi order. Liye's given name: Li Changyu, Islamic name: Muhammad Wangas. Religious title: Yahaozu Rezu Sheih Maolainai, Kebiliuli; and Laimayi, Muhammad Wangas; praise be to Allah; Xinrehfuni; and Zui Zi. Ancestral home: Zhongwan Natural Village, Laoya Administrative Village, Zhengqi Township, Haiyuan County, Ningxia. He was the first 'khalifa' (successor) appointed by Master Hong (Hong Shoulin). Other appointed successors included Master Zhou of Tongxin (name: Zhou Zhaoren), Master Ding of Haiyuan (name: Ding Wanming), and Old Master Ershiya—the grandson of Old Master Liangzhouzhuang of Datong, Qinghai (Old Master Ershiya only initiated slightly over 100 people in his lifetime, including the grandson of Zhongwan Liye: Master Li Wenli, Master Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu). Liye completed three periods of spiritual seclusion ('chilla') at Honggang Gangzi in Tongxin; (according to the historical tracking of our editor, passed down by senior elders, the exact dates of the first two seclusions are unknown). In 1920, during his third seclusion, right as he emerged from the seclusion room, Master Hong (Hong Shoulin) told Liye to return home. Liye was physically weak and reluctant to leave, but Master Hong said: 'Hurry home, people in the south are waiting for you.' Three days after Liye returned home, the great Haiyuan earthquake struck. Liye was born in 1858, in the traditional Chinese imperial year: the 8th year of Xianfeng under the Qing dynasty, the Wuwu year (Year of the Horse). He returned to the truth (passed away) in 1921 on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month, living to the age of 63. Amin!
Our editor has excerpted records from the internet of the Quranic texts studied by Liye; Amin!
Liye's Hat (According to oral history passed down by elders: this hat was brought back from Mecca by the Seventh Old Master and distributed to Liye)
The knife used by Zhongwan Liye for slaughtering cattle
Liye's stationary box used for writing scripture scrolls
Liye's sajda mat (used for prayer/salah)
Liye Gongbei Bronze Incense Burner: Distributed by Li Yanqing (Haji)
Liye's Bagua Pavilion
Do you recognize all of these old masters (preachers)? Amin!
A commemorative photo of Master Hong Weizong and Master Li Wenjie taken in 1992 (Master Hong came to Laoya to preach). Photographed by Shuangwa on the South Mountain.
Master Bai Geda and Master Li Yanxue of Zhongwan at the 2007 completion celebration of the Liye Gongbei
Group photo of the Seventh Master and the Zhongwan Liye family on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month in 2007
In 2012, Li Cungui, researchers from the Second Northwest University for Nationalities and the Ningda Institute of Social and Ethnic Sciences came together to Mullah Li Wenjiang's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Photographed by Li Chengyu
Li Cungui, Professor Ma Jianfu from the University for Nationalities; Ningda graduate student; Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and Li Chenggang came to Zhou's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Hearing that Master Li Yanxue—the great-grandson of Zhongwan Liye—had come to visit, Zhou's granddaughter-in-law (who is blind) repeatedly said: 'Liye is the senior martial brother of Master Zhou.' She then reached into her clothes and shook out over one hundred yuan in saved-up money, giving it all to Master Li, the great-grandson of Liye.
Lecturing on the missionary journeys of Liye, Master Zhou, and Master Ding.
The 2012 Liye History Tracking Team visiting the Zhou Gongbei
Professor Ma Jianfu lecturing his students on the Khufiyya Sufi order at the Zhou Gongbei. Photographed in 2012 by Li Chengyu
The grandson of Master Zhou and Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Liye), along with Li Chenggang, exchanging stories about the history of Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding after completing an 'ayliya/meal prayer' (Dua/Dhikr gathering). Photographed in 2011 by Li Chengyu
In 2011, Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Zhongwan Liye) and Li Chenggang finished an ayliya gathering at the home of Master Ding's grandfather, and asked him about the history of Old Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding. Li Chenggang asked Master Ding's grandfather: 'Some people nowadays refuse to acknowledge that Zhongwan Liye was appointed as a 'khalifa' by Master Hong Shoulin.' Master Ding's grandfather replied: 'Children must not talk nonsense; whoever makes such claims is responsible for them. In our Khufiyya order, the Master of Liangzhouzhuang appointed two khalifas in Tongxin and Haiyuan counties: Liye of Haiyuan; while Master Hong of Tongxin appointed three khalifas: Zhongwan Liye of Haiyuan, Master Zhou of Tongxin, and Master Ding of Haiyuan. Before Master Hong returned to the truth, he said that religious teachings were reaching a time of weakness, and that we would stop with Ding. Master Hong sent his personal seal to the Daliang Gongbei, saying that forty years later someone would come to retrieve it. Forty years later, Master Weizong went to Daliang Gongbei to claim the seal.' Master Ding also said: 'In 1982, Master Li Wenjie and I were eating youxiang (traditional golden fried dough cakes) in Jiatang and discussing how the two of us should sort out and write down some history, but then he got sick, and we never saw each other again.'
Searching for historical truth is so difficult!! Amin!
Professor Ma Jianfu, Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and the graduate students from the University for Nationalities and Ningda tracing Liye's history at the home of Haji Li Yanqing. According to Haji Li Yanqing, he was serving as an accountant in Laoya Administrative Village at the time, and a working group dispatched by Haiyuan County stayed at his house and confiscated Zhongwan Liye's seal (the missionary seal).
Master Li Yanxue prepared a lavish plate of dapanji (spicy big plate chicken) for the Liye History Tracking Team
In 2012, led by Professor Ma Jianfu, visiting the Liye Gongbei for academic inspection and grave visitation
Professor Ma Jianfu and Li Cungui paying their respects at the Liye Gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex). Photographed by Li Chengyu in 2012.
After the Cultural Revolution, masters Li Wenlin, Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu rebuilt the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) for their grandfather, Elder Li.
After finishing the *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at Liye Gongbei, Professor Ma and many students (*studani* / religious seekers) went to study the history of Liye's missionary work.
Students from the Second Ethnic Minority Normal School and graduate students from Ningxia University taking photos at Liye Gongbei.
Holding an *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall) on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016.
Visiting and paying respects at Liye Gongbei.
The president of the Ningxia Yiguang Alumni Association and Master Li Yanxue posing for a commemorative photo at the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei.
Imam He from Xishan visiting the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall).
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016, Master Li Yanxue (great-grandson of Liye) and imams from the Yiguang Association went to the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) to pay their respects.
Master Li Yanxue and the imams visiting the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei to pay their respects. Amin! (Amen!) view all
[Internet Repost]
Tracing the History of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei in Ningxia: The Spiritual Seat and Architectural Record of the Khufiyya Sufi Order Predecessors
Abstract:
A 54-photo and text documentation diving deep into the exploration of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei and Honggang Gangzi Gongbei. Tracing the historical lineage of the Khufiyya Sufi order taking root and preaching in Ningxia, documenting the solemn gongbei mausoleums, scripture hall brick carvings, and the cultural landscape of surrounding Hui Muslim villages.
Zhongwan Liye Gongbei (Khufiyya Sufi Order)
The Honggang Gangzi Gongbei (associated with Master Hong Shoulin) is the first-generation missionary of the Ningxia Khufiyya Sufi order. Amin!
Zhongwan Liye Religious Activity Venue Registration Certificate
Introduction to Liye:
Liye was profoundly knowledgeable; his character was of the highest virtue, renowned across mountains and rivers. His spiritual cultivation reached the rank of a 'wali' (friend of Allah), a shining star of the Khufiyya Sufi order. Liye's given name: Li Changyu, Islamic name: Muhammad Wangas. Religious title: Yahaozu Rezu Sheih Maolainai, Kebiliuli; and Laimayi, Muhammad Wangas; praise be to Allah; Xinrehfuni; and Zui Zi. Ancestral home: Zhongwan Natural Village, Laoya Administrative Village, Zhengqi Township, Haiyuan County, Ningxia. He was the first 'khalifa' (successor) appointed by Master Hong (Hong Shoulin). Other appointed successors included Master Zhou of Tongxin (name: Zhou Zhaoren), Master Ding of Haiyuan (name: Ding Wanming), and Old Master Ershiya—the grandson of Old Master Liangzhouzhuang of Datong, Qinghai (Old Master Ershiya only initiated slightly over 100 people in his lifetime, including the grandson of Zhongwan Liye: Master Li Wenli, Master Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu). Liye completed three periods of spiritual seclusion ('chilla') at Honggang Gangzi in Tongxin; (according to the historical tracking of our editor, passed down by senior elders, the exact dates of the first two seclusions are unknown). In 1920, during his third seclusion, right as he emerged from the seclusion room, Master Hong (Hong Shoulin) told Liye to return home. Liye was physically weak and reluctant to leave, but Master Hong said: 'Hurry home, people in the south are waiting for you.' Three days after Liye returned home, the great Haiyuan earthquake struck. Liye was born in 1858, in the traditional Chinese imperial year: the 8th year of Xianfeng under the Qing dynasty, the Wuwu year (Year of the Horse). He returned to the truth (passed away) in 1921 on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month, living to the age of 63. Amin!
Our editor has excerpted records from the internet of the Quranic texts studied by Liye; Amin!
Liye's Hat (According to oral history passed down by elders: this hat was brought back from Mecca by the Seventh Old Master and distributed to Liye)
The knife used by Zhongwan Liye for slaughtering cattle
Liye's stationary box used for writing scripture scrolls
Liye's sajda mat (used for prayer/salah)
Liye Gongbei Bronze Incense Burner: Distributed by Li Yanqing (Haji)
Liye's Bagua Pavilion
Do you recognize all of these old masters (preachers)? Amin!
A commemorative photo of Master Hong Weizong and Master Li Wenjie taken in 1992 (Master Hong came to Laoya to preach). Photographed by Shuangwa on the South Mountain.
Master Bai Geda and Master Li Yanxue of Zhongwan at the 2007 completion celebration of the Liye Gongbei
Group photo of the Seventh Master and the Zhongwan Liye family on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month in 2007
In 2012, Li Cungui, researchers from the Second Northwest University for Nationalities and the Ningda Institute of Social and Ethnic Sciences came together to Mullah Li Wenjiang's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Photographed by Li Chengyu
Li Cungui, Professor Ma Jianfu from the University for Nationalities; Ningda graduate student; Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and Li Chenggang came to Zhou's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Hearing that Master Li Yanxue—the great-grandson of Zhongwan Liye—had come to visit, Zhou's granddaughter-in-law (who is blind) repeatedly said: 'Liye is the senior martial brother of Master Zhou.' She then reached into her clothes and shook out over one hundred yuan in saved-up money, giving it all to Master Li, the great-grandson of Liye.
Lecturing on the missionary journeys of Liye, Master Zhou, and Master Ding.
The 2012 Liye History Tracking Team visiting the Zhou Gongbei
Professor Ma Jianfu lecturing his students on the Khufiyya Sufi order at the Zhou Gongbei. Photographed in 2012 by Li Chengyu
The grandson of Master Zhou and Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Liye), along with Li Chenggang, exchanging stories about the history of Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding after completing an 'ayliya/meal prayer' (Dua/Dhikr gathering). Photographed in 2011 by Li Chengyu
In 2011, Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Zhongwan Liye) and Li Chenggang finished an ayliya gathering at the home of Master Ding's grandfather, and asked him about the history of Old Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding. Li Chenggang asked Master Ding's grandfather: 'Some people nowadays refuse to acknowledge that Zhongwan Liye was appointed as a 'khalifa' by Master Hong Shoulin.' Master Ding's grandfather replied: 'Children must not talk nonsense; whoever makes such claims is responsible for them. In our Khufiyya order, the Master of Liangzhouzhuang appointed two khalifas in Tongxin and Haiyuan counties: Liye of Haiyuan; while Master Hong of Tongxin appointed three khalifas: Zhongwan Liye of Haiyuan, Master Zhou of Tongxin, and Master Ding of Haiyuan. Before Master Hong returned to the truth, he said that religious teachings were reaching a time of weakness, and that we would stop with Ding. Master Hong sent his personal seal to the Daliang Gongbei, saying that forty years later someone would come to retrieve it. Forty years later, Master Weizong went to Daliang Gongbei to claim the seal.' Master Ding also said: 'In 1982, Master Li Wenjie and I were eating youxiang (traditional golden fried dough cakes) in Jiatang and discussing how the two of us should sort out and write down some history, but then he got sick, and we never saw each other again.'
Searching for historical truth is so difficult!! Amin!
Professor Ma Jianfu, Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and the graduate students from the University for Nationalities and Ningda tracing Liye's history at the home of Haji Li Yanqing. According to Haji Li Yanqing, he was serving as an accountant in Laoya Administrative Village at the time, and a working group dispatched by Haiyuan County stayed at his house and confiscated Zhongwan Liye's seal (the missionary seal).
Master Li Yanxue prepared a lavish plate of dapanji (spicy big plate chicken) for the Liye History Tracking Team
In 2012, led by Professor Ma Jianfu, visiting the Liye Gongbei for academic inspection and grave visitation
Professor Ma Jianfu and Li Cungui paying their respects at the Liye Gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex). Photographed by Li Chengyu in 2012.
After the Cultural Revolution, masters Li Wenlin, Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu rebuilt the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) for their grandfather, Elder Li.
After finishing the *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at Liye Gongbei, Professor Ma and many students (*studani* / religious seekers) went to study the history of Liye's missionary work.
Students from the Second Ethnic Minority Normal School and graduate students from Ningxia University taking photos at Liye Gongbei.
Holding an *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall) on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016.
Visiting and paying respects at Liye Gongbei.
The president of the Ningxia Yiguang Alumni Association and Master Li Yanxue posing for a commemorative photo at the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei.
Imam He from Xishan visiting the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall).
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016, Master Li Yanxue (great-grandson of Liye) and imams from the Yiguang Association went to the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) to pay their respects.
Master Li Yanxue and the imams visiting the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei to pay their respects. Amin! (Amen!)
Tracing the History of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei in Ningxia: The Spiritual Seat and Architectural Record of the Khufiyya Sufi Order Predecessors
Abstract:
A 54-photo and text documentation diving deep into the exploration of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei and Honggang Gangzi Gongbei. Tracing the historical lineage of the Khufiyya Sufi order taking root and preaching in Ningxia, documenting the solemn gongbei mausoleums, scripture hall brick carvings, and the cultural landscape of surrounding Hui Muslim villages.
Zhongwan Liye Gongbei (Khufiyya Sufi Order)
The Honggang Gangzi Gongbei (associated with Master Hong Shoulin) is the first-generation missionary of the Ningxia Khufiyya Sufi order. Amin!
Zhongwan Liye Religious Activity Venue Registration Certificate
Introduction to Liye:
Liye was profoundly knowledgeable; his character was of the highest virtue, renowned across mountains and rivers. His spiritual cultivation reached the rank of a 'wali' (friend of Allah), a shining star of the Khufiyya Sufi order. Liye's given name: Li Changyu, Islamic name: Muhammad Wangas. Religious title: Yahaozu Rezu Sheih Maolainai, Kebiliuli; and Laimayi, Muhammad Wangas; praise be to Allah; Xinrehfuni; and Zui Zi. Ancestral home: Zhongwan Natural Village, Laoya Administrative Village, Zhengqi Township, Haiyuan County, Ningxia. He was the first 'khalifa' (successor) appointed by Master Hong (Hong Shoulin). Other appointed successors included Master Zhou of Tongxin (name: Zhou Zhaoren), Master Ding of Haiyuan (name: Ding Wanming), and Old Master Ershiya—the grandson of Old Master Liangzhouzhuang of Datong, Qinghai (Old Master Ershiya only initiated slightly over 100 people in his lifetime, including the grandson of Zhongwan Liye: Master Li Wenli, Master Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu). Liye completed three periods of spiritual seclusion ('chilla') at Honggang Gangzi in Tongxin; (according to the historical tracking of our editor, passed down by senior elders, the exact dates of the first two seclusions are unknown). In 1920, during his third seclusion, right as he emerged from the seclusion room, Master Hong (Hong Shoulin) told Liye to return home. Liye was physically weak and reluctant to leave, but Master Hong said: 'Hurry home, people in the south are waiting for you.' Three days after Liye returned home, the great Haiyuan earthquake struck. Liye was born in 1858, in the traditional Chinese imperial year: the 8th year of Xianfeng under the Qing dynasty, the Wuwu year (Year of the Horse). He returned to the truth (passed away) in 1921 on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month, living to the age of 63. Amin!
Our editor has excerpted records from the internet of the Quranic texts studied by Liye; Amin!
Liye's Hat (According to oral history passed down by elders: this hat was brought back from Mecca by the Seventh Old Master and distributed to Liye)
The knife used by Zhongwan Liye for slaughtering cattle
Liye's stationary box used for writing scripture scrolls
Liye's sajda mat (used for prayer/salah)
Liye Gongbei Bronze Incense Burner: Distributed by Li Yanqing (Haji)
Liye's Bagua Pavilion
Do you recognize all of these old masters (preachers)? Amin!
A commemorative photo of Master Hong Weizong and Master Li Wenjie taken in 1992 (Master Hong came to Laoya to preach). Photographed by Shuangwa on the South Mountain.
Master Bai Geda and Master Li Yanxue of Zhongwan at the 2007 completion celebration of the Liye Gongbei
Group photo of the Seventh Master and the Zhongwan Liye family on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month in 2007
In 2012, Li Cungui, researchers from the Second Northwest University for Nationalities and the Ningda Institute of Social and Ethnic Sciences came together to Mullah Li Wenjiang's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Photographed by Li Chengyu
Li Cungui, Professor Ma Jianfu from the University for Nationalities; Ningda graduate student; Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and Li Chenggang came to Zhou's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Hearing that Master Li Yanxue—the great-grandson of Zhongwan Liye—had come to visit, Zhou's granddaughter-in-law (who is blind) repeatedly said: 'Liye is the senior martial brother of Master Zhou.' She then reached into her clothes and shook out over one hundred yuan in saved-up money, giving it all to Master Li, the great-grandson of Liye.
Lecturing on the missionary journeys of Liye, Master Zhou, and Master Ding.
The 2012 Liye History Tracking Team visiting the Zhou Gongbei
Professor Ma Jianfu lecturing his students on the Khufiyya Sufi order at the Zhou Gongbei. Photographed in 2012 by Li Chengyu
The grandson of Master Zhou and Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Liye), along with Li Chenggang, exchanging stories about the history of Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding after completing an 'ayliya/meal prayer' (Dua/Dhikr gathering). Photographed in 2011 by Li Chengyu
In 2011, Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Zhongwan Liye) and Li Chenggang finished an ayliya gathering at the home of Master Ding's grandfather, and asked him about the history of Old Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding. Li Chenggang asked Master Ding's grandfather: 'Some people nowadays refuse to acknowledge that Zhongwan Liye was appointed as a 'khalifa' by Master Hong Shoulin.' Master Ding's grandfather replied: 'Children must not talk nonsense; whoever makes such claims is responsible for them. In our Khufiyya order, the Master of Liangzhouzhuang appointed two khalifas in Tongxin and Haiyuan counties: Liye of Haiyuan; while Master Hong of Tongxin appointed three khalifas: Zhongwan Liye of Haiyuan, Master Zhou of Tongxin, and Master Ding of Haiyuan. Before Master Hong returned to the truth, he said that religious teachings were reaching a time of weakness, and that we would stop with Ding. Master Hong sent his personal seal to the Daliang Gongbei, saying that forty years later someone would come to retrieve it. Forty years later, Master Weizong went to Daliang Gongbei to claim the seal.' Master Ding also said: 'In 1982, Master Li Wenjie and I were eating youxiang (traditional golden fried dough cakes) in Jiatang and discussing how the two of us should sort out and write down some history, but then he got sick, and we never saw each other again.'
Searching for historical truth is so difficult!! Amin!
Professor Ma Jianfu, Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and the graduate students from the University for Nationalities and Ningda tracing Liye's history at the home of Haji Li Yanqing. According to Haji Li Yanqing, he was serving as an accountant in Laoya Administrative Village at the time, and a working group dispatched by Haiyuan County stayed at his house and confiscated Zhongwan Liye's seal (the missionary seal).
Master Li Yanxue prepared a lavish plate of dapanji (spicy big plate chicken) for the Liye History Tracking Team
In 2012, led by Professor Ma Jianfu, visiting the Liye Gongbei for academic inspection and grave visitation
Professor Ma Jianfu and Li Cungui paying their respects at the Liye Gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex). Photographed by Li Chengyu in 2012.
After the Cultural Revolution, masters Li Wenlin, Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu rebuilt the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) for their grandfather, Elder Li.
After finishing the *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at Liye Gongbei, Professor Ma and many students (*studani* / religious seekers) went to study the history of Liye's missionary work.
Students from the Second Ethnic Minority Normal School and graduate students from Ningxia University taking photos at Liye Gongbei.
Holding an *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall) on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016.
Visiting and paying respects at Liye Gongbei.
The president of the Ningxia Yiguang Alumni Association and Master Li Yanxue posing for a commemorative photo at the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei.
Imam He from Xishan visiting the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall).
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016, Master Li Yanxue (great-grandson of Liye) and imams from the Yiguang Association went to the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) to pay their respects.
Master Li Yanxue and the imams visiting the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei to pay their respects. Amin! (Amen!)
Tracing the Roots of Ningxia's Sufi Heritage: The History and Architecture of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei
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Tracing the History of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei in Ningxia: The Spiritual Seat and Architectural Record of the Khufiyya Sufi Order Predecessors
Abstract:
A 54-photo and text documentation diving deep into the exploration of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei and Honggang Gangzi Gongbei. Tracing the historical lineage of the Khufiyya Sufi order taking root and preaching in Ningxia, documenting the solemn gongbei mausoleums, scripture hall brick carvings, and the cultural landscape of surrounding Hui Muslim villages.
Zhongwan Liye Gongbei (Khufiyya Sufi Order)
The Honggang Gangzi Gongbei (associated with Master Hong Shoulin) is the first-generation missionary of the Ningxia Khufiyya Sufi order. Amin!
Zhongwan Liye Religious Activity Venue Registration Certificate
Introduction to Liye:
Liye was profoundly knowledgeable; his character was of the highest virtue, renowned across mountains and rivers. His spiritual cultivation reached the rank of a 'wali' (friend of Allah), a shining star of the Khufiyya Sufi order. Liye's given name: Li Changyu, Islamic name: Muhammad Wangas. Religious title: Yahaozu Rezu Sheih Maolainai, Kebiliuli; and Laimayi, Muhammad Wangas; praise be to Allah; Xinrehfuni; and Zui Zi. Ancestral home: Zhongwan Natural Village, Laoya Administrative Village, Zhengqi Township, Haiyuan County, Ningxia. He was the first 'khalifa' (successor) appointed by Master Hong (Hong Shoulin). Other appointed successors included Master Zhou of Tongxin (name: Zhou Zhaoren), Master Ding of Haiyuan (name: Ding Wanming), and Old Master Ershiya—the grandson of Old Master Liangzhouzhuang of Datong, Qinghai (Old Master Ershiya only initiated slightly over 100 people in his lifetime, including the grandson of Zhongwan Liye: Master Li Wenli, Master Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu). Liye completed three periods of spiritual seclusion ('chilla') at Honggang Gangzi in Tongxin; (according to the historical tracking of our editor, passed down by senior elders, the exact dates of the first two seclusions are unknown). In 1920, during his third seclusion, right as he emerged from the seclusion room, Master Hong (Hong Shoulin) told Liye to return home. Liye was physically weak and reluctant to leave, but Master Hong said: 'Hurry home, people in the south are waiting for you.' Three days after Liye returned home, the great Haiyuan earthquake struck. Liye was born in 1858, in the traditional Chinese imperial year: the 8th year of Xianfeng under the Qing dynasty, the Wuwu year (Year of the Horse). He returned to the truth (passed away) in 1921 on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month, living to the age of 63. Amin!
Our editor has excerpted records from the internet of the Quranic texts studied by Liye; Amin!
Liye's Hat (According to oral history passed down by elders: this hat was brought back from Mecca by the Seventh Old Master and distributed to Liye)
The knife used by Zhongwan Liye for slaughtering cattle
Liye's stationary box used for writing scripture scrolls
Liye's sajda mat (used for prayer/salah)
Liye Gongbei Bronze Incense Burner: Distributed by Li Yanqing (Haji)
Liye's Bagua Pavilion
Do you recognize all of these old masters (preachers)? Amin!
A commemorative photo of Master Hong Weizong and Master Li Wenjie taken in 1992 (Master Hong came to Laoya to preach). Photographed by Shuangwa on the South Mountain.
Master Bai Geda and Master Li Yanxue of Zhongwan at the 2007 completion celebration of the Liye Gongbei
Group photo of the Seventh Master and the Zhongwan Liye family on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month in 2007
In 2012, Li Cungui, researchers from the Second Northwest University for Nationalities and the Ningda Institute of Social and Ethnic Sciences came together to Mullah Li Wenjiang's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Photographed by Li Chengyu
Li Cungui, Professor Ma Jianfu from the University for Nationalities; Ningda graduate student; Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and Li Chenggang came to Zhou's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Hearing that Master Li Yanxue—the great-grandson of Zhongwan Liye—had come to visit, Zhou's granddaughter-in-law (who is blind) repeatedly said: 'Liye is the senior martial brother of Master Zhou.' She then reached into her clothes and shook out over one hundred yuan in saved-up money, giving it all to Master Li, the great-grandson of Liye.
Lecturing on the missionary journeys of Liye, Master Zhou, and Master Ding.
The 2012 Liye History Tracking Team visiting the Zhou Gongbei
Professor Ma Jianfu lecturing his students on the Khufiyya Sufi order at the Zhou Gongbei. Photographed in 2012 by Li Chengyu
The grandson of Master Zhou and Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Liye), along with Li Chenggang, exchanging stories about the history of Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding after completing an 'ayliya/meal prayer' (Dua/Dhikr gathering). Photographed in 2011 by Li Chengyu
In 2011, Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Zhongwan Liye) and Li Chenggang finished an ayliya gathering at the home of Master Ding's grandfather, and asked him about the history of Old Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding. Li Chenggang asked Master Ding's grandfather: 'Some people nowadays refuse to acknowledge that Zhongwan Liye was appointed as a 'khalifa' by Master Hong Shoulin.' Master Ding's grandfather replied: 'Children must not talk nonsense; whoever makes such claims is responsible for them. In our Khufiyya order, the Master of Liangzhouzhuang appointed two khalifas in Tongxin and Haiyuan counties: Liye of Haiyuan; while Master Hong of Tongxin appointed three khalifas: Zhongwan Liye of Haiyuan, Master Zhou of Tongxin, and Master Ding of Haiyuan. Before Master Hong returned to the truth, he said that religious teachings were reaching a time of weakness, and that we would stop with Ding. Master Hong sent his personal seal to the Daliang Gongbei, saying that forty years later someone would come to retrieve it. Forty years later, Master Weizong went to Daliang Gongbei to claim the seal.' Master Ding also said: 'In 1982, Master Li Wenjie and I were eating youxiang (traditional golden fried dough cakes) in Jiatang and discussing how the two of us should sort out and write down some history, but then he got sick, and we never saw each other again.'
Searching for historical truth is so difficult!! Amin!
Professor Ma Jianfu, Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and the graduate students from the University for Nationalities and Ningda tracing Liye's history at the home of Haji Li Yanqing. According to Haji Li Yanqing, he was serving as an accountant in Laoya Administrative Village at the time, and a working group dispatched by Haiyuan County stayed at his house and confiscated Zhongwan Liye's seal (the missionary seal).
Master Li Yanxue prepared a lavish plate of dapanji (spicy big plate chicken) for the Liye History Tracking Team
In 2012, led by Professor Ma Jianfu, visiting the Liye Gongbei for academic inspection and grave visitation
Professor Ma Jianfu and Li Cungui paying their respects at the Liye Gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex). Photographed by Li Chengyu in 2012.
After the Cultural Revolution, masters Li Wenlin, Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu rebuilt the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) for their grandfather, Elder Li.
After finishing the *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at Liye Gongbei, Professor Ma and many students (*studani* / religious seekers) went to study the history of Liye's missionary work.
Students from the Second Ethnic Minority Normal School and graduate students from Ningxia University taking photos at Liye Gongbei.
Holding an *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall) on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016.
Visiting and paying respects at Liye Gongbei.
The president of the Ningxia Yiguang Alumni Association and Master Li Yanxue posing for a commemorative photo at the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei.
Imam He from Xishan visiting the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall).
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016, Master Li Yanxue (great-grandson of Liye) and imams from the Yiguang Association went to the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) to pay their respects.
Master Li Yanxue and the imams visiting the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei to pay their respects. Amin! (Amen!) view all
Tracing the History of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei in Ningxia: The Spiritual Seat and Architectural Record of the Khufiyya Sufi Order Predecessors
Abstract:
A 54-photo and text documentation diving deep into the exploration of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei and Honggang Gangzi Gongbei. Tracing the historical lineage of the Khufiyya Sufi order taking root and preaching in Ningxia, documenting the solemn gongbei mausoleums, scripture hall brick carvings, and the cultural landscape of surrounding Hui Muslim villages.
Zhongwan Liye Gongbei (Khufiyya Sufi Order)
The Honggang Gangzi Gongbei (associated with Master Hong Shoulin) is the first-generation missionary of the Ningxia Khufiyya Sufi order. Amin!
Zhongwan Liye Religious Activity Venue Registration Certificate
Introduction to Liye:
Liye was profoundly knowledgeable; his character was of the highest virtue, renowned across mountains and rivers. His spiritual cultivation reached the rank of a 'wali' (friend of Allah), a shining star of the Khufiyya Sufi order. Liye's given name: Li Changyu, Islamic name: Muhammad Wangas. Religious title: Yahaozu Rezu Sheih Maolainai, Kebiliuli; and Laimayi, Muhammad Wangas; praise be to Allah; Xinrehfuni; and Zui Zi. Ancestral home: Zhongwan Natural Village, Laoya Administrative Village, Zhengqi Township, Haiyuan County, Ningxia. He was the first 'khalifa' (successor) appointed by Master Hong (Hong Shoulin). Other appointed successors included Master Zhou of Tongxin (name: Zhou Zhaoren), Master Ding of Haiyuan (name: Ding Wanming), and Old Master Ershiya—the grandson of Old Master Liangzhouzhuang of Datong, Qinghai (Old Master Ershiya only initiated slightly over 100 people in his lifetime, including the grandson of Zhongwan Liye: Master Li Wenli, Master Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu). Liye completed three periods of spiritual seclusion ('chilla') at Honggang Gangzi in Tongxin; (according to the historical tracking of our editor, passed down by senior elders, the exact dates of the first two seclusions are unknown). In 1920, during his third seclusion, right as he emerged from the seclusion room, Master Hong (Hong Shoulin) told Liye to return home. Liye was physically weak and reluctant to leave, but Master Hong said: 'Hurry home, people in the south are waiting for you.' Three days after Liye returned home, the great Haiyuan earthquake struck. Liye was born in 1858, in the traditional Chinese imperial year: the 8th year of Xianfeng under the Qing dynasty, the Wuwu year (Year of the Horse). He returned to the truth (passed away) in 1921 on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month, living to the age of 63. Amin!
Our editor has excerpted records from the internet of the Quranic texts studied by Liye; Amin!
Liye's Hat (According to oral history passed down by elders: this hat was brought back from Mecca by the Seventh Old Master and distributed to Liye)
The knife used by Zhongwan Liye for slaughtering cattle
Liye's stationary box used for writing scripture scrolls
Liye's sajda mat (used for prayer/salah)
Liye Gongbei Bronze Incense Burner: Distributed by Li Yanqing (Haji)
Liye's Bagua Pavilion
Do you recognize all of these old masters (preachers)? Amin!
A commemorative photo of Master Hong Weizong and Master Li Wenjie taken in 1992 (Master Hong came to Laoya to preach). Photographed by Shuangwa on the South Mountain.
Master Bai Geda and Master Li Yanxue of Zhongwan at the 2007 completion celebration of the Liye Gongbei
Group photo of the Seventh Master and the Zhongwan Liye family on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month in 2007
In 2012, Li Cungui, researchers from the Second Northwest University for Nationalities and the Ningda Institute of Social and Ethnic Sciences came together to Mullah Li Wenjiang's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Photographed by Li Chengyu
Li Cungui, Professor Ma Jianfu from the University for Nationalities; Ningda graduate student; Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and Li Chenggang came to Zhou's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Hearing that Master Li Yanxue—the great-grandson of Zhongwan Liye—had come to visit, Zhou's granddaughter-in-law (who is blind) repeatedly said: 'Liye is the senior martial brother of Master Zhou.' She then reached into her clothes and shook out over one hundred yuan in saved-up money, giving it all to Master Li, the great-grandson of Liye.
Lecturing on the missionary journeys of Liye, Master Zhou, and Master Ding.
The 2012 Liye History Tracking Team visiting the Zhou Gongbei
Professor Ma Jianfu lecturing his students on the Khufiyya Sufi order at the Zhou Gongbei. Photographed in 2012 by Li Chengyu
The grandson of Master Zhou and Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Liye), along with Li Chenggang, exchanging stories about the history of Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding after completing an 'ayliya/meal prayer' (Dua/Dhikr gathering). Photographed in 2011 by Li Chengyu
In 2011, Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Zhongwan Liye) and Li Chenggang finished an ayliya gathering at the home of Master Ding's grandfather, and asked him about the history of Old Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding. Li Chenggang asked Master Ding's grandfather: 'Some people nowadays refuse to acknowledge that Zhongwan Liye was appointed as a 'khalifa' by Master Hong Shoulin.' Master Ding's grandfather replied: 'Children must not talk nonsense; whoever makes such claims is responsible for them. In our Khufiyya order, the Master of Liangzhouzhuang appointed two khalifas in Tongxin and Haiyuan counties: Liye of Haiyuan; while Master Hong of Tongxin appointed three khalifas: Zhongwan Liye of Haiyuan, Master Zhou of Tongxin, and Master Ding of Haiyuan. Before Master Hong returned to the truth, he said that religious teachings were reaching a time of weakness, and that we would stop with Ding. Master Hong sent his personal seal to the Daliang Gongbei, saying that forty years later someone would come to retrieve it. Forty years later, Master Weizong went to Daliang Gongbei to claim the seal.' Master Ding also said: 'In 1982, Master Li Wenjie and I were eating youxiang (traditional golden fried dough cakes) in Jiatang and discussing how the two of us should sort out and write down some history, but then he got sick, and we never saw each other again.'
Searching for historical truth is so difficult!! Amin!
Professor Ma Jianfu, Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and the graduate students from the University for Nationalities and Ningda tracing Liye's history at the home of Haji Li Yanqing. According to Haji Li Yanqing, he was serving as an accountant in Laoya Administrative Village at the time, and a working group dispatched by Haiyuan County stayed at his house and confiscated Zhongwan Liye's seal (the missionary seal).
Master Li Yanxue prepared a lavish plate of dapanji (spicy big plate chicken) for the Liye History Tracking Team
In 2012, led by Professor Ma Jianfu, visiting the Liye Gongbei for academic inspection and grave visitation
Professor Ma Jianfu and Li Cungui paying their respects at the Liye Gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex). Photographed by Li Chengyu in 2012.
After the Cultural Revolution, masters Li Wenlin, Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu rebuilt the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) for their grandfather, Elder Li.
After finishing the *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at Liye Gongbei, Professor Ma and many students (*studani* / religious seekers) went to study the history of Liye's missionary work.
Students from the Second Ethnic Minority Normal School and graduate students from Ningxia University taking photos at Liye Gongbei.
Holding an *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall) on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016.
Visiting and paying respects at Liye Gongbei.
The president of the Ningxia Yiguang Alumni Association and Master Li Yanxue posing for a commemorative photo at the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei.
Imam He from Xishan visiting the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall).
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016, Master Li Yanxue (great-grandson of Liye) and imams from the Yiguang Association went to the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) to pay their respects.
Master Li Yanxue and the imams visiting the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei to pay their respects. Amin! (Amen!) view all
[Internet Repost]
Tracing the History of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei in Ningxia: The Spiritual Seat and Architectural Record of the Khufiyya Sufi Order Predecessors
Abstract:
A 54-photo and text documentation diving deep into the exploration of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei and Honggang Gangzi Gongbei. Tracing the historical lineage of the Khufiyya Sufi order taking root and preaching in Ningxia, documenting the solemn gongbei mausoleums, scripture hall brick carvings, and the cultural landscape of surrounding Hui Muslim villages.
Zhongwan Liye Gongbei (Khufiyya Sufi Order)
The Honggang Gangzi Gongbei (associated with Master Hong Shoulin) is the first-generation missionary of the Ningxia Khufiyya Sufi order. Amin!
Zhongwan Liye Religious Activity Venue Registration Certificate
Introduction to Liye:
Liye was profoundly knowledgeable; his character was of the highest virtue, renowned across mountains and rivers. His spiritual cultivation reached the rank of a 'wali' (friend of Allah), a shining star of the Khufiyya Sufi order. Liye's given name: Li Changyu, Islamic name: Muhammad Wangas. Religious title: Yahaozu Rezu Sheih Maolainai, Kebiliuli; and Laimayi, Muhammad Wangas; praise be to Allah; Xinrehfuni; and Zui Zi. Ancestral home: Zhongwan Natural Village, Laoya Administrative Village, Zhengqi Township, Haiyuan County, Ningxia. He was the first 'khalifa' (successor) appointed by Master Hong (Hong Shoulin). Other appointed successors included Master Zhou of Tongxin (name: Zhou Zhaoren), Master Ding of Haiyuan (name: Ding Wanming), and Old Master Ershiya—the grandson of Old Master Liangzhouzhuang of Datong, Qinghai (Old Master Ershiya only initiated slightly over 100 people in his lifetime, including the grandson of Zhongwan Liye: Master Li Wenli, Master Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu). Liye completed three periods of spiritual seclusion ('chilla') at Honggang Gangzi in Tongxin; (according to the historical tracking of our editor, passed down by senior elders, the exact dates of the first two seclusions are unknown). In 1920, during his third seclusion, right as he emerged from the seclusion room, Master Hong (Hong Shoulin) told Liye to return home. Liye was physically weak and reluctant to leave, but Master Hong said: 'Hurry home, people in the south are waiting for you.' Three days after Liye returned home, the great Haiyuan earthquake struck. Liye was born in 1858, in the traditional Chinese imperial year: the 8th year of Xianfeng under the Qing dynasty, the Wuwu year (Year of the Horse). He returned to the truth (passed away) in 1921 on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month, living to the age of 63. Amin!
Our editor has excerpted records from the internet of the Quranic texts studied by Liye; Amin!
Liye's Hat (According to oral history passed down by elders: this hat was brought back from Mecca by the Seventh Old Master and distributed to Liye)
The knife used by Zhongwan Liye for slaughtering cattle
Liye's stationary box used for writing scripture scrolls
Liye's sajda mat (used for prayer/salah)
Liye Gongbei Bronze Incense Burner: Distributed by Li Yanqing (Haji)
Liye's Bagua Pavilion
Do you recognize all of these old masters (preachers)? Amin!
A commemorative photo of Master Hong Weizong and Master Li Wenjie taken in 1992 (Master Hong came to Laoya to preach). Photographed by Shuangwa on the South Mountain.
Master Bai Geda and Master Li Yanxue of Zhongwan at the 2007 completion celebration of the Liye Gongbei
Group photo of the Seventh Master and the Zhongwan Liye family on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month in 2007
In 2012, Li Cungui, researchers from the Second Northwest University for Nationalities and the Ningda Institute of Social and Ethnic Sciences came together to Mullah Li Wenjiang's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Photographed by Li Chengyu
Li Cungui, Professor Ma Jianfu from the University for Nationalities; Ningda graduate student; Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and Li Chenggang came to Zhou's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Hearing that Master Li Yanxue—the great-grandson of Zhongwan Liye—had come to visit, Zhou's granddaughter-in-law (who is blind) repeatedly said: 'Liye is the senior martial brother of Master Zhou.' She then reached into her clothes and shook out over one hundred yuan in saved-up money, giving it all to Master Li, the great-grandson of Liye.
Lecturing on the missionary journeys of Liye, Master Zhou, and Master Ding.
The 2012 Liye History Tracking Team visiting the Zhou Gongbei
Professor Ma Jianfu lecturing his students on the Khufiyya Sufi order at the Zhou Gongbei. Photographed in 2012 by Li Chengyu
The grandson of Master Zhou and Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Liye), along with Li Chenggang, exchanging stories about the history of Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding after completing an 'ayliya/meal prayer' (Dua/Dhikr gathering). Photographed in 2011 by Li Chengyu
In 2011, Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Zhongwan Liye) and Li Chenggang finished an ayliya gathering at the home of Master Ding's grandfather, and asked him about the history of Old Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding. Li Chenggang asked Master Ding's grandfather: 'Some people nowadays refuse to acknowledge that Zhongwan Liye was appointed as a 'khalifa' by Master Hong Shoulin.' Master Ding's grandfather replied: 'Children must not talk nonsense; whoever makes such claims is responsible for them. In our Khufiyya order, the Master of Liangzhouzhuang appointed two khalifas in Tongxin and Haiyuan counties: Liye of Haiyuan; while Master Hong of Tongxin appointed three khalifas: Zhongwan Liye of Haiyuan, Master Zhou of Tongxin, and Master Ding of Haiyuan. Before Master Hong returned to the truth, he said that religious teachings were reaching a time of weakness, and that we would stop with Ding. Master Hong sent his personal seal to the Daliang Gongbei, saying that forty years later someone would come to retrieve it. Forty years later, Master Weizong went to Daliang Gongbei to claim the seal.' Master Ding also said: 'In 1982, Master Li Wenjie and I were eating youxiang (traditional golden fried dough cakes) in Jiatang and discussing how the two of us should sort out and write down some history, but then he got sick, and we never saw each other again.'
Searching for historical truth is so difficult!! Amin!
Professor Ma Jianfu, Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and the graduate students from the University for Nationalities and Ningda tracing Liye's history at the home of Haji Li Yanqing. According to Haji Li Yanqing, he was serving as an accountant in Laoya Administrative Village at the time, and a working group dispatched by Haiyuan County stayed at his house and confiscated Zhongwan Liye's seal (the missionary seal).
Master Li Yanxue prepared a lavish plate of dapanji (spicy big plate chicken) for the Liye History Tracking Team
In 2012, led by Professor Ma Jianfu, visiting the Liye Gongbei for academic inspection and grave visitation
Professor Ma Jianfu and Li Cungui paying their respects at the Liye Gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex). Photographed by Li Chengyu in 2012.
After the Cultural Revolution, masters Li Wenlin, Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu rebuilt the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) for their grandfather, Elder Li.
After finishing the *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at Liye Gongbei, Professor Ma and many students (*studani* / religious seekers) went to study the history of Liye's missionary work.
Students from the Second Ethnic Minority Normal School and graduate students from Ningxia University taking photos at Liye Gongbei.
Holding an *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall) on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016.
Visiting and paying respects at Liye Gongbei.
The president of the Ningxia Yiguang Alumni Association and Master Li Yanxue posing for a commemorative photo at the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei.
Imam He from Xishan visiting the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall).
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016, Master Li Yanxue (great-grandson of Liye) and imams from the Yiguang Association went to the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) to pay their respects.
Master Li Yanxue and the imams visiting the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei to pay their respects. Amin! (Amen!)
Tracing the History of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei in Ningxia: The Spiritual Seat and Architectural Record of the Khufiyya Sufi Order Predecessors
Abstract:
A 54-photo and text documentation diving deep into the exploration of the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei and Honggang Gangzi Gongbei. Tracing the historical lineage of the Khufiyya Sufi order taking root and preaching in Ningxia, documenting the solemn gongbei mausoleums, scripture hall brick carvings, and the cultural landscape of surrounding Hui Muslim villages.
Zhongwan Liye Gongbei (Khufiyya Sufi Order)
The Honggang Gangzi Gongbei (associated with Master Hong Shoulin) is the first-generation missionary of the Ningxia Khufiyya Sufi order. Amin!
Zhongwan Liye Religious Activity Venue Registration Certificate
Introduction to Liye:
Liye was profoundly knowledgeable; his character was of the highest virtue, renowned across mountains and rivers. His spiritual cultivation reached the rank of a 'wali' (friend of Allah), a shining star of the Khufiyya Sufi order. Liye's given name: Li Changyu, Islamic name: Muhammad Wangas. Religious title: Yahaozu Rezu Sheih Maolainai, Kebiliuli; and Laimayi, Muhammad Wangas; praise be to Allah; Xinrehfuni; and Zui Zi. Ancestral home: Zhongwan Natural Village, Laoya Administrative Village, Zhengqi Township, Haiyuan County, Ningxia. He was the first 'khalifa' (successor) appointed by Master Hong (Hong Shoulin). Other appointed successors included Master Zhou of Tongxin (name: Zhou Zhaoren), Master Ding of Haiyuan (name: Ding Wanming), and Old Master Ershiya—the grandson of Old Master Liangzhouzhuang of Datong, Qinghai (Old Master Ershiya only initiated slightly over 100 people in his lifetime, including the grandson of Zhongwan Liye: Master Li Wenli, Master Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu). Liye completed three periods of spiritual seclusion ('chilla') at Honggang Gangzi in Tongxin; (according to the historical tracking of our editor, passed down by senior elders, the exact dates of the first two seclusions are unknown). In 1920, during his third seclusion, right as he emerged from the seclusion room, Master Hong (Hong Shoulin) told Liye to return home. Liye was physically weak and reluctant to leave, but Master Hong said: 'Hurry home, people in the south are waiting for you.' Three days after Liye returned home, the great Haiyuan earthquake struck. Liye was born in 1858, in the traditional Chinese imperial year: the 8th year of Xianfeng under the Qing dynasty, the Wuwu year (Year of the Horse). He returned to the truth (passed away) in 1921 on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month, living to the age of 63. Amin!
Our editor has excerpted records from the internet of the Quranic texts studied by Liye; Amin!
Liye's Hat (According to oral history passed down by elders: this hat was brought back from Mecca by the Seventh Old Master and distributed to Liye)
The knife used by Zhongwan Liye for slaughtering cattle
Liye's stationary box used for writing scripture scrolls
Liye's sajda mat (used for prayer/salah)
Liye Gongbei Bronze Incense Burner: Distributed by Li Yanqing (Haji)
Liye's Bagua Pavilion
Do you recognize all of these old masters (preachers)? Amin!
A commemorative photo of Master Hong Weizong and Master Li Wenjie taken in 1992 (Master Hong came to Laoya to preach). Photographed by Shuangwa on the South Mountain.
Master Bai Geda and Master Li Yanxue of Zhongwan at the 2007 completion celebration of the Liye Gongbei
Group photo of the Seventh Master and the Zhongwan Liye family on the 6th day of the 6th lunar month in 2007
In 2012, Li Cungui, researchers from the Second Northwest University for Nationalities and the Ningda Institute of Social and Ethnic Sciences came together to Mullah Li Wenjiang's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Photographed by Li Chengyu
Li Cungui, Professor Ma Jianfu from the University for Nationalities; Ningda graduate student; Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and Li Chenggang came to Zhou's home to trace the history of Zhongwan Liye. Hearing that Master Li Yanxue—the great-grandson of Zhongwan Liye—had come to visit, Zhou's granddaughter-in-law (who is blind) repeatedly said: 'Liye is the senior martial brother of Master Zhou.' She then reached into her clothes and shook out over one hundred yuan in saved-up money, giving it all to Master Li, the great-grandson of Liye.
Lecturing on the missionary journeys of Liye, Master Zhou, and Master Ding.
The 2012 Liye History Tracking Team visiting the Zhou Gongbei
Professor Ma Jianfu lecturing his students on the Khufiyya Sufi order at the Zhou Gongbei. Photographed in 2012 by Li Chengyu
The grandson of Master Zhou and Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Liye), along with Li Chenggang, exchanging stories about the history of Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding after completing an 'ayliya/meal prayer' (Dua/Dhikr gathering). Photographed in 2011 by Li Chengyu
In 2011, Master Li Yanxue (grandson of Zhongwan Liye) and Li Chenggang finished an ayliya gathering at the home of Master Ding's grandfather, and asked him about the history of Old Masters Li, Zhou, and Ding. Li Chenggang asked Master Ding's grandfather: 'Some people nowadays refuse to acknowledge that Zhongwan Liye was appointed as a 'khalifa' by Master Hong Shoulin.' Master Ding's grandfather replied: 'Children must not talk nonsense; whoever makes such claims is responsible for them. In our Khufiyya order, the Master of Liangzhouzhuang appointed two khalifas in Tongxin and Haiyuan counties: Liye of Haiyuan; while Master Hong of Tongxin appointed three khalifas: Zhongwan Liye of Haiyuan, Master Zhou of Tongxin, and Master Ding of Haiyuan. Before Master Hong returned to the truth, he said that religious teachings were reaching a time of weakness, and that we would stop with Ding. Master Hong sent his personal seal to the Daliang Gongbei, saying that forty years later someone would come to retrieve it. Forty years later, Master Weizong went to Daliang Gongbei to claim the seal.' Master Ding also said: 'In 1982, Master Li Wenjie and I were eating youxiang (traditional golden fried dough cakes) in Jiatang and discussing how the two of us should sort out and write down some history, but then he got sick, and we never saw each other again.'
Searching for historical truth is so difficult!! Amin!
Professor Ma Jianfu, Master Li Yanxue, Mullah Li Xinghui, and the graduate students from the University for Nationalities and Ningda tracing Liye's history at the home of Haji Li Yanqing. According to Haji Li Yanqing, he was serving as an accountant in Laoya Administrative Village at the time, and a working group dispatched by Haiyuan County stayed at his house and confiscated Zhongwan Liye's seal (the missionary seal).
Master Li Yanxue prepared a lavish plate of dapanji (spicy big plate chicken) for the Liye History Tracking Team
In 2012, led by Professor Ma Jianfu, visiting the Liye Gongbei for academic inspection and grave visitation
Professor Ma Jianfu and Li Cungui paying their respects at the Liye Gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex). Photographed by Li Chengyu in 2012.
After the Cultural Revolution, masters Li Wenlin, Li Wenjie, Li Wenshan, and Li Wenlu rebuilt the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) for their grandfather, Elder Li.
After finishing the *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at Liye Gongbei, Professor Ma and many students (*studani* / religious seekers) went to study the history of Liye's missionary work.
Students from the Second Ethnic Minority Normal School and graduate students from Ningxia University taking photos at Liye Gongbei.
Holding an *amal* (religious service / good deeds) at the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall) on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016.
Visiting and paying respects at Liye Gongbei.
The president of the Ningxia Yiguang Alumni Association and Master Li Yanxue posing for a commemorative photo at the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei.
Imam He from Xishan visiting the Zhongwan Daotang (Sufi teaching hall).
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2016, Master Li Yanxue (great-grandson of Liye) and imams from the Yiguang Association went to the gongbei (Sufi shrine / mausoleum complex) to pay their respects.
Master Li Yanxue and the imams visiting the Zhongwan Liye Gongbei to pay their respects. Amin! (Amen!)