Huaisheng Mosque

The Huaisheng Mosque (怀 圣 寺/怀 圣 寺, Huaishengsi, English Huaisheng Mosque / Lighthouse Mosque ) on the street called Guangta Lu in Guangzhou (Canton), China, is considered the oldest mosque in China. It was built in the 7th century in the Tang Dynasty. The Chinese name Huaisheng means that it was built to commemorate Muhammad, the founder of the religion of Islam, built.

More Chinese names are Guangtasi光 塔寺, Huaisheng Guangtasi怀 圣光 塔寺and Longfengsi龙凤 寺.

Your cylindrical brick minaret with the Chinese name Guangta (光塔"Pagoda of Light" or " Smooth Pagoda"; Cantonese Kwang- tba ) is over 36 meters high and striking - a Chinese curio - designed Arabic. The minaret stood on the riverbank and also served as a beacon for ships on the Pearl River.

The Islamic missionary Abu Waqqas, one of the companions and companions of the Prophet Mohammed has been associated with the founding of the mosque during the reign era Yonghui (永徽Yǒnghuī, 650-655 ) of the Tang Emperor Gaozong唐高宗(r. 649-683 ) in conjunction probably they may have been but founded in the early Tang Dynasty by Arab merchants.

The present building dates from the Qing period. After a fire in the middle of the 14th century, the mosque was rebuilt. She has also since been restored several times.

Mosque and minaret tangzeitliches (怀 圣 寺 光塔, Huaishengsi Guangta ) are since 1996 on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 4-85 ).