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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Nanguan Mosque''' is one of the largest mosques in Arabic style in [[Ningxia]], It first built outside Nanguan (sou gate) of [[Yinchuan]] at the end of the [[Ming Dynasty]]. Destroyed in the 1960s, it was rebuilt in 1981. <br />
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The mosque covers an area of about 10,000 sq. m. Its main hall is 26 m tall, facing the east. It has a large green dome in the center, measuring nine meters in diameter; and four small green domes on the four corners, measuring three meters in diameter, each topped by a sword-hilt-like object, known in Chinese as the “treasure bottle” with a crescent atop. The major hall can accommodate 1,300 people. The big dome has 24 skylights. There are also 19 palace lanterns hanging on the roof. On the walls are magnolia-shaped lamps.<br />
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On the first floor of the main hall are bathrooms, minor worship halls, women’s worship halls, the Imam’s dormitory, and reception rooms, all linked by winding corridors. In the center is a fountain measuring 15 m in diameter, surrounded by wooden rails. On both sides of the main hall are two minarets, each 30 m tall. <br />
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In recent years, heads of government, envoys and friends from over 90 countries and regions worldwide have visited the mosque.<br />
[[File:Nanguan Mosque.jpg|thumb|Nanguan Mosque]]<br />
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