Changzhou Mosque, Islamic religious center in Tianning District, China
Changzhou Mosque stands at the southeast corner of the Gongyuan Road and Shuanggui Fang junction in Tianning District, on a 1,354-square-metre site. The building is Islamic in style, with six main floors and eight in part, a total floor area of 4,800 square metres, a dome 36 metres high and a 51-metre minaret on one side. It holds up to 800 worshippers.
The building was constructed in 2006 at its present location after the community had moved it several times before. This final establishment at the Gongyuan Road intersection gave the congregation a permanent home after years of relocation.
The mosque is also known as Shuanggui Fang Mosque, after its location at the southeast corner of Gongyuan Road and Shuanggui Fang. It was founded in the early Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty by Yang Lianchuan, a prefectural judge of Changzhou, who gave up his residence for it; it was first called Zhenjiao Temple. The lane east of the old site, Chizi Xiang, was also called Huihui Tang Lane because of the mosque.
The mosque is located southwest of Changzhou Railway Station and is accessible by public transportation. Visitors should know that some areas are reserved for worshippers and appropriate clothing is expected when entering.
The mosque is also called Shuanggui Fang Mosque after its crossroads location. It was founded in the early Ming Hongwu era by Yang Lianchuan, a Changzhou prefecture judge, who gave up his own residence for it; the first name was Zhenjiao Temple. Its former site faced the west gate of today's People's Park.
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