Niujie Mosque

The magnificent Niujie Mosque is the oldest and the largest mosque in Beijing area, also one of the famous mosques in the world.It is originally built in 996 AD that initiated by an Arabic scholar Nasuruddin. The mosque was named as "Libaisi" by the emperor in 1474. The mosque has a strictly central axel balanced layout covering near 10,000 square meters area and becomes a Chinese featured mosque with classical Arabic mosque and Chinese royal palace flavor. Refurbishments have been implemented for Niujie Mosque under 4 large scale goverment invested projects since new China founded in 1949. Niujie Mosque is reserved as the Key Point of Cultural Heritage & Relic under the State-Level Protection by the State Council since Jan 13, 1988.