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Qingshui Hedong Mosque

清水河东清真寺
📍 Xunhua · Qingshui Township 🏛️ Ming–Qing dynasties 👥 Village congregation, several hundred

📜 About & history

A historic Salar mosque on the bend of the Qingshui (Clear Water) river, renowned for the exquisite wood carving covering the main hall's doors, windows, walls, beams and coffered ceiling. It belongs to the Salar mosque architecture group made a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit on 5 March 2013.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Salar)

Daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah with a Salar imam; recitation in Arabic, sermons in Salar and Chinese.

📍 Address

Hedong, Qingshui Township, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, Haidong, Qinghai
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 青海省海东市循化撒拉族自治县清水乡河东村

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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Reach by taxi or car from Xunhua county town; Qingshui lies along the Yellow River east of Jishi town.

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From the Arab districts

From the Salar county town near Jiezi Mosque, take a short taxi ride east to Qingshui.

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From downtown

About 10–15 km east of Xunhua (Jishi) town along the Yellow River valley.

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Useful tip

Prized among Salar mosques for woodwork; Salar spoken locally, halal food throughout Xunhua.