Linxia City - The Mosques and Mausoleums of Linxia City

The Mosques and Mausoleums of Linxia City

Linxia City has over 80 mosques, built in a variety of architectural styles. There are also a number of gongbei shrines centered around graves of Sufi masters.

• Machang Mosque, of the Xidaotang organization

• Chengjiao Mosque

• Suoma Mosque

• Dongguan Mosque

• A mosque in Huancheng Xi Lu

• SW of Xin Xi Lu

• Hua Si

• Laouhua Mosque

• Xinhua Mosque

• Qianheyan Mosque

• Xia Ershe Mosque, with a pagoda-style minaret

• Tiejia Mosque

• Hanjia Mosque

• Shuiquan Mosque

• Nanguan Mosque

Linxia City's major gongbei shrine complexes are:

• Da Gongbei (大拱北, "The Great Gongbei"), next to Hongyuan Park northwest of the city center. Centered around the mausoleum of Qi Jingyi (1656–1719), it is the main center of the Qadiriyyah Sufi school in China.
• Tai Baba Gongbei (太爸爸拱北), on the west side. It is built around the mausoleum of Ma Tai Baba ("The Great Father Ma", 1632–1709), a disciple of Khoja Afaq and the teacher of Ma Laichi.
• Hua Si Gongbei (华寺拱北), on the west side. It includes the mausoleum of Ma Laichi (马来迟) and a large mosque (Hua Si, or Multicolored Mosque).
• Yu Baba Gongbei (榆爸爸拱北), also known as Bei Chengjiao Gongbei ("The Gongbei at the Northern Corner of the City Wall"), north of the city center.

There are also a number of smaller gongbeis throughout the city.