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Sweat Tenggeli temple Xinjiang Urumchi of China

Sweat Tenggeli temple Xinjiang Urumchi of China

Write: Gottfried [2011-05-23]

Lie in the south gate of Urumchi. Because the temple is located in the south gate, so gain the name in the large temple of south gate. Go on, rebuild 1902, before the 1987, imprison at the foundation of the mosque extending in original the south, use the name of today instead The sweat Tenggeli (king s meaning in king) ,Urban larger the intersection of the Uygur nationality and mosque one of.

The large temple after rebuilding, it is overlooking to lie in the south gate, sit in the west eastwards, the appearance is magnificent, handsome in appearance, four tall and big steeples, is clustering round the large middle dome, both sides have besides two pieces of small calotte that set off, have strong and refined Islamic architectural styles.

The large temple is the tower building type wholly, made up of 4 floors, two storeys of underground, two storeys on the ground; The ground floor is the temple store, two storeys namely ground floor, it is the life house of the temple, the third storey is Prayer Hall, four storeys are the teaching building of class of study of Confucian classics. The style of the whole temple is lucid and lively, the strong Islamic artistic style is integrated in modernized building, the tower building of the vault, the pinnacle of a pagoda of crescent moon, solemn, solemn, grand, magnificent, noticeable.