Niujie Mosque
The Niujie Mosque, also known as the Oxen Street House of Worship, or the Oxen Street Mosque, is the oldest mosque in Beijing, China. It was built in 996 CE during the Liao dynasty, destroyed during the Mongol conquest of China, was rebuilt during the 15th century, and was reconstructed and enlarged during the 17th century, under the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Beijing
- Also known as: “Niujie Libaisi” and “Niujie Street Mosque”
- Address: 牛街 18
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fayuan Temple and Xuanwu Hospital of the Capital Medical University.
Fayuan Temple
Buddhist temple
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The Fayuan Temple, situated in the southwest quarter of central Beijing, is one of the city's oldest and most renowned Buddhist temples. Fayuan Temple is situated 460 metres east of Niujie Mosque.
Xuanwu Hospital of the Capital Medical University
Hospital
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xuanwu Hospital of the Capital Medical University is situated 690 metres north of Niujie Mosque.
Changchun Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Zeus1234, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beijing Changchun Temple is a Buddhist temple in Xuanwu District, Beijing, China. The temple also houses the Xuanwu Cultural Museum. Changchun Temple is situated 800 metres north of Niujie Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xicheng and Chongwen.
Xicheng
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Xicheng District is a district in central Beijing. Visitors come here for the Houhai area to join the bar and restaurant cluster by the lake or to explore the remains of the wealthier part of historical Beijing nearby.
Chongwen
Chongwen, formerly Chongwen District, is an area in Beijing. Its main attraction is the Temple of Heaven.
Central Dongcheng
Photo: XtoF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dongcheng District is in Beijing. It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city. Most visitors to the city will come here to visit both Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace.
Niujie Mosque
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.88446° or 39° 53′ 4″ northLongitude
116.35841° or 116° 21′ 30″ eastElevation
54 metres (177 feet)Open location code
8PFRV9M5+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 30784907OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Niujie Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد نيوجيه”
- Bashkir: “Нюцзе мәсете”
- Bengali: “নিউজি মসজিদ”
- Bengali: “নিউজিয়ে মসজিদ”
- Chinese: “牛街礼拜寺”
- Czech: “Mešita Niou-ťie”
- Dutch: “Niujiemoskee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد نيوجيه”
- Esperanto: “Moskeo Njuĝjie”
- Finnish: “Niujien moskeija”
- French: “mosquée de Niujie”
- French: “Mosquée de Niujie”
- German: “Niujie-Moschee”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Niujie”
- Italian: “moschea di Niujie”
- Italian: “Moschea di Niujie”
- Japanese: “牛街清真寺”
- Javanese: “Masjid Niujie”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Niujie”
- Malay: “Masjid Niujie”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Niujie-moskéen”
- Norwegian: “Niujie-moskéen”
- Persian: “مسجد نیوجی”
- Polish: “Meczet Niujie”
- Romanian: “Moscheea Niujie”
- Russian: “Нюцзе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Džamija Niujie”
- Spanish: “Mezquita de Niujie”
- Tatar: “Нюцзе мәчете”
- Thai: “มัสยิดหนิวเจีย”
- Turkish: “Niujie Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Нюцзе”
- Urdu: “نیوجی مسجد”
- Urdu: “نیوجیہ مسجد”
- Uzbek: “Niuji masjidi”
- Western Mari: “Нюцзе мечеть”
- Western Panjabi: “نیوجیہ مسجد”
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