Honey Mosque

Honey Mosque

The Honey Mosque is a cultural relic protection unit of Jilin Province.

The Honey Mosque is located in Honey Village, Huji Hui Ethnic Township, Jiutai City, Changchun, and is classified as a modern important historical site and representative building.

Honey Village became a Hui ethnic settlement during the 18th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1679), when a single-story mosque was built on the southern bank of the river near the current location of the mosque. In the first year of the Xuantong reign (1909), it was flooded. Local Hui people raised funds to rebuild it, constructing an imposing and magnificent structure with exquisite craftsmanship. The main prayer hall could accommodate three to four hundred worshippers. Behind the main hall is the “Moon-Viewing Tower,” which has two floors and is connected to the main hall. The upper windows of the Moon-Viewing Tower feature large blue square bricks inscribed with eight large characters: “Ritual sculptures precede heaven, the ancient faith of Islam.” The mosque includes an ablution room for Muslims to perform ritual purification. The color scheme of the mosque is greenish-blue, and there is a white marble stele inscribed with text on the front that records the foundation boundaries of the mosque from the Kangxi era, the names of donors and land contributors, as well as the extent of the donated lands. The back of the stele is inscribed at the top with the Arabic phrase “Du‘a.” On the eve of liberation, in addition to regular religious income, the mosque owned 82 hectares of farmland and 15 hectares of willow groves, yielding an annual rent of 123 dan of grain. During the Cultural Revolution, the mosque suffered severe damage. In 1985, it was repaired with government funding. Currently, there are two imams leading prayers. Every Friday (Jumu'ah), worshippers joyfully come here for prayers, and during the three major Islamic festivals, the number can reach fifty or sixty people.

The Honey Mosque is a seventh batch provincial-level cultural relic protection unit.

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