Chengdu Huangcheng Mosque

The Chengdu Huangcheng Mosque (Chinese: 成都皇城清真寺; pinyin: Chéngdū Huángchéng Qīngzhēnsì) is a mosque in Qingyang District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. It is the largest mosque in Sichuan.Huangcheng means Palace Wall because of the mosque location near to a palace of a dynasty in the local history of Sichuan, thus the mosque was name such.The mosque was originally constructed in the 16th century. It was first rebuilt in 1858. In 1917, it was heavily damaged during a war. Subsequently, the size was reduced from 6,600 m2 to 5,000 m2 due to financial constraint. The mosque stands at its current site since November 1998.