Guangzhou Huaisheng Mosque Minaret Road is located in Yuexiu District, No. 56, was listed as the provincial key cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province. Huaisheng Mosque, also known as the Lion Temple, commonly known as light pagoda, one of China's four ancient mosque, is China's oldest mosque building. Since the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou is the main port of China's overseas trade, when most wealthy Arab Guangzhou, their support of the local government built a large mosque Dehong regulation, namely pregnant with today's Holy Temple, Temple expressed named Chinese and foreign Christians to respect the memory of the Prophet Muhammad and from. The temple prayer hall placed in front of the hospital atrium, which is around the gallery with three, Zhong Yan Xie Shan green glass, with brackets of classical architecture, standing majestically on a large platform with a carved stone balustrade, it shows the noble hall majestic, carved stone balustrade panel is different, gourd, fan, canopy, flowers, lions, fish and other things, extremely lively. Bright white interior hall, with wooden floors and sliding doors on three sides, hall decoration, though small, but very clean and generous.

Huaisheng Mosque temple faces south, which covers an area of ​​2966 square meters, has three doors turn the spindle line, look on floor, house of worship and scripture library; minaret in the southwest corner of the temple, as well as corridors and pavilion. Minaret 36.3 meters built in the Tang Dynasty, high brick masonry, cylindrical tower, collection points upward, sand-lime finishing coat, rectangular lighting aperture open tower, tower equipped with two spiral staircase, bis ladder around the tower core circled, each leading to the top. Rooster original overhead, can be rotated to the wind direction shown, out of the hurricane early fall. Bonding tooth top line foot brick, the pointed top puzzle, rebuilt 1934. This tower is one of the oldest architectural monuments existing domestic Islamic most unique.

Hall

Under the hall Liang inscription:. "Tang Dynasty Yuan Ding Ding Hai age once built, four years from Xinwei Third Year of reconstruction Yi Hai March twenty days of the Republic," "Qing Kang Xi thirty-four-year-old Yi Hai times the twelfth lunar month on the 17th-ethylhexyl rebuild again. "In addition to the main hall, there Mochizuki, something promenade, Canon room, pavilion, Minaret (minaret) and other buildings. The temple covers an area of ​​4.5 acres, total construction area of ​​1553 square meters, of which the main hall building area of ​​400 square meters. Huaisheng Mosque minarets famous, is valuable architectural monuments. Minaret entire masonry brick, the main walls, both inside and outside à gray, flat circular construction. Before and after two, each with a Dengdao, two circled corridor opposite to the outlet of the first layer on top of the sink deck. There are some small circular tower that fly to Phoenix in the middle of the platform in the first originally Rooster. Rooster or Phoenix is ​​the theme of classical architecture like to use.

To the Ming Dynasty, the tower Rooster has been repeatedly blown hurricane. After the repair, Kangxi eight years (1669), and re-blown hurricane, then later changed to hoist ding, olive recent change. The tower above the ground portion of the total height of 35.7 meters, according to experts examined now that the tower section below the soil buried there a few meters. Ancient records say about 16.5 feet high tower. The tower's because for too long, has already started now increasingly inclined, in case of an earthquake, the upper part of the small tower will inevitably crash. This ancient circular brick tower, and the use of brick Dengdao circled, indeed very prominent in our ancient buildings. Our brick pagoda, the most ancient, such as the Tang Dynasty more than a square, a drum-shaped building, with wooden floor and down the ladder. Coming generations, only tower multi-purpose octagonal tile and brick Dengdao law, but workers build simple, sophisticated technology and dual circular corridor minarets, far can not be compared. Our technical experts believe Dengdao mosque minarets, influence and improve the brick pagoda in China's construction technology, engineering technology in the history of our country is not a trivial matter. Minaret about the building's problems, has not yet been finalized, there is that of the Tang Dynasty, have to say on behalf of, but also said the reconstruction of the Yuan Dynasty. Yuan positive years of the existing temple (1350) from Guo Jia "reconstruction Huaisheng Temple monument" and the south side letter Ru "the South China Sea 100 Odes", south Yue Ke, "Cheng history" believe was built in the Tang Dynasty, more credible. Temple parishioners about 2O00 households, 600O people, mostly Muslim, pursue Gedi state religion ceremony. Temple possession of the Yuan Dynasty to the Republic of husband, Arabic monument, plaque total of more than 40 parties. Huaisheng Mosque frequent travelers at home and abroad to visit the temple or worship. At the same time, many Muslim countries received high-level delegation. In recent years, the monastery himself a delegation to visit Iran, Malaysia and other countries and Hong Kong.

Minaret

Minaret is located in the southwest corner of the temple gates official name "Santa pregnant," because Christians often cries in chanting "banca (call meaning)" in the top of the tower in Arabic, also known as "banca floor." In Cantonese in "state" and "light" homonym, additional tower is located in Pearl River, suspended overhead lights at night when Tang to and from the navigation of the vessel, so called "minaret" or "fan tower."

This tower built in the Schedule of years, with Arabic style, 36 meters high, masonry brick, round bottom, coated with sand lime, a rectangular column body orifice opening for light. There are two spiral staircase tower around the tower through overhead heart. Bonding with the column top outlet brick tooth foot, above the original Rooster stand, it may be rotated to the wind direction shown, were blown hurricane early Ming, 1934 spire change rebuilt brick.

Scenic Area Address: Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province Minaret Road 56

Car lines: Guangzhou city by bus in 56, 58, etc. Minaret Road station to get off.