Tengcheng Mosque in Tengchong County, Baoshan
Chinese Name: 腾冲腾城清真寺
English Name: Tengcheng Mosque in Tengchong County, Baoshan
Chinese Address: 腾冲腾城清真寺位于云南省腾冲县城无古村
Tengcheng Mosque is located in Wugucun, Tengchong County, Yunnan Province. The mosque has complete buildings and is relatively large in scale. It also has an affiliated hotel.
Scale and Structure: The Tengcheng Mosque has complete buildings and is relatively large in scale. The economic conditions are also relatively good. The county Islamic Association is located in the mosque.
Surroundings: The mosque has an affiliated hotel, originally named “Tengchong County Second Hotel,” which was privately owned by overseas Chinese. It has now been donated to the Hui people of the entire county and is managed by the mosque. The annual net profit can reach over ten thousand yuan. This fund is used to repair properties of mosques throughout the county and to support the establishment of schools by the mosque.
Geography and Transportation: The Tengcheng Mosque is located in Wugucun, Tengchong County, Yunnan Province. Tengchong is located in the southwestern part of Yunnan, close to the China-Myanmar border. The climate is hot, with abundant rainfall and beautiful scenery. There are about 600 Hui people in the county.
(Note: The term “Hui” refers to a Chinese ethnic group predominantly practicing Islam.)
