Chai Wan Mosque

Coordinates: 22°15′34″N 114°13′59″E / 22.25944°N 114.23306°E / 22.25944; 114.23306

Chai Wan Mosque
柴灣清真寺
Basic information
Location Chai Wan, Hong Kong
 People's Republic of China
Affiliation Sunni Islam
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Completed 4 August 1963[1]

The Chai Wan Mosque (Chinese: 柴灣清真寺) or Cape Collinson Mosque is a mosque in Chai Wan, Hong Kong, China.[2] It is the fifth mosque built in Hong Kong.

History

To compensate the resumption of cemetery and a small mosque in Ho Man Tin in 1963, the British Hong Kong government provided a land for cemetery in Cape Collinson and constructed a small mosque called the Chai Wan Mosque which was opened on 4 August 1963 and was primarily used to offer funeral prayer. Initially regular prayers were not held there because the mosque was located in a very isolated area and no Muslims lived there except for a caretaker. However, as more and more Muslim families settled in Chai Wan, they started to perform their daily prayers at the mosque. The Incorporated Trustees of the Islamic Community Fund of Hong Kong had also renovated the entire building in 2005 and air conditioners had been installed in the main prayer hall.

On 17 May 2010, the Advisory Board of Antiques and Monuments Office designated the mosque as a Grade 3 historic building.

Architecture

The mosque main space is mainly devoted to three prayer halls with luxurious white marble finishing.[3] Outside the prayer hall is an open space suitable for small religious gatherings.

People and community

The Imam for the mosque are Chinese Muslims from or with origins from Mainland China or Taiwan.[4] Chinese Muslims gather at the Halal Chinese restaurant at the mosque to enjoy social life.[3]

Transportation

The mosque is accessible within walking distance South West from Chai Wan Station of the MTR.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wai-Yip Ho (7 June 2013). Islam and China's Hong Kong: Ethnic Identity, Muslim Networks and the New Silk Road. Routledge. pp. 32–. ISBN 1-134-09807-3.
  2. ↑ "Masjids / Islamic Centres in Hong Kong". Islam.org.hk. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  3. 1 2 Ho Wai-yip. "Contested Mosques in Hong Kong" (PDF). Space and Architecture. openaccess.leidenuniv.nl: 14. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  4. ↑ Saeed Saeed (11 July 2013). "Explore Hong Kong's muslim enclave". The National. Retrieved 17 February 2016.


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