Tuogu Mosque, a 1730 timber mosque that came through the Ludian quake
Tuogu village, Taoyuan Hui township, Ludian County
Work on Tuogu began in 1730 and it grew over the following decades into one of Yunnan's five great old mosques, known locally as the 'ancestral mosque'. It's laid out like a Chinese temple, with courtyards, a screen wall and a prayer hall on 36 columns. The Huanxing tower, named for the call to prayer, is joined with mortise and tenon and no nails. The mosque came through the 6.5-magnitude Ludian earthquake of 2014 undamaged and sits among fields about 10 km east of Ludian town.
What locals sayVisitors are most surprised that a Chinese-style wooden mosque survived the 2014 earthquake intact.
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- 1 hour · Outside prayer times
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- 拖姑清真寺
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Based on what locals and regular visitors share, checked against current sources · Updated September 2026. Details change — check opening times locally.
