Dungan Mosque

Dungan Mosque, along with Holy Trinity Church, is one of the most interesting places in Karakol city. Dungan mosque is connected with the large Dungan diaspora in Karakol with a history of over 100 years.

Chinese Muslims in China in 1877 A civil war broke out between supporters of traditional Chinese religions. China's Muslims have been subjected to all kinds of harassment, and as such, more than 300,000 people are from the Tien Shan mountains, where many of them have settled, including Karakol. They had to flee to Kyrgyzstan. These Chinese Muslims were called Dungan, and that's how they are called to this day. After settling in the city, the Dungans decided to build a mosque for themselves. a famous architect from Beijing Zhou-Si was invited. The mosque was built for more than 3 years and has an important distinguishing feature: the wooden structures of the temple were connected without a single nail. and they remain intact and unprotected even after 120 years.