Huaisheng Mosque — Wikipedia

The Huaisheng Mosque (simplified Chinese: 广州怀圣寺; traditional Chinese: 廣州懷聖寺; also known as the Lighthouse Mosque and the Great Mosque of Canton) is the main mosque of Guangzhou, located in the Yuexiu District, in the Guangdong Province of China. Rebuilt many times over its history, some historical texts claim that it was first built in the 7th century, but modern scholarship places its foundation at a later period during the Tang or Song dynasties. The most unusual feature of the mosque is its pointed 36-metre-high (118 ft) minaret, the Guangta or Kwangtah. Although this meant the "Plain...