Yongning Najiahu Mosque

Najiahu berarti lingkungan keluarga Na. Masjid Najiahu terletak di desa yang dihuni Muslim Hui di Kabupaten Yongning, Wilayah Otonomi Hui Ningxia, Tiongkok Barat Laut. Buku Keluarga Na mencatat bahwa mereka (Keluarga Nasruddin) merupakan keturunan Ali dan Fatimah, putri Nabi Muhammad. Pada Dinasti Yuan, keluarga Nasruddin mengikuti tentara Mongol ke Tiongkok dan menetap di Xi'an saat ini. Di 1524, Nasruddin mengirim salah satu putranya ke lokasi saat ini Najiahu di Kabupaten Yongning dekat Yinchuan. Eventually they adopted Na as their family name.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties the neighborhood of the Na family was the economic and cultural center for local Muslims. The Najiahu Mosque, oriented to the east, was built in traditional Chinese architecture, comprising a front gate-tower, a prayer hall and a water room which are spread out on a rectangular area of about two hectares. The prayer hall is large enough to accommodate one thousand people during prayer times. The buildings on the premises are adorned with numerous boards and couplets with Arabic calligraphy inscriptions on them, one of which tells of the origin of the Na family and the mosque itself: “My family left Qing (center China) and moved to Western Xia, and built this mosque during Emperor Jiajing’s reign.” After receiving repeated facelifts, the mosque is now opened for cultural and religious exchanges with foreign countries.