Kaifeng synagogue

E1046827

Jewish place of worship historic religious building synagogue

The Kaifeng synagogue was the historic central place of worship for the centuries-old Jewish community in Kaifeng, China, reflecting a unique blend of Jewish and Chinese cultural traditions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kaifeng Synagogue	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish place of worship ⓘ historic religious building ⓘ synagogue ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Chinese architectural style ⓘ
associatedWith	Kaifeng Jewish manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ Torah scrolls of the Kaifeng Jews ⓘ
commemoratedBy	museum exhibits on Jews in China ⓘ scholarly studies on Chinese Jewry ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalContext	integration of Jewish community into Chinese society ⓘ
currentUse	archaeological and historical site ⓘ
dedicatedTo	worship of the God of Israel ⓘ
destroyedBy	flooding of the Yellow River ⓘ
destroyedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
documentedBy	European travelers ⓘ Jesuit missionaries ⓘ
earliestCommunityEvidence	Northern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsRite	Sephardi-influenced Jewish rite ⓘ
hasFeature	Torah ark NERFINISHED ⓘ courtyard layout similar to Chinese temples ⓘ guest house ⓘ memorial tablets ⓘ mikveh ⓘ stone steles with Hebrew and Chinese inscriptions ⓘ study hall ⓘ
hasRemnant	inscriptions describing the Jewish community ⓘ stone steles ⓘ
heritageStatus	important site of Chinese Jewish history ⓘ
knownFor	blend of Jewish and Chinese cultural traditions ⓘ unique Chinese Jewish liturgical tradition ⓘ
languageOfInscription	Chinese ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Henan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaifeng NERFINISHED ⓘ North China NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInFormerCapitalOf	Northern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	south bank of the Yellow River ⓘ
near	former imperial capital city walls of Kaifeng ⓘ
noLongerStanding	true ⓘ
rebuiltInPeriod	Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
ritualObjectsUsed	Torah scrolls ⓘ menorah-like lamps ⓘ
servesEthnicGroup	Kaifeng Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	evidence of long-term Jewish presence in China ⓘ symbol of Sino-Judaic cultural exchange ⓘ
significantFor	Kaifeng Jewish community NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinese Jews → religiousBuilding → Kaifeng synagogue ⓘ

subject surface form: Kaifeng Jews

Jiao (Kaifeng Jewish surname) → associatedWith → Kaifeng synagogue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaifeng Synagogue