Kuala Lumpur National Mosque: A Touch of Blue in the Bustling City

🚗Transportation: Search for "National Mosque" on Grab. You can choose "Bus Stop-KL hop on hop off Masjid Negara" as your drop-off point. 🕙Opening hours: Saturday-Thursday 9:30-12:30, 15:00-18:00; Friday 15:00-18:00 💰Ticket price: Free 📌Tips: Women need to wear the purple robe at the entrance of the mosque, and men need to wear long pants (otherwise they also need to wear the robe). 🌟Attraction experience: I've been to several major mosques in Kuala Lumpur, and the National Mosque is probably the most special one. The main building structures of other mosques are basically similar, with prayer halls with large domes, and the main difference is the color of the mosque's exterior. The shape of the National Mosque is completely different, with the top of the core prayer hall being a circular umbrella shape, with folds like a giant white umbrella that is not fully opened, symbolizing protection for believers. The ribs of the umbrella extend outward, connecting to 16 blue triangular glass windows that surround the hall, passing through brown walls carved with Moroccan-style reliefs, and finally merging into the light blue carpet that covers the hall. In the large prayer hall, there are only a few believers sitting on the ground, and you can lie on the carpet and feel the ethereal atmosphere. The highlight of the entire mosque is the minaret and the pool below it outside the prayer hall. The 73-meter-high minaret is inserted straight into the huge rectangular pool in the courtyard. The pool is covered with blue tiles, making it look like a crystal-clear blue sapphire. The reflection on the calm water surface creates a perfect symmetry between the bright real world and the blue underwater world, making people stop and admire for a long time. In addition to the prayer hall, the mosque's corridor is also connected to the Malaysian National Heroes Memorial Hall. It takes about 1 hour to visit the entire mosque. It is recommended to go around 5 pm, as the sunlight near dusk is very soft, and both the mosque's architecture and the distant Medeka118 and KL Tower look beautiful.