Xian Regency Holiday The Great Mosque at Huajue Lane

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The Great Mosque at Huajue Lane

SIGHT & ATTRACTIONS

Sights in Xi’an

ANCIENT CITY WALL OF XI’AN

THE BANPO MUSEUM

GREATER WILD GOOSE PAGODA

THE GREAT MOSQUE AT HUAJUE LANE

MUSEUM OF SHAANXI HISTORY

MUSEUM OF FOREST OF STONE TABLETS IN XI’AN

LESSER WILD GOOSE PAGODA

--THE GREAT MOSQUE AT HUAJUE LANE--	While you are here, it is really well worth a visit to see the Great Mosque of Xi’an. Just a five-minute walk from the Drum Tower, the Great Mosque is located in the Muslim residential area on Huajue Lane. As one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China, in 1956 the Great Mosque was decreed to be an important historical and cultural site of China. The Great Mosque of Xi’an was originally built in 742 during the Tang
Dynasty (618-907). In appearance, this mosque differs in the style of Arabic mosques with the golden domes and high-rise minarets. The Mosque was built using Chinese traditional designs and styles including the painted beams, engraved ridgepoles, and landscaped gardens. The mosque occupies an area of 250 meters long and 47 meters wide (820 feet by 155 feet) that has been divided into four courtyards. Now inside, you will view Chinese historical and cultural Islamic relics from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties in the courtyards, pavilions, and halls.
Of the mosques in Xi’an, the Great Mosque is the largest and a major location for religious activities of the over 60,000 Muslims in Xi’an. In the forth courtyard, dating from the Ming Dynasty, stands the large Prayer Hall with a triple roof of turquoise tiles. It can hold 1000 Muslims attending prayer services that are held five times everyday respectively at dawn, noon, afternoon, dusk and night.
The Great Mosque of Xi’an is open to visitors from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Non-Muslims, however, are not admitted to the main prayer hall or during times of prayer


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