Xi'an - Mosque

(Local Name: Qingzhen Si) The Mosque covers an area of 12,000sq.m/130,000sq.ft and lies about 300m/900ft to the northwest of Drum Tower, in a district inhabited mainly by the Moslem Hui minority. There is said to have been a mosque here back in the Tang period (618-907).

The buildings comprises five courtyards with various buildings in traditional Chinese style but with Islamic decorative patterns. Built during the Ming period (1368-1644) the mosque still has a number of its original stelae. The prayer-hall in the main building will hold up to 1000 worshippers.