Shaanxi Great Mosque----- the Biggest Islamic Mosque in Urumqi

Located in the northern end of Jianzhong Road in Urumqi, Shaanxi Great Mosque is the biggest Islamic mosque in the city. Unlike other Islamic mosque in Urumqi, it was built in Chinese traditional brick and wooden architecture style. The mosque can hold a thousand people to pray. The main hall is supported by 40 red wooden pillars. On the archway, there are exquisitely carved the words excerpted from Quran. The architectural style and the delicate carvings here are rare and wonderful.

First built in the reign of Emperor Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the mosque is a quadrangle complex facing east. Its most prominent feature is the brick-timber construction with the glazed tile roof, in line with the style of construction in central China which is in fact rarely seen in Xinjiang. As a result it enjoys a high reputation with the Muslims of Urumqi and is of great historic and architectural value.

Differ from other mosques in Xinjiang, the main construction style is the Zhongyuan Han Style prevailed in Han and Qing Dynasty in the main land China. Surrounding the Mosque, houses are almost all belong to the Islamic people. So it is the place second to none to feel the local life of the Islamic people.

The core view is the symbol tower of the geographical center. The tower is 18 meters high constituted by four up right posts, the four sides of the post are all in the shape of "A", referring to the English word "Asia", which means the center of Asia. Now there are several rural highways run to the geographical center. The gate is in spatial grid structure and is about 20 meters high. Further, there is the Asian Center Square, which gathers totems of the stone statues.

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