Shaanxi Great Mosque of Yining
伊宁陕西大寺
A Chinese-style mosque built by Hui Muslims from Shaanxi during the Qing dynasty, combining dougong brackets, upturned eaves and minaret towers. It is the leading example of Chinese-style mosques in Ili.
The Shaanxi Great Mosque was first built during the Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty. Hui merchants and families from Shaanxi and Gansu who had settled in Ili funded its construction, and it has been rebuilt several times since. The architecture follows traditional Chinese timber-frame halls: a main prayer hall, a rear cave hall, and multi-tiered minaret towers with layered upturned eaves. This sharply contrasts with Uyghur-style mosques. The mosque is part of a national-level key cultural heritage site. It stands next to the Han Chinese street, so it can easily be visited on the way. Outside prayer times, visitors can look around the grounds. Entry requires modest dress and observance of mosque rules.
Opening hours
Exterior visible all day
Nearby sights
- Hanren Street Bazaar
- Kazanqi Folk Tourism Area
- Baytulla Mosque
- Liuxing Street, Yining
- Ili River Bridge & Riverside
- Lin Zexu Memorial Museum, Ili
- Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Museum
- Jingyuan Temple & Qapqal Xibe Culture