📜 About & history
A large Uyghur mosque in Turpan's old town (the historic 'Hui city' founded in 1871), first built in 1870. Renovated in 1980, it occupies about 4.5 mu and can accommodate some 3,000 worshippers at prayer. It combines a Chinese-style hall with an Islamic-style moon-watching (mihrab) tower, and sits on the south side of Xincheng Road near the traditional dwellings and karez of the old quarter.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
Five daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah; sermons in Uyghur.
📍 Address
🇨🇳 Inside China use Baidu or Amap; Google Maps needs a VPN.
🚇 How to reach the mosque
Turpan city buses serve the old town area along Xincheng Road.
In the old town south of central Turpan; a few minutes by taxi from the city centre and close to the karez and old dwellings tourist area.
Uyghur halal food and the old-town bazaar nearby; distinct from the Emin Minaret (Sugong) Mosque and Tuyoq Mazar Mosque. Uyghur and Chinese spoken.