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Ankang Middle Mosque (Zhongsi)

安康清真中寺
📍 Ankang · Hanbin District 🏛️ Yuan dynasty (13th-14th c.) 👥 several hundred worshippers
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📜 About & history

The Middle Mosque (Zhongsi) stands in Bizi Alley in the southeast of Ankang's old city. According to a stele preserved in the mosque, the original temple was founded in the Yuan dynasty, making it among Ankang's earliest Islamic sites; it belongs to the old-teaching (Gedimu) tradition.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Hui Muslim, Gedimu / old teaching)

Five daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah, Chinese-language khutbah. Ablution facilities on site.

📍 Address

Bizi Alley, southeast of the old city, Hanbin District, Ankang, Shaanxi
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 陕西省安康市汉滨区城东南篦子巷清真中寺
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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Bizi Alley, southeast old city of Hanbin District; central city buses nearby.

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From the Arab districts

No Arab trader quarter; visitors usually come from Xi'an by rail.

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From downtown

No metro. From Ankang Railway Station take a taxi into the old city (Bizi Alley), about 10-15 minutes.

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Useful tip

One of several historic mosques in the Ankang old-city Hui quarter; halal food nearby. Languages: Mandarin, local dialect.

Source: Chinese sources on Ankang mosques (清真中寺, 城东南篦子巷, 元代创建, 老教)

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