The great mosque in Xi'an is one of the largest mosques in the entire People's Republic of China. Located in the Muslim district of the Hui minority, it occupies an area of ​​.

As the most important mosque in northwest China, which enjoys the fame of a small Mecca, this mosque was originally built towards the west in the year 742 during the Tang dynasty to serve the increasingly numerous Muslim believers who lived in the city. And then it was successively restored during the Ming and Qing dynasties. For example, its current main gate with note that shines the royal visit was a work of the Qing Dynasty.

Admiring the harmonization of a mixed Sino-Arab architecture such as the mixture with details that demonstrates the Arab influence in the Mosque of Córdoba in Spain, no one can ignore some stones with water lines that naturally form the axis of the mosque. In front you can see four banners praying for Peace and Obedience in the shape of a drum, inheriting a typical and traditional style from Ancient China. Likewise, this feature is seen in the ceilings and a pair of stone drums on two sides of the door that are used to prevent mishaps by protecting the house.

After crossing another gate that was the original one built in the Tang Dynasty, believers should make a toilet in the room on the left. As for the rooms on the right, they are used as a small school that gives Arabic language courses to the people of Allah to read the Quran. Before us rises Xing-Xin Lou where believers frequently reflect on their mistakes and the imam chants sutras. Inside the building, some closed wooden boxes are seen that are used to calculate the start of Ramadan. On its walls you can see designs of water lilies and on the floor, reliefs with a dragon image showing their consensus on China's religious policy.

After three connected doors and the Crane Pavilion, we finally find the Main Hall. As its name describes, most prominent place in the mosque. Ebony engravings of Arabic texts of verses from the Koran can be admired on both the left and right sides. The most mysterious thing is that six clocks are seen on the door lintel to warn the exact times of five prayers a day in both cities Mecca and Beijing.

This mosque was visited by the Spanish kings in the 80s.

• - Islamic architecture.

• - Chinese architecture.

• - Niujie Mosque.