NW China
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Xi’an

The Great Mosque of Xi’an

The Great Mosque of Xi'an is one of the largest premodern in . Although the mosque was first built in 742 AD during the Tang dynasty, its current form was largely constructed in 1384 AD during Emperor Hongwu's reign of the Ming dynasty, as recorded by the Records of Xi'an Municipality.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in China
  • Also known as: “Great Mosque of Xi’an”, “Xi’an Great Mosque”, “Xi’an Mosque”, and “化觉巷清真大寺；东大寺”
  • Address: 庙后街 30, 西安, 710001

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Xi’an Drum Tower Museum and Bell Tower.

Museum
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The Drum Tower of Xi'an, located in the heart of , the capital of province, , along with the is a symbol of the city. is situated 290 metres southeast of The Great Mosque of Xi’an.

Museum
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The of Xi'an, built in 1384 during the early Ming Dynasty, is a symbol of the city of and one of the grandest of its kind in China. The also contains several large bronze-cast bells from the Tang Dynasty. is situated 600 metres southeast of The Great Mosque of Xi’an.

Place of worship
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is a place of worship, which is situated 370 metres west of The Great Mosque of Xi’an.

The Great Mosque of Xi’an

Latitude
34.26337° or 34° 15′ 48″ north
Longitude
108.93652° or 108° 56′ 12″ east
Open location code
8P6C7W7P+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 445010012
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landuse=­religious
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tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q820842
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Western Panjabi—“The Great Mosque of Xi’an” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Raya Xi’an”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Madhe në Sian”
  • Arabic: “المسجد الكبير”
  • Arabic: “مسجد شيان الكبير”
  • Arabic: “مسجد شيان”
  • Bashkir: “Сиань мәсете”
  • Basque: “Xi’ango meskita handia”
  • Bengali: “জি‘আনের বড় মসজিদ”
  • Bengali: “শিয়ান গ্রেট মসজিদ”
  • Chinese: “化觉巷清真大寺”
  • Chinese: “清真大寺”
  • Chinese: “西安清真大寺”
  • Chinese: “西安清真寺”
  • Czech: “Velká mešita”
  • Dutch: “Grote Moskee van Xi’an”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد شيان”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo de Ŝiano”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo de Ŝjiano”
  • French: “Grande mosquée de Xi’an”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée de Xi’an”
  • French: “mosquée de Xi’an”
  • German: “Große Moschee von Xi’an”
  • German: “Huajue si”
  • German: “Huajuexiang-Moschee”
  • German: “Moschee von Xi’an”
  • German: “Moschee zu Xi’an”
  • German: “Xi’an Da Qingzhensi”
  • German: “Xi’an Qingzhensi”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד הגדול בשיאן”
  • Hungarian: “Nagymecset”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Raya Xi’an”
  • Italian: “Grande moschea di Xi’an”
  • Italian: “Grande Moschea di Xi’an”
  • Japanese: “西安大清真寺”
  • Kazakh: “Sïanʹ meşiti”
  • Kazakh: “Сиань мешіті”
  • Kazakh: “سىيان مەشىتى”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Xi’an”
  • Korean: “시안다칭전사”
  • Korean: “청진대사”
  • Lithuanian: “Siano didžioji mečetė”
  • Malay: “Masjid Agung Xi’an”
  • Malay: “Masjid Agung Xiian”
  • Persian: “مسجد بزرگ ژیان”
  • Persian: “مسجد جامع ژیان”
  • Persian: “مسجد جامع شی آن”
  • Persian: “مسجد جامع شی ان”
  • Persian: “مسجد جامع شی‌آن”
  • Persian: “مسجد جامع شیان”
  • Polish: “Wielki Meczet w Xi’an”
  • Romanian: “Marea Moschee din Xi’an”
  • Russian: “Большая сианьская мечеть”
  • Russian: “Большая Сианьская Мечеть”
  • Russian: “Сианьская соборная мечеть”
  • Sindhi: “زيان جي جامع مسجد”
  • Slovenian: “Velika mošeja v Šjanu”
  • Spanish: “Gran mezquita de Xi’an”
  • Spanish: “Gran Mezquita Xi’an”
  • Swedish: “Xi’ans stora moské”
  • Tagalog: “Dakilang Moske ng Xi’an”
  • Tatar: “Сиань мәчете”
  • Thai: “มัสยิดใหญ่แห่งซีอาน”
  • Turkish: “Xi’an Ulu Cami”
  • Udmurt: “Сианьысь соборной мечеть”
  • Urdu: “جامع مسجد ژیان”
  • Urdu: “جامع مسجد شیان”
  • Urdu: “ژیان مسجد”
  • Western Mari: “Сиань соборной мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “جامع مسجد ژیان”

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