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Changji Shaanxi Mosque

昌吉市陕西寺
📍 Changji · Old town, Tuanjie Road 🏛️ 1862 (Qing Tongzhi 1st year) 👥 several hundred worshippers

📜 About & history

Built in 1862 (first year of the Tongzhi reign) by Shaanxi Hui migrants who settled in Changji, giving the mosque its name. It stands in the old town on Tuanjie Road and has long served as a second major congregational mosque for the city's Hui community alongside the Bendi (Local) Mosque.

🕌 Prayer & visiting

TraditionSunni (Hui, Gedimu)

Five daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah; sermons in Chinese.

📍 Address

Tuanjie Road, old town, Changji City, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang
Address in Chinese (for taxis): 新疆昌吉回族自治州昌吉市老城区团结路

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🚇 How to reach the mosque

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Bus

Changji city buses stop along Tuanjie Road in the old town.

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From downtown

In the old town of central Changji on Tuanjie Road; a short taxi ride from downtown, about 40 minutes by road from Urumqi.

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Useful tip

Surrounded by Hui halal eateries in the old town. Chinese spoken.