📜 About & history
Songjiang Mosque, also called Zhenjiao Temple or Yunjian Baihe Temple, is the oldest mosque in Shanghai and one of the oldest in the lower Yangtze region. It was founded in the Yuan dynasty (around 1341–1367) by a Muslim official (darughachi), after Central Asian Muslim troops settled in Huating (present-day Songjiang) following the Mongol campaigns of the 1270s. Its brick 'kiln hall' (yaodian) prayer chamber, built in Arab style with a domed interior and a cross-ridged double-eaves roof, is the earliest surviving Islamic structure in the Shanghai area. It was designated a Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relic Protection Unit in 1980.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
Open for the five daily prayers; the congregational Friday (Jumu'ah) prayer is held around midday. Times shift with the season — confirm locally.
📍 Address
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🚇 How to reach the mosque
- Line 9 Zuibaichi （醉白池）
Songjiang buses 6, 9, 12, 13, 19 and 26 stop at Zuibaichi.
From the old-town Muslim quarter near Fuyou Road, walk to Yuyuan (Line 14/10), transfer to a Line 9 interchange and ride Line 9 to Zuibaichi (about 70–80 minutes).
From central Shanghai take Metro Line 9 southwest to Zuibaichi (Songjiang); allow about 60–70 minutes. The mosque is a short walk on Zhongshan Middle Road.
A rare Yuan-era mosque with a Chinese-Arab hybrid architecture; quiet, historic, well worth the trip out to Songjiang. Say to a driver: 请带我去松江清真寺