📜 About & history
The Xiguan (West Gate) Mosque is the principal mosque of central Zhongwei, serving the Hui community of Shapotou District. A large 1990s rebuild once carried a green dome and twin minarets; under the mosque-sinicisation programme after 2019 the dome and minarets were removed and replaced with a Chinese-style flat roof. It remains an active place of worship.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
Five daily prayers and Friday Jumu'ah in Chinese. Ablution facilities on site.
📍 Address
🇨🇳 Inside China use Baidu or Amap; Google Maps needs a VPN.
🚇 How to reach the mosque
Zhongwei city buses serve the Xiguan/old-town area near Gulou (Drum Tower).
Zhongwei has no established Arab trader gathering point; visitors usually come from the train/bus station in the city centre.
Just west of the Zhongwei Drum Tower (Gulou) in the old town; walkable from the centre or a short taxi ride.
Halal restaurants along the old-town streets. Zhongwei is best known for the nearby Shapotou desert scenic area on the Yellow River.