📜 About & history
Huxi ('West Shanghai') Mosque originated around 1914–1922, when poor Muslim laborers from Hubei, Shandong, Henan and Anhui gathered in the Xiaoshadu/Yaoshuinong area and rented space for prayer; a purpose-built mosque was completed in July 1922. It was renovated in 1935 (the hall could hold 200 worshippers) and restored to religious use in 1979 after the Cultural Revolution. In 1990 the Putuo District government, redeveloping the Yaoshuinong slum, allotted land on Changde Road for a new mosque, built between July 1990 and April 1992. The rebuilt mosque covers 1,690 m², with a two-story fan-shaped domed prayer hall and a 25-meter minaret — the first mosque rebuilt in Shanghai after 1949.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
Open for the five daily prayers; the congregational Friday (Jumu'ah) prayer is held around midday. Confirm times locally.
📍 Address
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🚇 How to reach the mosque
- Line 7 Changping Road （昌平路）
Several city buses run along Changde Road and Changping Road; check a transit app for the nearest stop.
From the old-town Muslim quarter near Fuyou Road, take a metro or taxi northwest to the Changde Road area (about 30 minutes by transit).
From People's Square take Metro Line 7 to Changping Road (on Changde Road), then walk north along Changde Road to Lane 1328; about 20–25 minutes total.
A modern rebuilt mosque with a slim 25-meter minaret, serving the northwest of central Shanghai. Say to a driver: 请带我去沪西清真寺