[2025 Xining Attraction] Travel Guide for Dongguan Mosque (Updated Feb)

Dongguan Mosque: The largest mosque in Qinghai Province, and the famous Xi'an Huajue Temple in the northwest, the Lanmen Bridge Temple, and the Xinjiang Kish Etikar Mosque are also known as the four major mosques in the northwest. The building is majestic, combining the styles of Han, Tibetan and Islamic

Hey guys! 8-day tour of Lanzhou, Xining, and Qinghai Lake, explore the northwest! The guide is ready, save it and start your northwest journey now! / 🚩Route Overview: Day 1: Dongguan Mosque in Xining -> Mother of the Yellow River Statue -> Zhongshan Bridge -> Mojia Street -> Nanshan Park Visit the mosque and experience the religious culture, then visit the Yellow River, taste the snacks on Mojia Street, and finally climb Nanshan Mountain to overlook the city. Day 2: Leitai Park -> Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park -> "Return to Zhangye" Show Start from Leitai Park, enjoy the magnificent Danxia landform, and watch the "Return to Zhangye" show in the evening to experience the shock of history and culture. Day 3: Son of the Earth -> Jiuquan Mirage -> Sculpture Without Borders Explore the mystery of the Son of the Earth, experience the fantasy of the Jiuquan Mirage, and finally immerse yourself in the artistic world of Sculpture Without Borders. Day 4: Mogao Caves -> Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring Visit the Mogao Caves to appreciate the thousand-year-old Buddhist art, then head to Mingsha Mountain to experience the magical combination of the desert and Crescent Moon Spring. Day 5: Dangjin Mountain -> South Eight Immortals Ghost City -> Dachaidan Emerald Lake Cross Dangjin Mountain, explore the mystery of the South Eight Immortals Ghost City, and finally arrive at Dachaidan Emerald Lake to enjoy the tranquility of the lake and mountains. Day 6: Chaka Salt Lake -> Qinghai Lake Visit Chaka Salt Lake to experience the charm of the mirror of the sky, then head to Qinghai Lake to enjoy the magnificent scenery of the plateau lake. Day 7: Ta'er Monastery Visit Ta'er Monastery to learn about Tibetan Buddhism and experience the peaceful and solemn atmosphere. Day 8: Xining/Lanzhou City Airport 🛫--Return Home 🏡 End the pleasant journey and return home from Xining or Lanzhou City Airport. / Pre-trip Essentials: 🎒 👗 Clothing: Down jacket, sweater, thermal underwear, long pants, thick socks to cope with the cold weather on the plateau. 🎩 Accessories: Windproof jacket, hat, scarf, gloves, and sunglasses for sun and wind protection. 📄 Documents: ID card, student ID, etc. Don't forget cash and bank cards, just in case. 💊 Others: Common medicines such as cold medicine, stomach medicine, as well as moisturizer and lip balm to cope with the dry climate. / 🎉Don't hesitate, pack your bags and join me on a tour of Lanzhou, Xining, and Qinghai Lake to start your northwest journey!

📍Address: Near Dongguan Mosque, Xining City, Qinghai Province 🚗Transportation: We drove there by ourselves 👍️Must-visit attractions: 1️⃣Picture 2, Dongguan Mosque, Xining City. On March 5, 2013, Dongguan Mosque was announced as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. No reservation required, no entrance fee. 2️⃣Xia Nan Guan Street Market, located next to Dongguan Mosque. A very unique market, we bought highland barley, potato chips and some special noodles, very distinctive. 3️⃣Picture 3, Shan Shan Guild Hall. We stumbled upon this guild hall by chance. It was built in the 14th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1888). It was funded by Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants in Xining. It has a Chinese architectural style and showcases the economic strength and cultural characteristics of Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants. The layout of the guild hall is exquisite. From south to north, the main buildings are: the square in front of the gate, the gate, the bell and drum tower, the stage, the incense hall, and the Guan Di Temple. These buildings form a group of courtyards that are interconnected and independent. 🎟️Tickets: No reservation required, no entrance fee 💗Other tips: Parking is very tight around here. Look for empty parking spaces on the side of the road.

Here is a suggested itinerary for a 7-day trip to Qinghai and Dunhuang, focusing on historical architecture and local cuisine: Day 1: Arrival in Xining, acclimatization • Morning: Arrive in Xining, check into the hotel, and acclimate to the high altitude. • Afternoon: Explore Xining city, visit Dongguan Mosque to learn about Islamic culture. • Dinner: Enjoy Xining's local delicacies such as hand-pulled mutton, yogurt, and Gami noodles. Day 2: Xining to Qinghai Lake, experience natural beauty • Morning: Head to Qinghai Lake (Erhai Sword Scenic Area) and enjoy the view of China's largest saltwater lake. • Lunch: Have a local fisherman's meal by the lake, tasting Qinghai Lake fish. • Afternoon: Visit Chaka Salt Lake and experience the unique charm of the 'Mirror of the Sky.' • Night: Stay in Chaka. Day 3: Chaka to Dachaidan • Morning: Drive to Dachaidan, visit the Keluke-Tuosu Lake Nature Reserve along the way. • Afternoon: Explore the Emerald Lake in Dachaidan and enjoy the tranquility of the salt lake. • Dinner: Try Mongolian cuisine in Dachaidan. Day 4: Dachaidan to Dunhuang, experience the Gobi Desert • All day: Cross the Qaidam Basin, enjoy the Gobi Desert scenery, and stop for photos along the way. • Evening: Arrive in Dunhuang, check into the hotel, explore the Dunhuang night market, and taste local specialties such as roasted whole lamb and donkey meat yellow noodles. Day 5: Deep tour of Dunhuang, historical architecture • Morning: Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mogao Caves (book tickets online in advance). • Afternoon: Explore Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring, experience camel riding and sand sliding. • Evening: Watch the performance 'Encore Dunhuang' to learn more about Dunhuang's history and culture. Day 6: Dunhuang to Jiayuguan, the starting point of the Great Wall • Morning: Drive to Jiayuguan, visit the Jiayuguan Fortress to learn about the western end of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. • Afternoon: Head to Zhangye, stop in Guazhou to taste local specialties such as honeydew melon. • Night: Stay in Zhangye, enjoy local dishes such as 'Cuoyu' and 'Chao Bula' for dinner. Day 7: Zhangye to Xining, Rainbow Mountains and grassland scenery • Morning: Visit Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park and marvel at the natural wonders. • Afternoon: Pass through Qilian Mountain Grassland, view Gangshika Snow Peak (seasonal), and experience Tibetan culture. • Evening: Return to Xining, end of the trip. Notes: 1. Booking: Mogao Caves tickets need to be booked online in advance, especially during peak season. 2. Climate and health: Qinghai has a high altitude, be aware of altitude sickness. 3. Transportation: It is recommended to rent a car or join a local tour group for a smooth trip. 4. Food exploration: Choose restaurants with good hygiene and high ratings to ensure food safety. I hope this itinerary makes your family's trip to Qinghai and Dunhuang both fulfilling and enjoyable!

Summer capital on the plateau📍Xining should never be just a fleeting glance as a transit or starting station of the big loop. It's beautiful and delicious, and deserves a couple of days for you to savor carefully. Arriving at noon, the City Tour itinerary is set up as follows: 📍Tibetan Culture Museum ⬇️ 📍Nanguan Mosque ⬇️ 📍Dongguan Grand Mosque ⬇️ 📍Xiaonanguan Market A last-minute reservation failed to secure a visit to the Qinghai Museum (make sure to book in advance! Book in advance! Book in advance! Important things must be said three times ) Heading for the Guinness World Record Thangka, we moved on to📍Tibetan Culture Museum. The adult ticket is 60, and the child ticket is half price. You can see several other Tibetan culture-related exhibitions besides the Thangka, and the cost-performance ratio is quite OK. It's recommended to start from the fourth floor with the Guinness Record Thangka. The Thangka, created by 400 painters over more than four years, comprehensively displays the development of the Tibetan nation from perspectives of mythology, history, politics, religion, etc. As the hundreds of meters long scroll unfolds, the exquisite craftsmanship fully reveals the history of the Tibetan nation's development, which is breathtaking! After the Thangka, you can go down the spiral staircase to see permanent galleries themed around 'The Silk Road' and 'Tibetan Plateau Civilization', including Tibetan architecture, calligraphy, costumes, and carpet craftsmanship. Plus, the North Hall Tibetan Medicine Museum is free to visit, and it also takes a good half day to see everything in detail. We were keen on visiting the two mosques, so we had to leave in a hurry in the evening. 🕌Nanguan Mosque is located at No. 23 South Xiao Street in the Chengdong District, within walking distance from our hotel. It can be said that the mosque🕌 is deeply integrated into the marrow of this city: the believers' daily prayers are solemn and serious, yet the square outside the prayer hall is a place where citizens pass the time and children play freely. 🕌Dongguan Grand Mosque is located at No. 34 Dongguan Street in the Chengdong District. From Nanguan Mosque, you can walk🚶to Xiaonanguan Market, the entrance is right on the main street of the market. With over 600 years of history, it is the largest and oldest mosque in Qinghai, and one of the four great mosques in the northwest. It is a sacred Islamic site for holding holy ceremonies and studying sacred Islamic scriptures. Besides its religious status, the mosque itself is a magnificent architectural complex that blends traditional Chinese style with Islamic classic features. The architecture is beautiful, and the order inside is well-organized. When visiting and taking photos, be careful not to disturb the believers in prayer and study, and do not wear shorts🩳, skirts👗, or revealing clothes. After visiting Dongguan Grand Mosque, it's recommended to stroll around📍Xiaonanguan Market. This is also a century-old street. The hundred-meter-long street gathers Hui Muslim flavor food and ingredients, from Qinghai specialty snacks like niangpi, handmade yogurt, and lamb raft, to zongzi, sweet fermented rice, colorful seasonal fruits, and seasoning powders, as if you've entered a sea of colors. In the twilight's glow, a layer of faint gold dust is plated on the dazzling array of colors. Yak old yogurt is sold from five yuan at the storefront to three yuan at the street stalls. For two yuan in the tea shops, you can get a big bowl of sweet fermented rice, which is also a rewarding way to eat when sprinkled on yogurt. The street is crowded with local customers coming and going, but the vendors are not aggressively hawking their wares, and the alleys of the market are not vulgar. Wandering among them, one feels relaxed and happy. Staying in the old city area, these attractions are all within walking distance. 🍴Food recommendations: 1️⃣Qingzhen·Dexiao Kao Meat Shop: Their lamb stew pot is really unique! The crispy and tender lamb paired with crispy and soft potato🥔 chunks and sticky sweet potato noodles, you'll be reluctant to put down your chopsticks🥢 even after leaning against the wall. 2️⃣Huaxin Firecracker Barbecue Noodle Restaurant: A restaurant recommended by locals, the firecracker noodles are super flavorful, and the barbecue is also very fragrant. Located at the intersection of Xiadu Street and Gonghe Road, it's very comfortable to sit outside for dinner, and the cost-performance ratio is extremely high! 3️⃣Qingzhen Cunshou Beef Offal Shop📍No. 11 Huayuan South Street Next to the hotel, we stumbled upon the non-material cultural heritage🥢Qingzhen Cunshou Beef Offal Shop. This neighborhood shop, which has been open for over thirty years, has a strong sense of affection among the diners. Seeing that we were tourists, they enthusiastically introduced us to how to order and how to eat. On a cold morning, soaking naan bread in hot soup, a big bowl of it warms both the stomach and the heart. 🏠Accommodation: It's recommended to stay in the old city area, close to the city attractions and convenient for walking. The cost-performance ratio of accommodation in Xining is very good, chain hotels provide nice services, and usually, you get old yogurt for free when you check in. I'm Ashley, who loves traveling✈️ and photography📷. In the next article, I'll share the second stop on the loop after departing from Xining: the secret realm of Qilian⛰️.

On the first day in Xining, we played in the city by ourselves, let's count this day as Day 0~ We went to the Tibetan Culture Museum, Dongguan Mosque, and a pedestrian street in the city center whose name I don't remember... It's best to hire a guide to specifically introduce the Thangka special exhibition on the second floor of the Tibetan Culture Museum, which is a hundred-meter-long scroll. The lights turn on as people approach, and you can't help but exclaim! But you can't film inside! So I didn't take many photos...

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Xining Dongguan Mosque, one of the four famous mosques in northwest China. Located in Dongguan Street, Xining City, Qinghai Province, it is a large-scale architectural complex that combines traditional Chinese architectural art with Islamic architectural features. Qinghai Muslims welcome Eid al-Fitr. Muslims usually attend the ceremony at the Great Mosque in Dongguan, Xining. Eid al-Fitr is also known as the Deer Festival, which lasts for three days. It is a festival shared by ethnic minorities such as China Hui, Uygur, Kazakh, Uzbek and Tajik. Everyone who meets in the trip, every thing, every scene, may become a memorable one in life. The warmth of unexpected encounters. Meeting is a kind of beauty. Meeting some warm people is a beautiful, warm world, warm words, gentle people, even love, the turn of the years, the flight of time, we only continue to learn to choose, learn, and learn enjoy. Reading a million books is not as good as a thousand miles. is a bit of a trip, you are going to experience, experience, and feel. Travel is a flower, swaying colorful life; travel is fire, igniting a colorful and colorful road; travel is a light, it is light and dull Dream; Travel is the way, leading you to find your inner self. May your feelings remain the same, the years are warm as ever. On the way to travel, find a better self.

The East Gate of the Great Mosque, one of the four famous mosques in northwestern China, covers an area of 13,602 square meters. The buildings with blue, white and gold are the main colors, and there is more peace under the blue sky and white clouds. In the evening, there were a lot of tourists and believers, and they followed the crowd to visit. The first three doors are said to be at the entrance, but they are not noticed, nor photographed, only attracted by the buildings inside. The building that attracts attention is newly renovated. The exterior is very spectacular and the colors are beautiful. Stepping in is the Medium Five Doors, with five flat-topped arched doors on the tens of orders of granite piers. A 45-meter-high dome-shaped minaret on each side of the building! Carved beams and brilliance! The five-door walk-in is a large courtyard with an area of 4,490 square meters. The middle five doors are facing the main hall. Unfortunately, the main hall cannot enter. When it is gone, it is also closed. You can only look at the shape. The shape and color are like ancient palaces, and the glazed tiles are more dazzling under the sunlight. The East Gate of the Great Mosque in the Sun has added a bit of solemnity and simplicity.

The scenery in Qinghai is so beautiful, is there any fun place in Xining, the provincial capital? It is recommended to take a look at the Great Mosque in Dongguan. The East Gate of the Qing Dynasty in Xining can be said to be very famous. It is one of the four most famous mosques in the Northwest, and the largest in Qinghai. This mosque was built in the Hongwu period of the early Ming Dynasty. It has a history of more than 600 years and covers an area of over 13,000 square meters. The Dongguan mosque is listed by the Chinese Islamic Association as the mosque with the largest number of worshippers in the country. It can accommodate 40,000 to 60,000 Muslims at the same time, and the number of people gathering is the first in the country. Its afternoon in the afternoon. Many Muslims have just finished their work and there are many tourists. There are regular free explanations in the mosque to let tourists know about Islam more. On July 10, 1992, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Islamic World Alliance, Mohamed bin Russell Abdi, said that the number of people gathered in the temple was the third in the world. The structure of this mosque is very characteristic. The tower, the wall and the temple are integrated. The main hall of worship is the largest building in the temple.

When I first arrived in Xining, it was a prayer day. The Great Mosque is located beside Dongguan Street in Dongcheng District, Xining City, so it is also known as the East Gate of the Qing Dynasty. The Great Temple is a courtyard composed of several buildings. It takes about an hour to visit the entire monastery. There are no tickets. Standing outside the temple, you can see a magnificent Islamic-style arched building, which is the gatehouse of the mosque, with two minarets on both sides and typical Islamic architecture. Inside, there are several Chinese-style palaces. The top of the palace also has a Tibetan-style Buddhist roof, which is very unique. After entering, you can visit various buildings. The temple is very famous in the northwest. Every day, many believers worship and worship here, and they can feel a strong religious atmosphere.