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The largest mosque in China?

Aitig Muslim has a history of more than 500 years, and the building scale is about 6,543,800+7,000 square meters. According to research, Shadian Grand Mosque was built in 1684, with an initial building scale of 3,000 square meters. After the expansion in 2005, the main building area reached 1.7 million square meters.

Today, the buildings of the two temples are of the same scale, and the Shadian Mosque is slightly larger. Comparing with the long history and religious influence, it can be considered that the Aitig Grand Mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang is the largest mosque in China, and its position in the world Islam is very important. Shadian Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in southwest China.

According to Forbes' ranking, the four major mosques in China are also Kashgar Aitig Mosque, ranking first.