[2025 Linxia Attraction] Travel Guide for Muslim Laowangsi (Updated Feb)

|Bafang Shisanxiang Donggong Mansion. Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture is one of the two Hui autonomous prefectures in China, with 31 ethnic groups including Han, Hui, Dongxiang, Baoan, and Salar. Linxia City has a long history, profound cultural heritage, and rich ethnic customs. Bafang Shisanxiang has been a place where merchants and religious figures from Dashi, Persia, and other countries traveled along the Silk Road for business, preaching, and settlement in Linxia (Hezhou) and its surrounding areas since the Tang Dynasty. After the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, eight mosques and their teaching workshops were gradually built, forming a settlement area named "Bafang" where people lived around the mosque and did business around the workshop. Linxia is known as the "Little Mecca" in China. The most famous mosques include Nanguan Mosque, Linxia Lao Hua Mosque, and Lao Wang Mosque. Each mosque has its unique historical background and architectural style, reflecting the integration and coexistence of Islamic culture and Chinese culture. These mosques are not only places for religious activities but also an important part of the culture in the Linxia area, attracting many believers and tourists to study and visit.

Gansu Linxia! Oriental wheat plus, pure halal taste At first, I came to Linxia just for a bite of authentic hand-grabbed mutton But after entering this city, we were pleasantly surprised and found it different from the ordinary Hui town we imagined Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, with its rich Islamic style, mosques and Islamic architecture can be seen everywhere in the city, and the streets are filled with the aroma of beef and mutton Every brick and tile of Bafang Thirteen Alleys Tells the long history and legendary stories of this city.