Masjid Shanghai Xiaotaoyuan

Masjid Xiaotaoyuan terletak di Jalan Xiaotaoyuan di bagian selatan Shanghai. Disebut Masjid Xicheng oleh umat Muslim setempat. Masjid Xiaotaoyuan adalah masjid terbesar di Shanghai. Masjid Xiaotaoyuan dicatat sebagai bangunan warisan oleh Pemerintah Kota Shanghai pada 1994.

Masjid Xiaotaoyuan pertama kali didirikan pada 1917 dan dibangun kembali pada 1925. Masjid ini menampilkan gaya tradisional Arab yang dipadukan dengan arsitektur Tionghoa. Di dalam gerbang terdapat halaman berbentuk persegi panjang. On the west side of the hall stands the prayer hall with a floor area of 500 meter persegi, which can hold 200 prayers. The prayer hall has two storeys. In its center there is a vault dome, with minaret on the top. A three-storied building stands on the eastern side of the courtyard, and there is a library and a reading room on the second and the third floor respectively. There are the Imams’ rooms, reception room on the southern side of the courtyard.

Since Xiaotaoyuan Mosque was built, it has established several schools, including the Islam Normal School, the Primary School for Muslims, Mingcheng Primary School, Chongben Primary School, and Shanghai Islam Orphanage, dll. Dari 1920 ke 1940, Shanghai Xiaotaoyuan Mosque received and served Muslims who converge in Shanghai from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, etc., and prepared Hajj to Mecca. Dengan demikian tempat ini telah menjadi pusat transit bagi umat Islam yang ingin pergi ke Mekkah melalui jalur laut.

Saat ini, organisasi seperti Panitia Pengelola Masjid di Shanghai, Asosiasi Islam Shanghai berada di Masjid Xiaotaoyuan.