Idgar Mosque

The Idgar Mosque (Aitigaer Qingzhensi) is the largest mosque in China and the religious center of Kashgar. It was first built in 1442 with a history of over 500 years. The building complex is in a grand Islamic style with strong religious features, which consists of a gate tower, a courtyard, a doctrine-teaching hall and a big Hall of Prayer. It is extremely popular among the Muslims in Xinjiang.

Each day, around two-three thousand people come here to worship and the number increases up to six-seven thousand every Friday. During religious festivals, the number of Muslims piously kneeling around the mosque reach 40,000 or even higher. Over years, the Idgar Mosque has become a sacred religious place as well as a place for celebrating important festivals.

The square outside the mosque called Idgar Square. On important occasions such as the Coban Festival, the square is filled with enthusiastic Muslims who bit drums and play suona horn to celebrate their own festivals. Usually all the Muslims in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will come this sacred places on the day. They get together at the square, in front of the mosque, dancing, playing overnight. The unprecedented scene is a quite unique scene which has attracted lots of visitors to come to participate.


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