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About Xiaotayuan Mosque
Its architecture combines Chinese and Islamic elements, giving it a different visual character from the Buddhist and Taoist sites nearby.
A separate women’s mosque stands next door, an important distinction within the religious complex. Compare the accessible exteriors and the relationship between the buildings, while recognizing that prayer areas are working religious spaces. Interior entry depends on the community’s arrangements rather than the general accessibility of the street.
The mosque was funded by Jin Ziyun (金子云), a Hui Muslim industrialist originally from Nanjing who had prospered trading cattle hides to Europe after 1931. The area had once contained a large peach grove that was Jin's private garden. In 1917 he paid over 12,000 silver dollars for a garden residence belonging to a Mr. Pan (潘姓绅士) at Xicangqiao Street, covering 2.4 mu (亩), and donated it as a mosque. Six years later he provided further funds for an Arabic-style redesign; construction took three years and was completed in 1925, producing a building that combines Arabic and traditional Chinese architectural styles.
Its north-facing gate carries a Quran inscription, and the east facade has a colonnaded porch with pointed-arch windows; arched domes rise at the roof's centre and corners, the central one topped by a moon-viewing pavilion (望月亭) with a crescent-and-star finial. West of the entrance courtyard stands a two-storey prayer hall whose wide arched-roof structure is unusual among Chinese mosques; its two storeys, 4.7 and 5.7 metres high, together hold up to 1,000 worshippers.
A three-storey hall on the courtyard's east side now serves as a library and reading room holding Chinese and foreign editions of the Quran. The mosque's former site (旧址) was designated a Shanghai Municipal cultural heritage site (上海市文物保护单位) in 2014.
What to look for
- Chinese and Islamic architectural elements are combined in the mosque design.
- The separate women’s mosque forms a distinct neighbouring part of the religious setting.
Location & getting there
Getting to Xiaotayuan Mosque
Approach 52 Xiaotaoyuan Street and distinguish the main mosque from the women’s mosque next door.
Combine your visit
A suggested sequence linking the specific features of this visit.
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Main mosque exterior
Compare the Chinese and Islamic features of the façade.
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Women’s mosque exterior
Observe the separate neighbouring religious building respectfully.
This order is editorial. Confirm access and any transfers between stops; it does not establish a walking route, same-day connection or common admission ticket.
Find Xiaotayuan Mosque
小桃园清真寺 · 黄浦区
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More places nearby
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Wenmiao Temple 上海文庙
Less than 1 km awayShanghai Wenmiao is the former county Confucian temple and school. Its present site dates to the nineteenth century, continuing an educational institution founded much earlier.
View guide →Baiyun Guan Temple 上海白云观
Less than 1 km awayBaiyun Guan is a Taoist temple on Dajing Road in Shanghai’s old city. It offers another religious layer in an area better known to many visitors for Yuyuan and the City God Temple.
View guide →Fuyou Road Mosque 福佑路清真寺
Less than 1 km awayFuyou Road Mosque developed from a Muslim community that raised funds for a permanent prayer place in 1870. The building combines a traditional Qing-style exterior and interior arrangement with Islamic religious functions.
View guide →Sources & visit information
The sources below support the place-specific description and arrival information. Suggested combinations are editorial planning ideas; confirm current opening, entry arrangements and transport services for your date.
Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors, listing “Xiaotayuan Mosque” · CC BY-SA 4.0.
Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "小桃园清真寺", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 82541064.