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Introduction of Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar, Xinjiang

The Id Kah mosque is a mosque located in Kashgar, Xinjiang, in the western People's Republic of China. It is the largest mosque in China.
According to the Muslim historical record, Id Kah Mosque was first built in 846 in Islamic calendar, i.e.1442 A.D., more than 550 years from now,which has a strong influence in religious circles home and abroad.

Apart from local Muslims, its appeal has attracted Muslims home and abroad to pay a visit here. Certainly, this is not only due to religious reason, but also due to its four remarkable characteristics and architectural styles. The mosque is basically an Islamic architecture integrating local and Uyghur architectural features. The mosque, 140 meters long from south to north and 120 meters from east to west, covers an area of 16,800 square meters and consists of the Hall of Prayer, the Doctrine-Teaching Hall, the gate tower, a pond and some other auxiliary structures.

The Hall of Prayer is on a high dais in the west end of the mosque. The roof is held by light blue pillars and all the pillars form a rectangular shape. Around the roof and the pillars are exquisite carvings and beautiful pictures. The brick gate, full of elaborate flower-pattern carvings that are mainly in green, faces the Id Kah Square.

The gate of the mosque, built of yellow bricks with the joints pointed with gypsum, has distinct lines. On either side of the gate is an 18-meter high round column, of which half is embedded in the wall behind it. A pond with limpid water is a bright mirror enclosed by the green trees, endowing the mosque with a quiet elegance.

Afterwards, all the people get together in the square, and the young men in their holiday-celebrating suits, to show their happiness, dance the Sama Dance with great enthusiasm to the cheerful drumbeats and music, showing no sign of exhaustion.