The prayer hall
Facing Mecca.
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One of China's well-known mosques, founded on its present site in 1295 under the Yuan dynasty, with most of its standing buildings raised between 1436 and 1492 under the Ming and renovated many times since; it lies west of the old city and Baotu Spring Park, at the southern entrance to Jinan's Muslim quarter. The mosque is laid out like a traditional Chinese temple with the elements prayer requires built in: its axis runs east to west so that worshippers in the prayer hall face west, towards Mecca, a spirit wall guards the entrance in the Chinese manner, and the site covers 6,630 square metres, 2,830 of them under red-pillared, tile-roofed buildings. Visiting is free from 9 am to noon and 3 to 5 pm, though it may close for prayers in the afternoon, per visitor guides. Modest dress is expected, and women are advised to cover their hair.
Facing Mecca.
From the Ming era.
And its halal eateries.
47 Yongchang Street, at the entrance to the Muslim quarter, Jinan
Yes, visiting is free from 9 am to noon and 3 to 5 pm in modest dress, though it may close for prayers in the afternoon, per visitor guides.
In the Muslim quarter around the mosque, where restaurants run by Hui Muslims carry the halal sign.
