Huxi Mosque, Islamic center in Putuo District, China

Huxi Mosque is a two-storey prayer hall on Changde Road in Putuo District, built with double arches and a fan-shaped roof. Its 1,667-square-metre compound holds a 25-metre minaret, six domes, a teaching room, an imam's room, a guesthouse, a wudu area, a butcher shop and a shop.

Hubei, Shandong, Henan and Anhui Muslims settled near Xiaoshadu Road (renamed Xikang Road in 1943) from 1914 and set up a temporary prayer hall in Yaoshuinong. A mosque was completed there in 1922, first called Xiaoshadu Mosque, later Yaoshuinong Mosque, funded by merchants including Jin Zhi'an, Ma Yitang and Jiang Xingjie. Renamed Huxi Mosque after repairs in 1945, it closed during the Cultural Revolution, resumed worship in 1979, and was rebuilt on Changde Road, reopening in April 1992.

The mosque's name comes from its original location west of the Huangpu, in the Yaoshui Lane area off Xikang Road, and it kept the name Huxi after the 1990s move to Changde Road. Since 1992 Bai Runsheng has served as imam and Yang Zhenhua as head of the management committee. Earlier imams included Ma Shaoshan, Mai Junsan and Ma Renbin.

The mosque sits on Lane 3 of Changde Road and is easily accessible from the street. Visitors should know it remains an active place of worship, so checking appropriate visiting times beforehand is advisable.

The mosque's 25-metre minaret and six domes stand out in the Changde Road streetscape. The prayer hall is built with double arches and a fan-shaped roof, and the complex also holds a teaching room, an imam's room, a guesthouse, a wudu area, a butcher shop and a shop. The mosque covers 1,667 square metres.