Muslim Quarter

Muslim Quarter has been home to Xi’an city’s Muslims for over one thousand years. Here you can find exotic food, interesting people (some of the residents are still look like their Arabian cousins) and great souvenir stalls. You can taste many authentic Islamic snacks, like beef or mutton Rou Jia Mo (Chinese Hamburger), northwestern style noodles and many other attractive snacks. The restaurants and eateries here are serving their food in budget prices.

Muslim Quarter can date back to the 8th century AD when Xi'an was the largest city in the world with over one million inhabitants, among which one third of them were foreigners. As the starting point of the famous Silk Road, Xi'an attracted traders from West constantly. The ancestors of these Muslims dwelled in Xian with Han people harmoniously and built Great Mosque for worship simultaneously.