Jingjue Mosque
A Ming-dynasty courtyard mosque that has served the community for more than 600 years, beside a Hui quarter inside the city wall. Traditionally associated with the admiral Zheng He.
Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) is Jiangsu province's main international gateway. Jingjue Mosque sits beside a Hui quarter that has been continuously Muslim for six centuries, in a city of Ming walls and plane trees.
Nanjing is one of the four great ancient capitals of China and the gentlest of them. It has the longest surviving city wall in the world, tree-lined avenues planted with French planes, and a calmer pace than either Beijing or Shanghai. It is also — quietly, without the fame of Xi'an — one of the genuinely comfortable Muslim-friendly cities in eastern China.
Jingjue Mosque dates from the Ming dynasty and is traditionally linked to Zheng He, the great Muslim admiral who led the Ming treasure fleets to the Indian Ocean. The Hui quarter around it, especially the old Qijiawan area, has been Muslim for six centuries. Nanjing's halal speciality is salted duck, done under halal rules, and it is excellent.
The principal international gateway of Jiangsu province, with direct services across East and Southeast Asia plus a dense domestic network.
Two terminals connected to Metro Line S1, which runs straight into the city — simple and fast for visitors.
45–60 minutes by car to the Xinjiekou centre, or about 40 minutes on the airport metro line.
Tell us your landing time and we route you past a mosque or straight to your first certified halal meal. No waiting, no guessing, no pork kitchens.
Every place below is a certified halal restaurant with no pork and no alcohol on the premises. We confirm each booking before you fly and send the list with addresses to your WhatsApp.
Your guide carries a prayer-time sheet calculated for your exact dates, and hotels are checked for qibla direction before you arrive.
A Ming-dynasty courtyard mosque that has served the community for more than 600 years, beside a Hui quarter inside the city wall. Traditionally associated with the admiral Zheng He.
Another long-established community mosque south of the centre.
Several serve the wider Nanjing population; ask your guide which is nearest your hotel.
The longest surviving city wall in the world. The Zhonghua Gate segment is the most complete medieval gate complex anywhere.
The old lantern-lit entertainment quarter on the river — best at dusk.
Set in forest on the Purple Mountain, climbed by a long granite stairway.
One of the best three museums in China, with a reconstructed 1930s street inside.
Difficult and important; we warn guests in advance and never schedule it before Maghrib.
Shaded trails, tombs and a famous stone-arched hall.
A working skeleton, not a fixed package — we rebuild it around your dates, your prayer needs and whoever is travelling with you.
NKG pickup, prayers at Jingjue Mosque, halal salted duck dinner in the Hui quarter.
Ming City Wall and Zhonghua Gate, then Confucius Temple and the Qinhuai River at dusk.
Nanjing Museum and Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum; the massacre memorial only if you wish it.
Suzhou or Shanghai by rail, or onward to Xi'an.
Nanjing is one of China's famous furnace cities: July and August are brutally hot and humid. Spring (March–May) brings the plum blossom and comfortable 20°C days; October–November turns the plane trees gold and is arguably the best window. Winter is damp and cold with occasional snow.
Send us your dates and who is travelling. A Muslim advisor replies within one hour during China working hours with a day-by-day halal itinerary for Nanjing — restaurants, mosques, prayer times, hotels and an itemised price.