📜 About & history
The Tuyoq Mazar Mosque sits at the heart of Tuyoq, an ancient Uyghur oasis village set in a green valley cutting through the Flaming Mountains east of Turpan. The village is one of the most revered pilgrimage sites for Xinjiang's Muslims, associated with a mazar (saint's shrine) so venerated that local tradition holds a pilgrimage here should precede the Hajj, earning Tuyoq the nickname 'China's Mecca'. The mosque is distinguished by four tall green minarets that rise above the mud-brick houses and can be seen from almost anywhere in the village. It remains an active place of worship at the centre of village life.
🕌 Prayer & visiting
An active village mosque with daily prayers and a Friday congregation; a focus of local pilgrimage.
📍 Address
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🚇 How to reach the mosque
In a remote valley village about 70 km east of Turpan; reached by car or tour vehicle rather than city bus — arrange transport locally.
From central Turpan travel east past the Gaochang ruins into the Tuyugou valley; the four green minarets rising over the village mark the mosque.
About 70 km east of Turpan (roughly 15 km east of the Gaochang ruins); best reached by hired car, around an hour's drive.
A revered pilgrimage village and mud-brick mosque deep in the Flaming Mountains; dress conservatively and be discreet with photography. To ask a driver to take you there, say: 请带我去吐峪沟麻扎清真寺