You are at the Prayer Times section of the official website of MuslimandQuran. Here, you will find today's Prayer Times in all locations of China. MuslimandQuran is the most authentic and reliable website, which provides accurate prayer timings for your current location, enabling you to fulfill your religious obligation of offering five regular daily prayers at the correct times. In addition to your current location, you can also search for the accurate prayer timings of all other places in China.
Prayer is one of the five pillars of Islam. Recitation of five regular daily prayers at the correct times is mandatory. The specific time slots of each prayer are specifically outlined in the Islamic Jurisprudence. According to these specified time slots, the Fajr prayer must be offered well before sunrise. The timings of Duhr prayer is in the early afternoon, whereas Asr is to be recited in the late afternoon.
Maghrib, also known as evening prayer, is offered immediately after sunset. Isha prayer is recited at night, but well before midnight. Based on these specifications, the exact time slots for each prayer are calculated, considering the geologic location and the movement and positioning of the Sun in each part of China.
Hence, at MuslimandQuran, you can find the precisely calculated timings of the five regular compulsory prayers for all locations of China, including your current location.
Correct and authentic Prayer Timings are available in the Prayer Time section of this official website of MuslimandQuran. You can also find these timings on our mobile application for all locations in China. For that, you need to enable the feature of auto-detect location on your laptop or other mobile devices to get an accurate prayer timing for your current location. You can also find the exact prayer timings for any other location by selecting that location, as listed on this page.
After verifying the accuracy, prayer timings are uploaded on our website and mobile application, strictly per the parameters outlined in the Islamic Jurisprudence. These timings are crosschecked and reconfirmed by a dedicated team of experts. So, you may fulfill your religious obligations without any doubt or confusion, with complete peace of mind.
China, officially mentioned as the Peoples Republic of China, is the largest Country in Asia, population-wise. The total population of China is 1,409,670,000. It is a multi-religious country, with Buddhism being the largest religion. Muslim population in China is estimated to be 1.6% of the total population of China, which comes to around 22,500,000.
Xinjiang, the Northwestern region of China, has the most Muslim population. The City of Linxia, situated in the Gansu Province of China, is considered the most populated City. Out of the population of more than 300,000, more than 51% are Hui Nationals (Chinese-speaking Muslims). Linxia is historically known as Hezhou.
Other major cities having a noticeable Muslim population are Beijing (249,000 Muslims), Shanghai (78,000 Muslims), Shaanxi (138,000 Muslims), and Fujian (115,000 Muslims). The city of Jilin is home to more than 118,000 Muslims. Muslims are also scattered in other regions but primarily concentrated in the Northwestern region of Xinjiang.
Historically, the Silk Route has been the most active trade route to this entire region, for Centuries. During the expansion era of Islam, this route was used by Muslim traders, which was the primary source of the spread of Islam in China. So, initially, Islam was spread alongside the Silk Route. The phenomenon consistently prevailed for centuries. The Muslim traders also became the prime source of bringing in China's Islamic Culture and heritage, especially the Xinjiang region. However, it also expanded partially in other areas of China.
The most significant impact of Islamic culture and heritage can be seen in the old architecture in these areas. Though the basic style of the architecture remained the ancient Chinese style, the impact of Islamic architecture is quite evident in some old constructions. This can be seen in the Minarets of the old mosques in China's Xinjiang region.
Islamic culture and heritage impact is also visible in these areas' living styles, language and literature. The strong Chinese traditions, however, hampered the spread of pure Islamic cultural heritage, but it does reflect in many areas, side by side with the dominant Chinese traditions.
With centuries-old footprints of Islam in China, the Muslims of China keep on striving for their religious identity. Hence, they celebrate all the main Islamic events and festivals, such as Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and other less important Islamic festivals. However, no official holidays are in practice for religious events and festivals. Muslims of China celebrate these festivals on their own, at the local level.
Fasting during Ramadan and reciting five daily prayers are also quite common in China's Muslim population.