 The first mosque in China was the Great Mosque of Xi'an, built during the Tang Dynasty in the 8th century CE.Today there are over 39,000 mosques in China, 25,000 of these are in Xinjiang, a north-west autonomous region.In China, mosques are called "qīngzhēnsì" (, "Pure truth temple"), a name which was also used by Chinese Jews for synagogues.