Chinese name: Hui Min Jie

Location: a north-south street from the Drum Tower to the Beiyuanmen, some 100m west of the Bell Tower, north of the Drum Tower, downtown Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

How to get to Muslim Street: take buses No. 4, 7, 15, 32, 43, 45, 201, 205, 206, 215, 218, 221, 222, 251, 300, 604, 611, 612, K630, 8(610) and get off at the stop of Gu Lou.

Muslim Street of Xi'an, known as Huimin Jie as well by Chinese, is a Muslim community in the city. It is a 1100-meter-long annular walkway including the lanes of Beiyuanmen, Xiyangshi, and Huajue Lane, the first of which is the busiest one known to people. The district houses the architectures in the style of Ming and Qing dynasties, with the Drum Tower in the south and memorial archway in the north, and embracing many ancient courtyards as well as some 10 mosques in diverse sizes that built in different time, around where inhabited bout 20 000 Muslims retaining their pristine religious tradition and life style.

The Huimin Street is famous as a "snack street" because rich delicious local Xi'an delicacies and typical Shaanxi snacks are concentrated here, which attract visitors home and abroad. This featured bluestone-paved old street is also the favorite haunt for locals because of the most tasty food and leisure atmosphere. In particular in summer nights, a great many of citizens enjoy their time here in the Hui people-operated restaurants or booths with all sorts of halal foods and local snacks, some of the shops are the old honored brands. For those adventurers, the Muslim Street with its around areas is also the most authentic life of Xi'an people.

In addition, in this street of Hui people, there are some mosques and ancient residences worth visits, for instance, the Gaojia Dayuan, the most popular one, where traditional puppet shows or shadow plays sometimes can be enjoyed in the afternoon.

Recommended foods and restaurants in Huimin Street

Roujiamo, or Chinese hamburger, Mutton/Beef and Pita Bread in Soup, Liangpi, or cold noodles, Qinshan noodles, soup buns and dumplings are the most familiar foods of Shaanxi flavor with people.

Most popular restaurants or shops in Muslim Street are:
- The Sun Families and Tong Shen Xiang are the most famed serving Mutton/Beef and Pita Bread in Soup among dozens of shops of the kind in the street;
- Jiasan Soup Buns is characterized by soup buns stuffed with beef or mutton;
- Wang Families Dumplings, specializing in dumplings, especially with the stuffs of beef or mutton;
- Yifenli Noodles, with beef noodles being its specialty;
- Porridge with Eight Treasures, Sweet-sour Pulm Juice and roast meat are sold in almost every shop.