During the following Yuan dynasty, in 1281, the mosque was repaired under the financial assistance of Ala al-Din, a Persian settler in China.

[4][5] China's southeast coastal region was an important site for exchange between Chinese and Arabic communities through the maritime Silk Road.

Despite the steady growth of the Muslim community in the region, their influence on local society was still minimal.

[5]During this period, Hangzhou became a flourishing cosmopolitan city with an influential and active Muslim community.

[8] Travelers like Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta, described Hangzhou as being large and vibrant.

Later in the Ming dynasty, there was yet another influx of Chinese Muslims to Hangzhou as the region became a hotbed of the silk industry.

Due to this, once a worshipper enters the complex, they immediately face the qibla containing the mihrab.

The interior of the central dome is decorated with painting depicting flowers, mountains, animals, and rivers.

[1] The zone of transition between the dome and the prayer hall is decorated with honeycomb and tiered plaster surfaces.

The mosque features an I-shaped floor plan, which is named the gong-plan for the Chinese character "工.

[1] In addition to the steles, the mosque currently houses twenty-one Yuan dynasty tombstones which were retrieved from a Muslim cemetery.

These tombstones are written in stylized Arabic and Persian and detail the deaths of some military and religious figures, as well as merchants.

[1] The style of the inscriptions also shows the rich Muslim community of the area during this period in time.

Hangzhou not only hosted skilled engravers to inscribe the works, but also poets to write compositions for these steles.

The longest distance donation is one from Cangzhou, which today is in the Hui Autonomous Region near Beijing.