The Puhaddin Mausoleum sits on a terrace above the Grand Canal, within a walled cemetery that has served as the burial ground for Yangzhou's Muslim community for seven centuries. The tomb of Puhaddin — the most significant of the city's foreign religious figures — is a simple whitewashed structure with Arabic inscriptions, surrounded by the graves of Chinese Muslims and their Arab predecessors.
The site is modest but historically significant: this small terrace on the canal bank is where the threads of Tang and Song Dynasty maritime trade with the Arab world are most physically tangible in Yangzhou. The canal view from the terrace is good, and the tranquillity of the cemetery is a counterpoint to the busier streets nearby. The mausoleum is located near the Crane Mosque and is often visited on the same walk.