Chinese mosques
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As in all regions the Chinese Islamic architecture reflects the local architecture in its style. China is renowned for its beautiful mosques, which resemble temples. However in western China the mosques resemble those of the middle east, with tall, slender minarets, curvy arches and dome shaped roofs. In northwest China where the Chinese Hui have built their mosques, there is a combination of east and west. The mosques have flared Buddhist style roofs set in walled courtyards entered through archways with miniature domes and minarets (see Beytullah Mosque). <ref>Saudi Aramco World, July/August 1985 , page 3035</ref>
The first mosque was the Great Mosque of Xian, or the Xian Mosque, which was created in the Tang Dynasty in the 7th century.
[edit] Famous mosques in China
- Dongsi Mosque [1]
- Great Mosque of Huhhot [2]
- Great Mosque of Tianjin [3]
- Great Mosque of Xi'an [4]
- Huaisheng Mosque in Guangzhou [5]
- Huajue Mosque in Xi'an
- Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar [6]
- Najiahu Mosque in Yinchuan
- Nanguan Mosque in Yinchuan [7]
- Niujie Mosque in Beijing [8]
- Songjiang Mosque in Shanghai
- Xiaotaoyuan Mosque in Shanghai [9]
There are over 45,000 mosques in China today. [10] [11] [12]
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