ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE in
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It is not well known that China has as many as 23 million Muslim populations. The reason might be that since China has not been conquered by military force of Islam, the whole land was not islamized nor ruled by a central Muslim government. As for architecture, without islamization from above, the western architectural styles has not been transplanted compulsorily. Chinese Islamic architecture has developed in the tendency to assimilate in Chinese indigenous or traditional forms and techniques. It can be said that such a style was more appropriate to the verdant climate and nature of China rather than desert styles in the Middle East. Here, for the first time, I give its outline and introduce to the distinctive Islamic architecture of Chinese style, in dividing geographically into four regions. _____( Click each photo to enlarge.) |
XINJIANG | WEST | SOUTH | NORTH | |||
Hami | Xi an | Yang zhou | Chang chun | |||
Tulufan | Lang zhong | Zhen Jiang | Shen yang | |||
Wulumuqi | Cheng du | Nan jing | Bei jing | |||
Yi ning | Shou xian | Tian jin | ||||
Khor gos | Yong ning | An quing | Xuan hua | |||
Kuche | Tong xin | Shang hai | Ding zhou | |||
@ | Lan zhou | Hang zhou | Chang zhou | |||
Atushi | Lin xia | Bo tou | ||||
Kashi | Xi ning | Fu zhou | Ji nan | |||
Sha che | Huang zhong | Quan zhou | Ji ning | |||
He tian | Guang zhou | Huhehote | ||||
@ | @@ | Xiang gang | Da tong | |||
Tai yuan | ||||||
Kun ming | Qin yang | |||||
Da li | Zheng zhou | |||||
Kai feng |