Great Mosque, Hua Jue Lane, Xian: a pagoda
Artist/Photographer | Kamen, Ruth |
Country | China |
City | Xian |
Subject Date | 1700 |
Image Date | 2008 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Chinese |
Medium | Digital image |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Ruth Kamen / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Mosques ; Pagodas ; Colour |
NOTES: This, the most renowned mosque in China, was first built in the Tang dynasty during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), and renovated in 1368-1398. Since the 14th century, the mosque has undergone many reconstructions and most of the extant buildings date from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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