Great Mosque - Chinese tourism scenic spots

Great Mosque at the Gulou Xi'an in the northwest of the lane sleep, also known as sleep-Lane mosque, which Muslim alley Xi'an large study known as the China and Xi'an, two of the oldest mosque, because of their large study in the east of Temple Lane, It is also known as Todaiji Temple. Great Mosque at the Gulou Xi'an Xibei Yu, is a long history of regulation Chinese-style Temple of the grand old buildings, the Islamic culture and Chinese culture as a crystallization of the integration. The temple was built in the first year of Tian Bao Tang (AD 742 years) after Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing generations to protect the repair, the current pattern. Monastery in Shaanxi Province is a key cultural units in 1988 and was promoted to National Three key cultural units, in May 1997 won the Xi'an tourism landscape one of the top 10. Temple-wide with a total area of 13,000 square meters, construction area of 6,000 square meters, there are temples built in the early 17th century up to 9 meters of the wooden structure of St. Paul, St. Paul glazed tile roof, cornices different angle, fine thread Carving; east-west into the square, consists of four hospitals: the first into the house to the east of the most positive Yingbi set with the three diamond-shaped pattern Ju Lin, Yan Xia brick brackets, the magnificent, ancient wooden arch erected central, cornices different angle, of St. Paul At the top of the glass cover, a magnificent view, of St. Paul was built in the 17th century, North and South have their own car on both sides of the building three , The internal display antique furniture, Ming and Qing dynasties after the five entered the second floor into the hospital, the central stone to erect a memorial arch, three four-post and lintel in the engraved inscription "Heaven is in prison," the two wings as a "devout province of Man" and " Chiu Chin-wing thing. " 10 meters west north-south erect the brick mosaic "Diaolong into" a monument, to the west "Chici week "" Dian Chi Ci. "Hall there are seven-stone, Persian and Arabic inscriptions in Chinese. Into the second house was also big in the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty calligrapher meters large trunk calligrapher Dong Qichang calligraphy artworks, his elegant pen force, Write rapidly Qiu Jin, Yun fonts that can be called a masterpiece of calligraphy in China. Into the fourth floor there is an area of about 1,300 Meters of hall, which can accommodate more than 1,000 people worship, the hall has well more than 400 pieces of paintings, books in Arabic patterns, the composition of future generations. The mosque in the form of construction, one Chinese national style, tone, however, the monastery's layout and everything in strict accordance with the Islamic regime's sculpture hall decorated with algae, Man Arabic decorative pattern set by the carving, traditional Chinese architecture and Islamic architecture style representing such a combination, it is only concept, which it is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Islamic one.

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