The relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-China as a case study

Islam had entered the land of China around 1400 years ago, and since then, Chinese Muslims are one of the minority group there. From the Tang dynasty until the present time, various cultural and geopolitical factors have influenced and shaped the architecture of Chinese Muslims. This paper reviews t...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Sumarni, Liu, Yuzhou, Asif, Nayeem, Sabil, Azmal
Other Authors: Al Naim, Mashary A.
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture and Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79001/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79001/1/The%20relevancy%20of%20mosque%20architecture%20in%20a%20multi-faith%20country-China%20as%20a%20case%20study.pdf
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description Islam had entered the land of China around 1400 years ago, and since then, Chinese Muslims are one of the minority group there. From the Tang dynasty until the present time, various cultural and geopolitical factors have influenced and shaped the architecture of Chinese Muslims. This paper reviews the chronological phases of mosque architecture in mainland China to elaborate on the process of adaptation and localization of Muslim architecture from ancient until modern times. Through comparison and discussion, this paper points out the inducing factors of the existing problems and puts forward some suggestions on the transformation of the function of urban mosques under the background of modernization
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spelling upm-790012021-08-03T10:50:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79001/ The relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-China as a case study Ismail, Sumarni Liu, Yuzhou Asif, Nayeem Sabil, Azmal Islam had entered the land of China around 1400 years ago, and since then, Chinese Muslims are one of the minority group there. From the Tang dynasty until the present time, various cultural and geopolitical factors have influenced and shaped the architecture of Chinese Muslims. This paper reviews the chronological phases of mosque architecture in mainland China to elaborate on the process of adaptation and localization of Muslim architecture from ancient until modern times. Through comparison and discussion, this paper points out the inducing factors of the existing problems and puts forward some suggestions on the transformation of the function of urban mosques under the background of modernization Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture and Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia Al Naim, Mashary A. Al Huneidi, Hani M. Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita 2019 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79001/1/The%20relevancy%20of%20mosque%20architecture%20in%20a%20multi-faith%20country-China%20as%20a%20case%20study.pdf Ismail, Sumarni and Liu, Yuzhou and Asif, Nayeem and Sabil, Azmal (2019) The relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-China as a case study. In: Mosque Architecture Present Issues and Future Ideas. Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture and Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia, Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, 5 - 14. ISBN 9789674608408 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337686967_The_relevancy_of_mosque_architecture_in_a_multi-faith_country_China_as_a_case
spellingShingle Ismail, Sumarni
Liu, Yuzhou
Asif, Nayeem
Sabil, Azmal
The relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-China as a case study
title The relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-China as a case study
title_full The relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-China as a case study
title_fullStr The relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-China as a case study
title_full_unstemmed The relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-China as a case study
title_short The relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-China as a case study
title_sort relevancy of mosque architecture in a multi-faith country-china as a case study
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