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Date : approx. between 1392 and 1398
Material : Painted wood, Bricks
Ming Dynasty
| Prayer Hall
Item 13 on 13
Outdoor Architecture
Outdoor architecture (Building)
Area related
Xi'an (China)
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The prayer hall, which is the focus of this ceremonial layout, is comprised of a porch and a great hall with a projecting qibla bay. These three sections cover an area of about 1,270 square meters. They are covered by a single roof with three distinct segments, a common feature of Ming era mosques taken from Han palace architecture. The joined hipped roofs of the porch and the main hall roof have parallel north-south ridges. The hipped roof of the projecting qibla iwan is perpendicular to that of the main hall. The heights of the roofs are kept proportional to the depth of the space, following Hui tradition.
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