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Date : approx. between 1392 and 1398
Material : Bricks
Ming Dynasty
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Outdoor Architecture
Outdoor architecture (Pier)
Area related
Xi'an (China)
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Two freestanding vertical brick piers, carved with ornate floral motifs and crowned with tiled roofs with upswept eaves and dougong brackets, follow the stone pailou. These monumental piers, which are repeated again in the third courtyard, house stone tablets with Arabic inscription in their central arched niches. Reception rooms, now used as shops and residential space, flank the second court. The area to the south of this courtyard was originally designated for Hui burial, although this practice never fully developed.
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