Guangzhou Huaisheng Great Mosque 625 - History of Islamic Architecture (sitios de interés)

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This marker is part of an extended History of Islamic Architecture

Guangzhou, China
Huaisheng Great Mosque and minaret
625
Hui
Manuscripts from 1206 (Mongol Yüan Dynasty!) claim that the mosque was built by an uncle of the Prophet, Abi Waqqas, on his first Muslim mission to China in the 630s, a date which is otherwise undocumented but would make it one of the earliest mosques in Islam. Modern specialists believe it was built in the 10th cent during the Song or Tang Dynasty. Anyway, the mosque has been rebuilt many times, the minaret is the only surviving part of the original.



The very un-Chinese "Light Tower"




Interior of prayer hall: mihrab



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