presentation by our studio mates in history classes

2. •The history of Islam in China began in the 7th century in Tang
Dynasty just a few decades after the rise of Islam.
•Othman (the third caliph from Arabia) sent envoys to pay tribute
to the Tang Dynasty
•Second year of the reign of Emperor Yong Hui (651 AD)-
historian marked as the beginning of Islam in China
•Later many Muslims came to China to trade then dominated
foreign trade, the export/import industry in the west and south.
•Islam reached its peak in Yuan Dynasty when the Mongol ruled
China.
•Islamic influence came from the various steppe peoples who
assimilated in Chinese culture.
Tang Dynasty

4.  Niujie mosque is the oldest mosque in Niujie ,Beijing,
China.
 First built back in 996 with traditional Chinese
Architecture decorated with Arabic calligraphy in the
interior.
 Rebuilt in 1442 during Ming Dynasty and renovated into
a bigger mosque in 1696 during Qing dynasty.
 On 13 January 1988,the government of China entitled the
Niujie Mosque as the “Chinese Culture Heritage”

6.  The mosque occupies an area of 250 meters long and 47
meters wide (820 feet by 155 feet) that has been divided
into four courtyards.
 Covers an area of over 6000 square meters (7176 square
yards)
 Unlike south-facing Buddhist temples, the mosque points
towards Mekka.
 The layout of the mosque is symmetrical and compact.

7.  Entrance
 Watching Moon Tower
 Praying Hall
 Stele pavilion
 Graves of Syeikhs

8. The entrance gate is fronted by a large wall with a
white marble pedestal

10. Element on the roof of Moon Watching Tower

11. View inside the Moon Watching Tower

13.  Most important building in the mosque.
 Only open to Muslims.

15. The hall's arched gate is decorated with script
from the Al-Quran.

16. The room is also decorated with various paintings of
flowers, strings of glass beads and colored glass, which
contribute to the hall's air of great importance and
holiness.

17. South Stele Pavilion
North Stele Pavilion

18. South pavilion

19.  Outside of the main building,there are two pavilions :
north and south pavilion
 stone inscription on one of the pavilion:
recording the statement of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing
dynasty after the implementation of a major renovation in
1696
 Restoration of the mosque in the reign of Kangxi finally
makes the architecture influenced the Qing were also
seen in the main buildings are designed to that period.

20.  In the south pavilion
 Graves of Sheikh Ahmad Burdani and Sheikh Ali
 Two Imams who came from Persia to spread Islam.
 Both of them are the Earliest Imam of the Niujie Mosque

21. Great Mosque of Xi'an
Scroll depicting arial view of Great Mosque with west to right
Floor plan of the mosque complex

22. Arial drawing of mosque,
looking southeast
towards the Drum Tower
at top right

23. Exterior view looking southwest,
showing the northern precinct gate
and walls
EXTERIOR
View looking west
through the Courtyard
northern gateway view of the
into the first court eastern
precinct wall
View showing damage to
precinct wall with the
removal of sculptural
lozenges

24. Pailou archway in the
first court, adorned with
five tiers of dougong
brackets below the roof
and supported on one
side by diagonally
propped beams
FIRST COURT
Library known as the
Unmatched Pavilion
along the northern wall
Reconstruction work
Detail of upswept roof on the Unmatched
eaves at the Unmatched Pavilion
Pavilion

25. View looking west in
first court towards
pillared pavilion leading
into the second court
SECOND COURT Stone pailou in second court,
view looking west
Detail of central bay
of stone pailou in
second court
Stele inset into brick
pier in the second
court
Freestanding brick pier with stone tablet in second court
One of two brick piers in the second court, with floral
motifs carved in brick and stone dragonheads crowning the
hipped roof

26. View looking west through
pavilion separating the second
court from the third court
THIRD COURT
Stone threshold detail
The Bangke Tower of
Introspection in the third
court
Rooms along the south side of the third cour
Residential area beyond the southern side of
the third and fourth courts

27. Caisson ceiling of the Bangke Tower
of Introspection

28. One of three identical doorways between
the third and fourth courts
Detail of carved detail on doorway
FOURTH COURTGallery containing inscriptive tablets along
the southern side of the fourth court
Carved stone stele on View of Phoenix Pavilion
Light through lattice wall gate of the fourth court

29. Inner courtyard of tablet gallery in
the fourth court
Interior of fourth court
tablet gallery with
furniture, screen, and
vase

30. Fountains and garden to the west
of the Phoenix Pavilion
Fountain resembling a pile of
rocks set within finely carved
walkways
Two of three Cloud Gates
between the prayer hall
and the Moon Platform
with lintel adornments
carved in stone
View looking east across Moon
Platform in the fourth court
towards the stone archways
known as the Cloud Gates
Ornament atop lintel of the
central Cloud Gate

31. View looking northwest across the Detail of hipped roof of the prayer
Moon Platform towards the prayer hall, with upswept eave and
hall portico dragonheads along ridge
FIFTH COURT
Rounded tiles of Prayer hall portico with red lacquered
prayer hall roof woodwork and dougong brackets below the
covered in moss ceiling

32. Elevations of
prayer hall with
co-joined
hipped roofs

33. View of the intricately
worked mihrab in
rich and somber hues
Interior view of the prayer hall with
dougong brackets supporting the flat
polychrome ceiling
Lintel of the side entrance into
prayer hall, facing south
Moon Gate adjoining the
southern wall of the prayer
hall, leading out to the
hillock fifth court

34. Paneled wooden side doors to prayer hall
Carved screen wall
along along the
western precinct wall
in the fifth court
The imam of the mosque, in his
office in the second court
Detail of carved stonework on the roof of
the prayer hall