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Sini script is also found on various objects produced for both local use and to be exported to the Muslim world. The David Collection in Copenhagen includes examples of bronze objects including a double-handed vessel with Chinese imagery dating to the seventeenth century and a bronze incense burner made during the reign of Ming emperor Zhengde, both inscribed with Sini calligraphy.
The page on the right has mixed lines of Arabic—marked by a continuous black line on top—and their Chinese translation in Xiao'erjing script, that follow the Arabic original on the same line. Pages from a Book titled "Questions and Answers on the Faith in Islam", Published in Xining , which includes a Xiao'erjing–Hanji transliteration ...
Sini-style Arabic calligraphy of the first Shahada (La 'ilāha 'illā Allāh) at the Great Mosque of Xi'an. Sini is a Chinese Islamic calligraphic form for the Arabic script. It can refer to any type of Chinese Islamic calligraphy, but is commonly used to refer to one with thick and tapered effects, much like Chinese calligraphy.
The Great Mosque of Xi'an, one of the oldest mosques in China. Chinese Islamic architecture, Sino-Islamic architecture, or Islamic architecture of China are terms used to indicate the architectural tradition and cultural heritage of the Muslim populations in China, both of mainland and outer China, which has existed since the 8th century CE to the present. [1]
The Grand Mosque of Shadian was originally built in 1684, [1] in the Shadian suburb of Gejiu City in Yunnan province, China. [2] The 21,000 square metre complex featured a tiled green dome with a crescent moon, four smaller domes, and soaring minarets, and was the last major mosque in China built in the Arabic style until its domes were removed in 2023, [3] with features from Nabawi Mosque in ...
Many Song dynasty mosques were built in this Arabian style in coastal cities, due to communities of Arab merchants living in them. [ 4 ] the entrance of Quanzhou Qingjingsi Mosque ( Chinese : 泉州清净寺 ; pinyin : Quán Zhōu Qīng Jìng Sì ) is the only example of stone entrances in mainland China. [ 5 ]
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Uyghur is a Turkic language with a long literary tradition spoken in Xinjiang, China by the Uyghurs.Today, the Uyghur Arabic alphabet is the official writing system used for Uyghur in Xinjiang, whereas other alphabets like the Uyghur Cyrillic alphabets are still in use outside China, especially in Central Asia, and Uyghur Latin is used in western countries.