Editing Chinese architecture (section)

===Xinjiang architecture===
'''''Early architecture'''''

Early [[Xinjiang]] architecture was influenced by [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Manichaean art|Manichaean]], [[Sogdian art|Sogdian]], [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]] and Chinese cultural groups, most prominent examples including the cave temples of [[Bezeklik Caves|Bezeklik]]; religious and residential buildings at [[Jiaohe ruins|Jiahoe]]; and temples and shrines at [[Gaochang]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Steinhardt |first=Nancy Shatzman |title=China's Early Mosques |chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474472852-015/html |chapter=CHAPTER NINE Xinjiang: Architecture of Qing China and Uyghur Central Asia |date=2022-01-31 |pages=259–274 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-1-4744-7285-2 |language=en |doi=10.1515/9781474472852-015|s2cid=246523466 }}</ref>

'''''Islamic architecture'''''

The first Muslims came to Xinjiang in the eighth or ninth centuries CE, yet only became a significant presence during the [[Yuan dynasty]].

Islam came to [[Hami]] province in eastern Xinjiang at the end of the fourteenth century, and the province's first mosque was built in 1490, with ten generations of Muslim kings of Hami buried in the complex from the 1690s to 1932. The mausoleum complex of Hami was built in 1840 – the tomb of King Boxi'er is the complex's most prominent feature, having been constructed after the Muslim rebellion of 1867.<ref name=":1" />

The mud-brick [[Emin Minaret]] (or Sugongta) in [[Turpan]] province is 44 metres (144&nbsp;ft) tall is the tallest minaret in China. The tower is decorated with sixteen patterns on the exterior, with textured bricks carved into intricate, repetitive, geometric and floral mosaic patterns, such as stylized flowers and rhombuses. The minaret was started in 1777 during the reign of the [[Qianlong Emperor]] (r. 1735–1796) and was completed only one year later.

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File:Emin Minaret (40010270790).jpg|Emin Minaret
File:Emin Minaret detail (8064068957).jpg|Emin Minaret (detail)
File:Turpan-bezeklik-cuevas-d01.jpg|Bezeklik Caves
File:Gaochang (23889969801).jpg|Gaochang
File:Mosque in Hami’s Muslim District, Xinjiang, China, 1875 WDL2081.png|Mosque in Hami's Muslim District, Xinjiang, China, 1875
File:哈密回王墓.jpg|Mausoleum of King Box'ier in Hami, constructed 1867-68
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