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The Grand Mosque is the center of Tianjin Muslim community and is located at the crossroads of Xima Lu and Beima Lu. Construction of the compound began in 1644 during the Qing Dynasty. The mosque consists of four major structures, the screen wall, the front hall, the praying hall and the preaching hall. All the constructions are sumptuously decorated with colored paintings, Koran scripture carvings and banisters, and a total of 61 horizontal plaques and couplets with both Chinese and Arabic inscriptions.
The mosque is an Islamic architectural complex with the palace style - The buildings' decoration is of both primitive simplicity and elegance. The wooden carvings are finely made, and the colored drawings depicted with excellent craftsmanship. Inside and outside the mosque are hanging over 60 bian - horizontal inscribed boards and Ying-lian - couplets written on scrolls and hung on the pillars of halls, in Arabic and Chinese.
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