کوای شانق (چینجه:蒯祥؛ د. ۱۳۷۷، سوژو، مین سولالهسی - اؤ. ۱۴۵۱، مین سولالهسی)، یاساق شهرین[۱] طراحی و شیانق شان نجارلارینین یاراتیجیسی اوْلاراق بیلینن چینلی بیر معمار و موهندیس ایدی. مین سولالهسی دؤنمینده دوْغان کوای شانق، ایمپیراتور یونقلو ۱۴۰۷ تاریخینده پایتختی نانجینق دن پکن شهرینه داشیدیغی زامان، ایمپیراتور فرمانی ایله یاساق شهر خریطه و پلانلارینی طراحی ائدیب اینشاسی ایله وظیفهلندی.[۲]
- ^ Ming: The Golden Empire on display at National Museum of Scotland. BBC (25 June 2014). “The Forbidden City's chief architect, Kuai Xiang, is actually painted on - he stands in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace.”
- ^ Shea, Marilyn. Forbidden City - History. University of Maine at Farmington. آرشیولنیب اصلی نۆسخهدن on 2014-02-21. یوْخلانیلیب4 February 2014. “Emperor Yongle chose a young architect to design and oversee the construction. Kuai Xiang 蒯祥 (Kuǎi Xiáng) was in his early thirties when he began the work. He used the Imperial Palace in Nanjing as the base model and incorporated historical references to palaces built during the Tang and Song Dynasties. He referenced Confucian, Daoist, and traditional astronomical belief systems to create an expression of Chinese philosophy and belief systems. It took 13 years to complete the initial palace and walls. Through the centuries additions have been made to the original design of the Forbidden City, but the heart of the palace is that of Yongle and Kuai Xiang.”