# Kuai Xiang

> Kuai Xiang was a Chinese architect and engineer widely known as designer of the Forbidden City and originator of the Xiangshan carpenters. He was born in Xukou (Xiangshan), Wu County, Suzhou, during the Ming dynasty. When the Yongle Emperor decided to transfer the capital from Nanjing to Beijing in 1407, Kuai Xiang was ordered to design and construct the Forbidden City for him.

*Chinese architect and engineer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kuai-xiang

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Architect
- **Category:** Architects
- **Born:** 1398
- **Died:** 1481
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.8 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [蒯祥](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%92%AF%E7%A5%A5)
- [كواى اكسيانج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC)
- [کوای شانق](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82)
- [Kuai Xiang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuai_Xiang)
- [Kuai Xiang](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuai_Xiang)
- [Куаи Шјианг](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D1%98%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3)
- [Kuai Xiang](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuai_Xiang)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10513613)

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