Temple Of Sam Po Kong Stone Building Semarang
Sam Po Kong Temple is a former stopover and the first landing of a Chinese MuslimAdmiral called Zheng He/Cheng Ho. This place called Stone Building, because of its shape is a huge rock cave that is located on a hill stone. Located in the area ofSimongan, southwest of the city of Semarang.
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Almost the entirety of the building a typical red nuances of building China. It is nowthe venue for a warning and a place to worship or worship as well as a place for pilgrimage. For these purposes, in the cave of the stone placed an altar, as well asstatues of Sam Po Tay Djien Museum. When admiral Zheng He was a muslim, but by those considered gods. This can be understandably given the Confucian religion orTau considers people who have died can give help to them.
The fountains at Sam poo kong
Sam Poo Kong entrance
Sam Poo Kong Temple, also known as Building Stone
Like building a temple, Sam Poo Kong shrine located on the Simongan, Semarang,also dominated by the color red. A number of red lanterns adorn not onlykelentengnya, but also of the tree of trees leading to the entrance.
The main building of the temple is a Stone Cave which is believed as the site of the initial landing and headquarters of Admiral Zheng He, along with his men when visiting the island of Java in the 1400 's. Goa Originally covered avalanche in the 1700s,then rebuilt by the locals as a homage to Cheng Ho.
Now in the cave there is a statue of Zheng He covered with gold and used for prayer room in appealing for prayers for blessing, safety, health and good fortune. In addition to building the stone cave, the walls are decorated with reliefs of Zheng He travel from mainland China until to Java, in this area there is also a large temple and two smallerplace of prayer.
The place is named after the place of prayer with the allocation, namely temples ThaoTee Kong which is a place to worship the God of the Earth to invoke the blessings of life and salvation. While shrines Kyai Interpreter Mudi mudi interpreter's Tomb in the form of a ship's Admiral Cheng Ho.
Other shrines are named kyai anchors, because here are stored the original anchorships Cheng Ho decorated with red color. Here used to worship spirits Ho Ping,namely pray for souls who don't bersanak a family that may not have a place in the afterlife.
Then there are Kyai Cundrik Earth shrines, which used to be a storage area for all types of weaponry used Zheng He crew, as well as Religious and Nyai Tumpeng temaptwhich represents the storage of food at the time of Cheng Ho.
Because the whole area is more meant for prayer, not everyone may enter it. Temple building, whether large or small, fenced and its entrance guarded by security officers.Only the meaning of prayer are permitted to enter while the tourists who want to see the view can do from behind a fence.
Since the renovation of the great quantity of 2002 and was completed in 2005, whichcost 20 billion menelah, Sam Poo Kong attracted the attention of more people to visit.On the page that is broad enough in front of the temple, there are a number ofsculptures, including the statue of Admiral Cheng Ho, that is interesting enough to be enjoyed. This is where the art form of dance attraction attraction dance, lion dance orother art forms presented for memperngati historic day today related to Cheng Ho orthe culture of China.
In August, for example, have always held a festival in memory of the arrival of Cheng Ho to Semarang. For the month of August 2009, the festival was held on 18th to commemorate Zheng He arrival of the ke604 HUT.
The celebration is accompanied by a procession, bazaar, and lion dance festival. Other major festivals celebrated here include Chinese new year and the day of the feast ofthe birth of Cheng Ho. foreign tourist arrivals, especially from China, indicates that theSam Poo Kong is widely known in the world. Based on alms money left by visitors, theShrine Building Stone is also often visited by foreign tourists from the United States,Russia, Brazil and other countries.
Admiral Zheng He who the descendants of Persian and Muslim, makes it also muchvisited by those who are Muslim, including tourists coming from China.
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