Jumat, 26 Agustus 2011

Sam Poo Kong Temple

Building Stone Temple Sam Po Kong is a petilasan, the former haven and the first landing of a Chinese admiral named Zheng Islamic religious He / Cheng Ho. Located in Simongan area, southwest of Semarang.
Called the Stone House is the place for its is a huge Batu Caves are situated on a hill of stone. Since the blurring of history, an Indonesian Chinese descent consider the building is a temple with a Chinese architectural forms that look like a temple. Now the place is used as a memorial and a place of worship or worship and places for pilgrimage. For this purpose, in a cave the stone placed on an altar, and statues of Sam Po Tay Djien. Though admiral cheng ho is a Muslim, but by those considered gods. This can be understood considering Confucianism or Tau think the person who has died can give help to them. According to the story, Admiral Zheng He / Cheng Ho was sailing through the sea there java a sick crew, he ordered the anchor. Then he was close to the northern coast of Semarang and founded a mosque on the waterfront that has now changed into a temple. The building now has been at the center of town is due north coast of Java Semarang always mangalami siltation due to sedimentation so that gradually the mainland will further expanding towards the north. That said, after Zheng He left the place because he had to continue his voyage, many of his crew who lived in the village Simongan and mate with the locals. Zheng He gives lessons about planting and spreading the teachings of Islam.

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