Gunung Timur Temple is a Chinese
tabernacle which is the largest in the megacity of Medan, Indonesia and
conceivably also on the islet of Sumatra. This tabernacle was erected in the
1962 and devoted to Dongyue Dadi. This tabernacle is located at Jalan Hang
Tuah, about 500 measures from the Sri Mariamman Temple and is located on the
side of Babura swash.
This tabernacle formerly served as
the centre of faith for the Chinese community in Medan for numerous times and
it was also one of Medan's multilateral icon, as there are an oldest Hindu
tabernacle Sri Mariamman tabernacle and also a synagogue named Masjid Agung
hard. This tabernacle always be filled with worshippers on Imlek, Cap Go Meh
days and Chit Gwee Pua jubilee.
This tabernacle was innovated
concertedly and cooperation by Taoist and Buddhist communities in Medan.
Besides being a place of deification for Buddhists, the tabernacle is also
notorious as a literal point in Medan. Formerly, this structure is a land of
steep land near the Babura swash, in 1960, this tabernacle was begun to be
erected. At the entrance of the tabernacle, there are two ornate statues of
Napoleons and dragons are the hallmark of the Chinese race. When entered into
the tabernacle, there's a place for deification, decorated with incense and
candles. Theare a big barrel hard the soliciting room, which will be used at
the time of the Chinese New Year. At several big day similar as Chinese New
Year or Cap Go Meh, this tabernacle would be crowded because it's frequently
held a captain cotillion procession.
The structure was designed so that it
overlooks the River Babura. The Chinese people are believe, with the design
facing the River Babura, it'll bring a good luck to the tabernacle and those
who visit there.
In addition, the tabernacle is also
using a color tones of red and unheroic. Both colors are named as a dominant
color because it's regarded as the color of good luck by the Chinese. At the
top of the structure, there's a decorated of a brace green multicolored dragon
facing each other with the sun in the middle. Behind a dragon statue there also
has a brace of giant dragon- headed fish too. Right in front of the tabernacle
there are also huge statues of a black and white captain. It also contains a
large paved area with an impressively gauged incense burner, two covered
badminton courts, a veritably large main hall and is incompletely girdled by a
culvert and walls
. In this place, there are several
stages, the position of the deification of the gods. In total there are 80
statues of divinities in this place. In the first place there's the statue of
Lord Shen Jing Ru followed by Lord Shen Zai Zhu Sen Da in beside him. Further
to the hinder there's god Cen Cing Tien and Xian Shi Dian. In the sixth number
there are Ou Xian Gu and Wang Yan Dian Shi statue guarding the leftism and
right of the burning of incense in the tabernacle. Likewise statue of Lord Liu
Fan Xian Shi in the coming portion.
On the inside of the structure
there's a Buddhist balcony, accompanied by Maitreya Buddha and the Goddess Kwan
Im. While on the right side there an balcony filled with some gods in the
culture of Chinese traditional beliefs, the Tua Pek Kong accompanied with Thay
Suei. Under there's a statue of Thien Kou ( canine heaven) and Pek Ho Kong
(White Tiger) companion by Tho Te Kong (the god of the land).
Sources :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Timur_Temple
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