klenteng boen san bio

Boen San Bio Temple cannot be separated from the presence of Chinese people in Tangerang. They came in waves long before the arrival of Europeans to Banten and intermarried with the local people. They have a unique name: China Fort. According to Eddy Prabowo, a Chinese sinologist or historian from the University of Indonesia, the term Cina Benteng emerged during the East India Trade Union (VOC) or Company's conquest of Batavia in 1619. Not satisfied with Batavia, the Company seized the area around the Cisadane River which previously belonged to the Pajajaran Kingdom. The Company established a fort around the Cisadane River to protect its territory from enemy attacks. The existence of the fort made it difficult for the Chinese to move. In the end they chose to stay outside the fort. Among others in the area of ​​​​Sewan and Kampung Melayu. "This is where the term China Benteng comes in," said Eddy Prabowo in Suara Update, August 18, 2005. According to Sudemi in "Traces of the Historical Heritage of Confucianism in the Chinese Society of Benteng", a thesis at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Jakarta in 2019, along with the arrival of the Chinese in Tangerang, the teachings of Confucianism also entered. They built a place of worship called Bio as a place of refuge and hope for the progress of their trade in order to produce blessings and profits. "In Indonesia Bio is better known as the Temple." #temple #themepark#nationalpark