Tien Kok Sie Temple

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Tien Kok Sie
梭羅鎮國寺 （So-lô Tìn-kok-sī）
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Tien Kok Sie, Surakarta, 2023
Religion
Affiliation Tridharma
Province Central Java
Deity Guan Yin
Location
LocationJl. RE Martadinata No.12, Sudiroprajan, Kec. Jebres, Surakarta, Central Java
Architecture
TypeChinese
Style Minnan
Established1745

Tien Kok Sie Temple is a Chinese temple in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. Tien Kok Sie Temple is used by practitioners of three religions: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, though it is currently visited mostly by Buddhists. [1] It is one of the oldest temples in Central Java. [2]

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History

When the palace of the Surakarta Sunanate was moved from Kartasura to Surakarta in 1745, the Tien Kok Sie Temple also moved. [2] Construction of the temple in the location where it stands today, to the south of Pasar Gede Hardjonagoro, began in 1745, carried out by the Chinese residents in the Pasar Gede area. The temple was built at an intersection, which according to Chinese belief required a temple to cleanse the area of negative energy. [2] Its establishment also led to a further influx of Chinese residents to the area. [3]

The ownership status of the temple's land is not clear because it stands on ground owned by the Surakarta Sunanate, though the Sunanate originally granted the land to the temple. [4] [2]

The temple's name was changed from Vihara Alokiteswara to Tien Kok Sie Temple as a result of Abdurrahman Wahid's presidency. The name was changed to follow the policy regarding the establishment of Confucianism as an official religion in Indonesia. [4] Since 2007, the temple has also had a hand in the annual Grebeg Sudiro celebrations, which are a melding of Chinese and Javanese traditional practices. [5]

On May 3, 2013, the Indonesian Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education recorded Tien Kok Sie Temple as an Indonesian cultural heritage site. [4] The temple remains in its historic condition without changes to its original architecture. [2]

Architecture

The temple's architecture is Chinese in nature, with carved ornamentation on its windows and doors. There are, however, certain Javanese elements incorporated into the structure of the building, making the temple an example of the adoption of Chinese culture into Surakarta through religious and trade routes. [6] [2]

References

  1. ↑ Ani Mufidah (2016). Upacara Ritual Pernikahan dalam Agama Khonghucu di Surakarta (Thesis) (in Indonesian). Yogyakarta: Prodi Studi Agama - Agama, Fakultas Ushulddin dan Pemikiran Islam, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Khaula Cipta Elvareta; Nur Rahmawati Syamsiyah (2024). "Karakter Bangunan Sekitar Pasar Gede Ditinjau dari Komparisasi Kebudayaan Etnis Jawa - China". SIAR V 2024 : Seminar Ilmiah Arsitektur (in Indonesian). Surakarta: Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  3. ↑ Chandra Halim; Silverio R. L. Aji Sampurno (2013). "Masyarakat Tionghoa Di Solo Dan Organisasi Sosial (Dari Terbentuknya CMKH Sampai PMS)". Bandar Maulana: Jurnal Sejarah Kebudayaan (in Indonesian). Yogyakarta: Program Studi Sejarah, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Sanata Dharma. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  4. 1 2 3 Klenteng Tien Kok Sie, archived from the original on 2021-07-13, retrieved 2025-11-27
  5. ↑ Betty Gama; Yoto Widodo; Adhika Prasetya Kusharsanto; Henny Sri Kusumawati (2023). "The Symbolic Meaning of Sudiro's Grebeg Celebration on Chinese New Year in Solo" (PDF). Proceedings of the International Conference On Multidisciplinary Studies (ICOMSI 2022) (in Indonesian). Atlantis Press. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  6. ↑ Novita Rusdiyana, Klenteng Tien Kok Sie, Akulturasi Budaya Cina dan Jawa, archived from the original on 2021-07-13, retrieved 2025-11-27
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