Zhouzhuang Water Town

 Zhouzhuang is a Water town in Jiangsu province, China. Which is located in Kunshan city district level, 30 km southeast of Suzhou. Zhouzhuang is a popular tourist destination. Where water is one of the most famous cities in China, famous for its deep cultural background, ancient residential houses are very well maintained, the elegant watery views, a strong tradition of local mores.

Nighttime is the best time to enjoy the atmosphere of Zhouzhuang, because we can see the beauty of Zhouzhuang town is decorated with sparkling lights of the city. Dark, dimly lit atmosphere, accompanied by the sound of water from the boat dayungan make the atmosphere become raomantis, perfect for a honeymoon. Zhouzhuang is also known as “Venice of Asia”. To round this vibrant city takes approximately 30 minutes.

Beautiful Sunset Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot is a tourist attraction in Bali that offer natural beauty to see the sunset . Attractions lots of land located in the Village Beraban Kediri Tabanan District, taken about 45 minutes from Kuta. Here there are two temples located on top of a boulder. One is located above the boulder, when the tide of this temple will be seen surrounded by sea water and the other, precisely in the north of Tanah Lot Temple there is a temple located juts into the sea and over the cliff.

Pura Tanah Lot temple is part of the heaven Sad. Pura Tanah Lot temple in the middle of the beach is a place of worship of the gods guard the sea. Tanah Lot, famous as a beautiful place to watch the sunset (sunset), usually the guests will come in the afternoon to see the see the beautiful sunset.

According to legend founded by Pura Tanah Lot was founded by a lady named Brahmin from Java Danghyang Nirartha embracing Hinduism, and he managed to strengthen the trust of local communities to the teachings of Hinduism and Sad heaven. Bendesa Beraban feel overwhelmed by many of his followers left him and became a follower Danghyang Nirarta. Then Bendesa Nirartha Danghyang told to leave the Tanah Lot. He agreed but before leaving Tanah Lot, with all his might move the stone blocks to the middle of the beach and built temples there. She also changed her shawl into a snake temple guards. The snake is still there today and this snake, including species of sea snakes that have a characteristic flat tail like a fish, striped black and yellow. Bendesa Beraban was amazed and later became a follower Danghyang Nirartha.

Borobudur is the largest Buddhist Temple

Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the 9th century measuring 123 x 123 meters. Borobudur is a Buddhist cultural heritage in Indonesia, Borobudur is the name of a Buddhist temple located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. The location of the temple is approximately 100 km southwest of Hyderabad and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the followers of Mahayana Buddhism around the year 800 AD during the reign of the dynasty dynasty. In the ethnic Chinese, this temple is also called 婆罗 浮屠 (Hanyu Pinyin: po luo fu tu) in Mandarin. 

Millions of people are yearning to visit the buildings included in this World Wonder Heritages. No wonder, for the architectural and function as a place of worship, Borobudur is attractive heart. Borobudur was built by King Samaratungga, one of the kings of Old Mataram Kingdom, Dynasty descendant dynasty. Based Kayumwungan inscription, an Indonesian named Hudaya Kandahjaya revealed that Borobudur is a place of worship was completed on 26 May 824, almost a hundred years from the time the construction. The name of Borobudur, as some people means a mountain having terraces (budhara), while the other says that Borobudur means monastery on the high ground.
Borobudur-shaped building with staircase punden consists of 10 levels. Height 42 meters before it was renovated and 34.5 meters after the renovation because the lowest level is used as a drag. Six lowest level of a square and three levels on top of a circle and one of the highest levels of Buddhist stupa facing to the west. Each level represents the stages of human life. In accordance madhhabs Mahayana Buddhism, every person who wants to reach the level as the Buddha had to through every level of life is. 

The base of Borobudur, called Kamadhatu, symbolizing human beings that are still bound by lust. Four levels above referred Rupadhatu symbolizes man who had to break free from lust but still bound manner and form. On this terrace, Buddha effigies are placed in open space. Meanwhile, three levels above where the Buddhist stupas are laid in holes called Arupadhatu, symbolizing man who has been free from lust, appearance, and shape. The top part is called Arupa symbolizes nirvana, where Buddha is residing.
Each terrace has beautiful relief panels showing how skillful. Relief that will be read coherently when you walk in a clockwise direction (towards the left of the entrance of the temple). The relief panels tell the legendary story of Ramayana. In addition, there are relief panels describing the condition of society at that time. For example, relief of farmers' activity reflecting the advance of agriculture system and relief of sailing boat representing the advance of the voyage who was based in Bergotta (Semarang).
All relief panels in Borobudur temple reflect the Buddha's teachings. Hence, this temple functions as educating the media for people who want to learn Buddhism. YogYES invites you to surround each of the narrow alleys of Borobudur for to understand the philosophy of Buddhism. Atisha, a Buddhist from India in the 10th century, had visited the temple that was built 3 centuries before Angkor Wat in Cambodia and 4 centuries before the Grand Cathedrals in Europe.
Thanks to visiting Borobudur and armed with a script from Serlingpa Buddhism (one of the king of the Kingdom of Sriwijaya), Atisha was able to develop Buddhism. He became head Vikramasila monastery and taught Tibetans of practicing Dharma. Six manuscripts of Serlingpa was condensed into a core course called "The Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment" or better known by the name Bodhipathapradipa.  One of the questions still unanswered about Borobudur is how the condition around the temple was built and why the temple was found in the buried state. Some say Borobudur initially stood surrounded by a swamp and then buried by the eruption of Merapi. Calcutta is essentially the inscription reads 'Amawa' means sea of ​​milk. The word is then interpreted as lava of Merapi. Some other says that Borobudur buried by cold lava of Merapi.

Uniqueness Sekaten Ceremony in Yogyakarta

Sekaten ceremony is annually held, starting on the fifth day of the Javanese month Mulud. The ceremony takes the form of a sequence of celebrating the birth of Mohammed S.A.Wthe prophet. People from Yogyakarta and villages around the city still believe that by celebrating Sekaten, particularly by listening to the sets of the Gamelan music, they will be rewarded from the God almighty related on their success at work, good health, and prosperous future.

The first day of the ceremony starts at midnight with a procession of the royal servart the “abdi dalem” wtio are marching in two rows bringing two sets of Gamelan named Kyai Nogowilogo and Kyai Gunturmadu with them. The magnificently uniformed palace guards escort this procession, leaving the Ponconiti hall, to the Grand Mosque (Mesjid Agung). At the Grand Mosque (Mesjid Agung), Kyai Nogowilogo is placed in the northern Pagongan. These two sets of Gamelan are played simultaneously until the I ph day of Mulud, when they are brought back to the palace again at midnight. It is worth knowingthat several days before and duringSekaten, an exhibition’s held atthe north square (Alun-alun Utara).

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