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The Traditions and Rituals of the Muslim People in Sam Poo Kong Temple (Kelenteng) in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 408 2nd International Conference on Islam, Science and Technology (ICONIST 2019) The Traditions and Rituals of the Muslim People in Sam Poo Kong Temple (Kelenteng) in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia M. Ikhsan Tanggok Faculty of Ushuluddin, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia [email protected] Abstract—Sam Poo Kong Temple is a place where or tourist destination; it is also a sacred place for those Tridharma adherents (Taoists, Confucians and who believe in it. Although against Islamic teachings, Buddhists) are believed to have met with Cheng Ho (a such as the prohibition of requesting for something Chinese Muslim from China) who arrived on the from someone other than God, the Muslim community Indonesian archipelago, especially Semarang, in the who already believed in Cheng Ho and the statue of fifteenth century. The temple is not only a place of the gods inside the temple ignored the prohibition and worship for Tridharma adherents, but also frequently continued to perform the rituals in it and entreaty Sam visited by Muslims who perform rituals in which they Poo Kong. For the members of the Muslim plead for something to Sam Poo Kong manifested in the community who came to Sam Poo Kong Temple, form of a statue in the temple. This paper explains the Cheng Ho was not only considered as a Muslim figure practices and traditions carried out by some Muslims in in the Chinese emperor's envoy, but also as a god who Java, especially in Sam Poo Kong Temple in Semarang in Central Java, which aim to solve the personal could grant assistance to people who required it. problems they face each day. Some Javanese Muslims This article is based on field research conducted at strongly believe that the Sam Poo Kong god provide Sam Poo Kong Temple one year ago. It aims to help to anyone who needs it. The aid of Sam Poo Kong is describe and explain the practices carried out by sought through a ceremony. Herein lies the uniqueness Muslims who came to this temple. Usually, Muslims of Indonesia as a pluralistic, majority-Muslim country petition for something they want when they are where people respect each other's differences to performing their daily prayers in the mosque; they maintain social harmony. typically do not perform rituals and entreaty to gods in Keywords: Muslim, ritual, Sam Poo Kong Temple, Islam other places of worship or temples. But this paper Nusantara focuses on Muslims who perform rituals in Sam Poo Kong Temple, not the vast majority of Muslims who I. INTRODUCTION do not perform such rituals or non-Muslims. Sam Poo Kong Temple is a very historically II. METHOD important Chinese temple in the city of Semarang in Central Java. It was founded by Chinese people in The method used to collect data for the Indonesia with the aim of recognizing the services of composition of this article is a qualitative method, Cheng Ho (a Chinese Muslim from China) who came namely, by conducting observations and in-depth to the Nusantara (Indonesian archipelago) in the interviews with selected informants. Observations fifteenth century. The temple is not only visited by were made at Sam Poo Kong Temple during visits to it Chinese Taoists, Confucians and Buddhists (i.e. to witness the practices and rituals performed by Tridharma adherents) who wish to worship there, but Muslims therein.Interviews were conducted with also by followers of other faiths, such as Muslims and several reliable informants. The results of in-depth Christians. People who come to Sam Poo Kong interviews with these informants constitute data that Temple have a variety of purposes. Some would just can be put in writing in the form of articles read by like to see the temple up close, while others want to many people, especially academics. Interviews were petition for something to Sam Poo Kong or Cheng Ho, conducted with Muslims visiting Sam Poo Kong hoping that what they desire will come about in Temple to worship and request something from Sam accordance with their expectations. Poo Kong (Cheng Ho). Not all Muslims who came to Sam Poo Kong Temple were interviewed, but rather Today, Sam Poo Kong Temple functions not only only a few. Interviews were also done with caretakers as a place of worship for Chinese people, but also as a of the Sam Poo Kong Temple because they know tourist destination for visitors to Semarang, including many of the temple’s visitors and help them by acting Muslims. For this reason, everyone who visits the as mediators between the devotees and the Sam Poo temple must buy an entrance ticket, as is the case for Kong god inside the temple. The results of the visits to other tourist attractions in Indonesia. But the interviews are written in a research report and an temple is not just an historical site, place of worship, article for publication. Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL. This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license -http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. 117 Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 408 A. Theoretical Review Chinese Communities to the Spread of Islam in Indonesia”. It surveys the history of Cheng Ho's The abovementioned practice of certain Muslims arrival in the Indonesian archipelago in the fifteenth in Sam Poo Kong Temple in Semarang is a form of century. It shows that Cheng Ho not only established ritual repeated at different times according to their political relations and conducted trade in the needs. There are several theories about rituals carried archipelago, but also had a mission to spread Islam out by a community and religious people, including there. those of Turner, Van Gennap and Marcel Mauss.[1] Turner[2] states that ritual is an expression of the C. Worship of Sam Poo Tay Kam failure of a secular mechanism in resolving conflicts within and between communities. Through rituals, Let us first acquaint ourselves with Sam Poo Tay different village communities can be united and Kam. One written story informs us about reestablish harmony between one another. Mauss,[3] him.According to it, during the reign of Bing's believes that in every ritual there is a process of kingdom in China, Emperor Bing Sing Cou, who was exchange between humans and humans, humans and quite famous, used the title Eng Lok Kun. In his God, or gods and spirits. The abovementioned practice kingdom there were many commanders, including the of certain Muslims in Sam Poo Kong Temple can also first, second, third and so forth, each in accordance be seen as a form of exchange between humans and with the position held by the particular commander in spirits and between humans and humans. Gennap[4] the kingdom. Bing Sing Cou had a palace guard considered that rituals are always present in human named “The Ho.” For his loyalty to the king, The Ho life, from the moment one is born until one dies, but was awarded a royal title by him. The knighthood was that they are more prevalent during certain periods of known as Sam Poo Kong Tay Kam. Sam Poo Kong the human life cycle.For example, birth, marriage and means the third commander and Tay Kam designates a death rituals are routinely carried out by a community. palace guard; Sam Poo Kong Tay Kam thus refers to Some of these theories can be used as references in the third guard in the kingdom in charge of guarding examining the practices and rituals performed by some the king's palace. Muslims from Central Java and other regions of Since the awarding of the royal title, the name Indonesia in Sam Poo Kong Temple in Semarang. “The Ho” was hardly used anymore. People now called him Sam Poo Tay Kam; the title, that is, which B. Literature Review means “the third commander of the palace guard".[9] Several books and journals can be used as sources Sam Poo Tay Kam is actually another name for Cheng in writing articles about the practice of Muslims in Ho. The latter name is not found in Sam Poo Kong Sam Poo Kong Temple in Semarang. Among them is a Temple in Semarang, but the name Sam Poo Tay Jin book by M. IkhsanTanggok entitled Nusantara Islamic is. The latter name is written on the nameplate in the Practices in Several Temples in Indonesia, published Cheng Ho worship hall. The temple administrators and by Ushul News in Jakarta in 2015.[5] This book visitors present to ask Zheng Ho for something were explains Nusantara Islam practices in Ancol temple, not too familiar with the name Che Ho, preferring to Sam Poo Kong Temple in Semarang, and Tuban call him instead Sam Poo Tay Jin, not Sam Po Tay temple in Surabaya. The shortcoming of this book is Kam. Who is Sam Poo Tay Jin? Sam Poo Tay Jin is, that it does not simply focus on one temple to and the in fact, none other than Cheng Ho, and the name presence of the Muslim community therein, but looks written at the entrance gate of Sam Poo Kong Temple at several temples that are different from one another. in Semarang reads, "Kelenteng [Temple] Sam Poo This book is my main source for this article, though it Kong," not “Kelenteng Cheng Ho”. is supplemented with field research. D. The Temple and Worship of Sam Poo Kongor The second book is also authored by M. Cheng Ho IkhsanTanggok and is entitled, Ceng Ho Dewa Dagang (Cheng Ho as Deity of Commerce) and Sam Poo Kong Temple in Semarang does not call published by Pelita Kebajikan in Jakarta in 2005.[6] itself a “monastery” (vihara) as most temples in The book describes Cheng Ho's visits to several cities Indonesia since the New Order and until now do.
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