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Sunday, September 7, 2014

Interesting Place in Surabaya - Cheng Ho Mosque

Cheng Ho mosque is located on Jalan Gading Surabaya. This mosque has an oriental architecture with the art of it. The art is a symbol of China, Java, and Moslem culture. The colors of it are green, yellow, and red.  The architecture of this mosque is from China and Java. Cheng Ho is taken from Laksamana Cheng Ho who entered  Moslem when he in Majapahit. The model of Cheng Ho mosque is inspiration from Niu Jei, a mosque in Beijing, China. The capacity of this mosque is more than 200 people. In that mosque, there are an Arabic language made from dragons and lions from wax. In the left of the mosque, there is a bedug to tell people that we can pray at that time. The mosque has 8 sides and every number has the meaning from Moslem and China belief.  The size of Ka'bah  is symbolize by number 11, and Wali Songo is symbolize by number 9. Lucky is symbolize by number 8. It's interesting! So do you want to go there?



-Tiara

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