History of Cirebon

Originally Cirebon city is in the 14th century on the northern coast of West Java there is a small fishing village called Estuary Teak, located on the hillside Amparan Teak. Teak Estuary is a small fishing port. Galuh monarch who Rajagaluh capital as officials put a harbor or port authorities Ki Gedeng Tapa. Teak Muara harbor many merchant ships flown outside of which the Chinese ships came to trade with the locals, which is perdagangkannya salt, agricultural and shrimp paste.Then Ki Gendeng Reed lemahwungkuk establish a settlement in which it is located approximately 5 miles, to the south of the estuary Teak. Since many merchants and foreign merchants as well as from other regions daer5ah living and settled in the area called Caruban meaning later changed Cerbon mixture became Cirebon until now.Pajajaran Prabu Raja Ki Gede Siliwanggi appoint Reed as head of the new settlement with a degree Kuwu Cerbon. Regions that are under the supervision of Kuwu was limited by time Cipamali in the east, Cigugur (Brass) in the south, the mountains to the west and Kromong Junti (Indramayu) to the north.After Ki Gedeng Reed died later replaced by a law called Walangsungsang son of King Siliwanggi Pajajaran. Walangsungsang designated and appointed the title of Duke of Carbon Cakrabumi. Obligation is to bring tribute to the king in the capital Rajagaluh shaped crops, but after feeling strong delivery negates tribute, consequently king sent an army, but Cakrabumi successfully defended.Then Cakrabumi proclaimed its independence and established the kingdom of Cirebon with mamakai Cakrabuana title. Because Cakrabuana had converted to Islam and his administration have marked the beginning of the Islamic empire empire Cirebon, but still no connection with Pajajaran Hindu kingdom.Since then, the small port of Muara Jati be large, due to increased traffic from and towards inland, selling local inland as far as Southeast Asia. From this initial set of Cirebon name to a big city to this day.Chakras Prince Sultan Pakungwati Buana then build around year 1430 AD, which is located now in the palace complex Kasepuhan Cirebon.Kasepuhan palace is the grandest and most well preserved palace in Cirebon. Meaning in every corner of the palace architecture was also known for the historic. The front page is a walled palace of red brick and there is a hall therein.This palace has a museum that is complete and contains heirlooms and paintings of the royal collection. One of the trains is a collection of sacred Singa Barong. This train is no longer used and only issued to each one of Shawwal to be bathed.The interior of the palace consists of a main building which is white. In it there is a living room, bedroom and throne.Kasepuhan palace was founded in 1529 by the [[Prince Mas Mochammad Arifin II] (great-grandson of Sunan Gunung Jati) which replaces the throne of Sunan Gunung Jati in 1506. He lives in the palace Great Pakungwati Cirebon. Kraton Kraton Pakungwati Kasepuhan formerly, while the title of Prince Mas Mochammad Arifin Panembahan Pakungwati I. The name comes from the name of the Queen Pakungwati Goddess Pakungwati bint who married Prince Cakrabuana Sunan Gunung Jati. He died in 1549 in the Great Mosque in the Copyright taste very old age. His name is enshrined and venerated by Sunan Gunung Jati lineage as the name Kraton Kraton Kraton Pakungwati now called Kasepuhan.In front of the palace there Kesepuhan square in ancient times called Sangkala Buana square which houses a military exercise held on Saturday or the term at the time was Saptonan. And in this square was formerly held a variety of penalties against any of the people who break the rules like flogging. In the west there is a Masjid Sultan kasepuhan quite magnificent work of the trustees is the Great Mosque Notices taste.Meanwhile, in the east of the plaza that formerly was a market economy - is now a very famous kesepuhan market with pocinya. The model forms palace facing north with building the mosque on the west and east and the market square in the middle is the palace models at that time mainly located in coastal areas. Even now, this model is widely followed by all districts / cities, especially in Java, in front of government buildings are square and to the west there is a mosque.Before entering the gate Kasepuhan palace complex there are two marquee, to the west of the previously called Pancaratna a gathering place for palace courtier, headman or the civil service today is called. While the east is called Pancaniti pavilion which houses the palace when the officers holding military exercises in the square.Entering the palace complex on the left there is a fairly tall building with solid brick walls around it. The building is named Siti Cirebon Inggil or in everyday language is weak duwur the high ground. True to its name this building was very tall and looks like a temple complex at the time of Majapahit. The building was founded in 1529, during the reign of Sheikh Sharif Hidayatullah (Sunan Gunung Jati).In the front yard there Inggil Siti rectangular stone table place to relax. This building is an outbuilding that was made in the 1800s. Siti Inggil has two gate with stylized motifs architect moment Majapahit era. At the north gate called Adi, while in the south called Gate Bull. Below there are bull gate with the inscription Sakala Candra Kuta Bull Bata Tinata which if interpreted was in 1451.saka which is the year of manufacture (1451 Saka = 1529 AD). The north wall of the complex, while Siti Inggil pristine south've never experienced restoration / renovation. On the walls there are complex Siti Inggil plates and porslen-porslen from Europe and the country of China with the year of manufacture 1745 AD In the complex there are 5 Siti Inggil building without walls that has a name and its own function. The main building, located in the center named Malang Semirang with a number of the major pillars that symbolize the 6 pillars of faith and add up the entire pole totaling 20 pieces representing 20 attributes of Allah SWT. This building is where the sultan saw military exercises or see the execution of the sentence. The building to the left of the main building with a number of named Pendawa five pillars five pillars of Islam symbolize fruit. The building is where the bodyguard sultan.Bangunan right of the main building named Semar Tinandu with 2 poles which symbolize Two Sentence Creed. This building is where advisors Sultan / Penghulu. Behind the main building named Mande Pangiring which is where the bridesmaids Sultan, while the building is adjacent to mande pangiring Karasemen Mande, this place is a bridesmaid tetabuhan / gamelan. In the building is still used to ring Gamelan Sekaten (Gong Sekati), the orchestra sounded only 2 times a year ie Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. In addition to 5 buildings without walls are also a kind of stone monument called Linga Yoni which is a symbol of fertility. Linga means the male and female Yoni means. The building is derived from the Hindu culture. And on top of the wall around the complex there are Siti Inggil temple complex barrel for aligning of Siti Inggil this.
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