Beauty and stories: Inside the archipelago’s venerable temples

Edit Jakarta Post 01 Feb 2016
The Old Chinese Temples in Indonesia takes readers on a tour inside the country’s historical temples. Through architecture, ornaments and statues of deities placed on altars, the temples of Indonesia whisper their countless stories ... Sam Po Soei Soe was the cook of Admiral Zheng He, better known as Cheng Ho, who anchored his Chinese fleet in the archipelago in the 1410s ... Their tombs are located inside the temple complex ... Chinese style ... ....
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