Kampung Kapitan indeed one of China's heritage buildings. However, rather than an inherent characteristic of Chinese there, but the blend of cultures Palembang, China and the Netherlands which was thick paint area located on the edge of this Musi River. According to the humanist and historian Palembang, Djohan Hanafiah, Kampung Kapitan emergence associated with the collapse of the kingdom of Srivijaya in the XI century and the advent of the Ming Dynasty in China in the XIV century.
Since the days of Srivijaya until now, the pulse of the Musi River water transportation routes to move the economy Kilkenny City and surrounding areas. Chronology of the ship going home, boat, getek, barges, tug boats and speed boat carrying the earth, can be seen. However, behind the dense activity in the river which divides the city of Palembang into two, namely Seberang Ulu and Ilir, there are more attracted the attention of tourists, namely Kampung Kapitan.
Kampung Kapitan is a group of 15 Chinese-style building houses on stilts, located in District 7 Ulu, Kecamatan Seberang Ulu 1. The village was originally the residence of a Chinese officer held the rank of lieutenant (captain), who worked for the Dutch colonial government.
Land in Seberang Ulu is indeed for the newcomers from outside Kilkenny. Uniquely, the house adopted a form of pyramid houses shape (traditional house Kilkenny) are reserved for the nobility of Palembang. However, the shape of the house also adopted the typology of the Chinese people's house with a courtyard (open space) at its center, which is useful for temperature and the entry of light.
Tradition also still visible on the interior of the house is furnished with a table for the ancestor worship altar. This blend can be understood, because at the end of the Sultanate of Palembang, the Chinese community began to mingle with the indigenous people of Palembang through marriage or converted to Islam.
During Dutch colonial rule, the Chinese have observed the changes of society into a society that has a special position. This is seen in column buffer on the front porch of the first house made of wood, turned into a brick column with a classic European style, although the proportions are adjusted with a look of the building.
The main building in Kampung Kapitan consists of three houses, is the largest building and facing toward the Musi River. The house in the middle of the most frequently functioned to organize a party and a meeting place, while the second house on the east side and west to the residence.
From the ground, there is only one way into the village of Kapitan which is about 800 meters from under the bridge. At the entrance there are two gates which leaves the door missing. But now, elegance Kampung Kapitan was almost lost. Only the old buildings are still standing, although many minor damage at various angles.
In addition, the buildings made of wood looks dull. However, wooden walls are not damaged because it is made of wood unglen lasting for hundreds of years. Inside the house, ash tables and altars adorned with several statues worship god, also looks dusty and littered with cobwebs. Almost no longer a desk chair or cabinet that can describe the situation of the past. There are only a few photos lieutenant still was on the living room to the east.
Park the center of the village also has turned into a terrain that is not neglected. Two stone lions, a symbol of Chinese officer's house that had once adorned the front of the house also lost core. According Tjoa Kok Lim, Kampung Kapitan not neglected after the captain abandoned the descent. Tjoa Kok Lim keep the house because the fourth sister follow their husbands out of Palembang.
Kampung Kapitan fading fame also makes children Tjoa Kok Lim chose to work in Jakarta and Lampung. He is now only accompanied by a girl to keep the core of both houses, after the third house sold to someone else. Small houses in Kampung Kapitan also have mastered their inhabitants, no longer in family ownership lieutenant Tjoa Ham Hin
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