Wednesday, December 21, 2016

YOGYAKARTA --Taman Sari, Beautifull Water Castle

Distance Taman Sari from Yogya Kraton neighborhood just a few minutes, can be reached by riding a rickshaw or bentor - motor tricycles, enough to pay Rp. 20,000,00. Rickshaw pullers will usher in a guide to get around, explain the function of every corner of the garden architecture old and nearly three centuries. A few steps later when tourists guided walk around past the narrow path between the houses before it finally got to the gate, ticket prices for domestic tourists Rp. 5,000,00, foreign tourists Rp. 7,000,00. Travelers will soon feel die to the past, the life of lane I in 1758, when the Taman Sari was built in accordance with the development of Kraton Yogyakarta.The first part of the Taman Sari is Arch Stage, over the past two centuries, from the top of this Gapura Sultan used to watch dances are staged in the park below. Artistic building beside the park is a place in the musical drummers, in the middle of the park was established stage where the dancers show dance lovely and polite. Not far from the gate stage looked stairs and archway with cream-colored wall paint. Is a building material that does not remain united with the ancient building material over two centuries ago yag. Although renovated Taman Sari can not let go of the texture of ancient wall color. Behind the archway seemed gurgling fountain fell on the surface of the pool water crystal clear blue pond bottom. Bannerman is three Kawitan bathing pool - a pool for children of Sultan, Bannerman Pamuncar - pool for the concubines, and Bannerman Panguras - pool for Sultan.In the tower, the Sultan's private space still stored a vessel. At that time the vessel will always contain clear water that serves as a mirror. Over two centuries ago, a beautiful woman would bow his head, fixing makeup and hair down, smoothed fashion, prepare to meet the Sultan. Mirror yet again to the land of Java, then the water in a vessel will automatically reflect the real image of the owner. Above the dressing room there is still a tiny room on the third floor which can be achieved by passing the stairs teak. From this floor, through the frame of the window, the sun seemed to reflect light from the pond below, the whole area of ​​Taman Sari seems clear, beautiful, and memorable.Down from the top of the tower guides will take tourists to the Great Gate, where the arrival of the carriage driven Sultan and his family to the Taman Sari. The gate was dominated ornamental flowers and wings of a bird, not far from the Great Gate stood pesanggrahan as follows destination. At that time, before the war, the Sultan would meditated in this place. This time, after nearly three centuries, the atmosphere in the rest house still feels quiet and silent, as though phrased atmosphere when Sultan middle meditating, worshiping the Creator of Heaven and Earth. In this place also weapons and armor saved, keris sanctified. As in the court of the soldiers used to practice sword.Travelers seemed to go back to the past in 1758, after the Treaty Giyanti, he built the palace as the seat of government Ngayogyakarta Sultanate. Mangkubumi which then holds lane I build a palace in the middle of the imaginary axis that runs between Mount Merapi and Parangtritis. The reference point construction of the palace was a pennant - springs. To honor the wives of the Sultan for helping during times of war, he ordered Demak Tegis a Portuguese architect and Regent Madiun as foreman to build a palace in the pennant are located 500 meters south of the palace. The palace is surrounded Segaran - decorated artificial lakes of various flowers that smelled scent, a lovely place it is called by the name of Taman Sari.Taman Sari travel is up, tourists can menruskan next step towards the Well Gumuling and Kenongo Building. Come on, let's go ....










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