The Origin Of Word Kelenteng
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Initially, in the middle of the 17 th century, indeed, Kim Tek Ie temple was established with the name of Guan Yin Ting {Hok Kian = Koan Im Teng}, meaning Koan Im Pavillion. The origin of word Kelenteng ( China Temple) is coming from here: Guan Yin Ting -> Koan Im Teng -> Kelenteng.
According to Book entitles Chinese Chronicle in Batavia, is mentioned that around the year of 1650, a China Lieutenant, Guo Xun Guan (Hok Kian: Kwe Hoen) built a place of worship to honor Guan Yin in Glodok, Jakarta Kota. Guan Yin is a Compassionate Buddhist Goddess who is commonly known as Kwan Im Goddess. In the 17 th Century, when Japanese Christian followers were tortured, the Statue of Kwan Im Goddess replaced by the Statue of the Virgin Mary to misled spies of Japanese Police.
This place of worship in Glodok is called Guan Yin Ting (Kuan Im pavillion). This China word Guan Yin Ting is often called Kuan Im Teng {Chinese language with dialect of Hok Kian ethnical group, since at that time most of followers who worshipped were from Hok Kian ethnic group. (Note: the name of this Jin De Yuan Temple is also mentioned Hok Kian dialect: Kim Tek Ie)}. This Chinese word Kuan Im Teng in Indonesian language is called Klenteng. Currently, this word Klenteng (Kelenteng) is becoming popularly mentioned for all places of worships of Chinese descendants in Indonesia.
In its development, nearly a century later, this temple was also destroyed and burnt in the incident of the biggest Chinese Ethnic massacre within the history of the Dutch colonialism in Indonesia. The tragedy that took place on 9-12 October 1740 resulted in the killing of approximately 10,000 innocent people, which was then known as Angke Killing Tragedy.
The temple was re-restored in the year 1755 by Captain Oei Tjhie and called Kim Tek Ie (The Gold Goodness Temple).
Kim Tek Ie - 1925
Kim Tek Ie - 2004 January
Kim Tek Ie - 2005 July
