story Tan Bun An and Siti Fatimah

The story begins with the desire to marry Tan Bun An Siti Fatimah despite their ethnic differences. When applying, Siti Fatimah's father filed a requirement to provide a jar containing nine gold.

Family Tan Bun An apparently agree with the terms and sent a jar containing nine gold to Palembang. For fear of the threat of pirates, gold-gold urn covered in mustard pickles.

Arriving in the land of Srivijaya, Tan Bun An even surprised to see jars of pickled mustard greens. Disappointed and angry, these urns he threw into the river Musi. The jar broke when thrown and there was the gold pieces he asks.

Saw, Tan Bun An plunge into River Musi, probably to save these jars. At that moment, Siti Fatimah go jump into the river, supposedly saying, "If there's ever a land that grows on the banks of this river, that is where my grave."

Dry mound that appears later a sign of eternal love that two people of different ethnicities. Land in the middle of the Musi River that is known as the Island Kemaro. Kemaro or drought in the Indonesian language would mean i was never inundated water. Being in the middle of the Musi River, this island has never been flooded although the water in the river Musi pairs.
Today, the island area of ​​about 24 acres about five miles East of the bridge was to be one of p USAT and spiritual tour in Palembang. Every celebration of the lunar new year and the Cap Go Meh, thousands of people visited the island three responsibilities. On the island there was indeed a complex of pagoda and temple Hok Tjing Rio Earth Gods (Hok Tek Cin Sin).

More than the dramatic, this story actually reflects how closely the indigenous and ethnic Chinese in Earth Sriwijaya. Until now, interethnic relations that lasted almost without constraint. After 32 years of cultural repression imposed Order Ba ru, Lunar and Cap Go Meh in Palembang lively. Palembang enlivened by colorful red and lanterns.

"Legend Kemaro island is actually advised that the indigenous ethnic relations and Chinese in Palembang has lasted so long. In the public was never any discrimination, "said the singer who sang many Chinese Meliana Pancarani or Rani (33) in Palembang, South Sumatra, on Thursday (2/17/2011) ago.

Rani wrote legends Kemaro island formation in 1256 of rice grain size of no more than 0.5 centimeters. Everything is written in script mandarin. This work successfully won record Indonesian World Record Museum (MURI) as the script writing mandarin rice in most media.

History

Based on the book The History of Level II Regional Municipal Governments Palembang Djohan Hanafiah of letters to the editor, as the center of the kingdom of Sriwijaya Palembang has been recognized by the Chinese people since at least the VII century.

A Chinese priest named I-Tsin g century Srivijaya depict a thousand Buddhist monks, as the center of the royal palace surrounded by countryside. In 1225, the city of Palembang known as Po-Lin-Fong in Chinese imperial records.

Until now, the number of Chinese residents in South umatera S is one of the largest in Indonesia. Ethnic ties that year was also marked by warning the Chinese New Year 2562 was celebrated at the residence of the South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin, Friday (19/2).

The celebration was also attended by representatives of the Chinese Embassy, ​​Palembang Archbishop Aloysius Sudarso SCJ, and 1500 delegates from 27 associations in Palembang Chinese society.

In Palembang, consanguinity between indigenous ethnic Chinese are very strong. Eight hundred years ago, the Emperor of China sent one of his daughters to be the wife of the King of Srivijaya, he said in his speech.

The celebration was also an effort to support interethnic and interreligious harmony. This is important given the state of the conflict-torn Indones his religious background in various areas. Love and affection between Siti Fatimah Tan Bun An even different ethnicities is not only a dramatic love story ended tragically interesting to follow. The love story is perpetuating harmony to the diverse life in a city.