Proceedings of the International Conference on Academia-Based Tourism Revival 2022 (ABTR 2022)

Analyzing the Meaning of Hanzi (Chinese Characters) in Sam Poo Kong Temple as a Tourist Destination

Authors
Rizki Utami1, *, Nunung Supriadi1
1Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Banyumas, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: rizki.utami@unsoed.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Rizki Utami
Available Online 27 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-028-2_22How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Analysis; hanzi; meaning; temple
Abstract

The Sam Poo Kong Temple is a worship place as well as a tourist attraction with a Chinese style building. Almost all the parts of their building are red, and there are also Hanzi (Chinese characters) written on the pillars and the walls of the temple. The writings are written in large letters, and this attracts the attention of the tourists. Furthermore, the meaning of the Chinese characters is also interesting to know. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the meaning of the Chinese characters that are found at the Sam Poo Kong temple. The research method in this study is qualitative and uses a descriptive method to describe the analysis of research data. In this study, the researchers used semantic theory, which is used to analyze symbols or signs that state the meaning or relation of one meaning to another. Based on the observations in this study, the Chinese characters describe a lot of long histories since they are read from left to right and using traditional Chinese characters. The meaning of the Chinese characters that are found at Sam Poo Kong Temple are all things related to the history of the Sam Poo Kong Temple and Admiral Cheng Ho.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Academia-Based Tourism Revival 2022 (ABTR 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
27 March 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-028-2_22
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-028-2_22How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Rizki Utami
AU  - Nunung Supriadi
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/27
TI  - Analyzing the Meaning of Hanzi (Chinese Characters) in Sam Poo Kong Temple as a Tourist Destination
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Academia-Based Tourism Revival 2022 (ABTR 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-028-2_22
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