Day: April 7, 2022

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology is developing a Swarnadwipa education center in the Muaro Jambi Temple National Cultural Conservation Area (KCBN) to restore the once oldest education center in Asia.

“To the president (Joko Widodo), we have reported that (we) will start to build a Swarnadipa education center at KCBN Muaro Jambi this year. It is hoped to be completed in 2023 and be opened by 2024,” the Ministry’s Director General of Culture, Hilmar Farid, stated in Jambi on Thursday.

Farid explained that KCBN Muaro Jambi should be preserved, as it was one of the Indonesian civilizations.

KCBN Muaro Jambi was once the largest and oldest educational center in Asia, as it has existed since the seventh century, according to Farid.

“The president stated that KCBN Muaro Jambi proved that Indonesia had been engaged with the world for a long time,” Farid remarked.

Farid also explained that KCBN Muaro Jambi was proposed to be listed in the UNESCO World Heritage sites. With the revitalization and restoration efforts, KCBN Muaro Jambi is expected to soon become an official world heritage site.

“KCBN Muaro Jambi is an icon for Indonesia, so not only Borobudur Temple, but Indonesia also has the Muaro Jambi Temple with great historical values,” he stated.

Meanwhile, Head of the Jambi Cultural Heritage Preservation Agency (BPCB), Agus Widiatmoko, stated that his side will invite students to join field or in-practice learning at KCBN Muaro Jambi.

“We will open a field school at the Muaro Jambi cultural reserve,” Widiatmoko stated.

He believes there is lot to learn at KCBN Muaro Jambi, where students can gain insights into past civilizations as well as the flora and fauna in addition to archaeology, architecture, and history.

There is also an old canal where students can study water channel development, he stated.

Source: Antara News

The Muaro Jambi Temple Compound was the oldest educational center in Asia, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated.

“The National Cultural Heritage Area (KCBN) of Muaro Jambi Temple, Jambi Province, used to be an educational center for medicine, philosophy, architecture, and the arts,” President Jokowi stated during his visit to Muaro Jambi Temple, Jambi Province, on Thursday.

Jokowi explained that Muaro Jambi Temple was an educational center in the seventh century, including the largest and oldest in Asia.

While entering the temple area, it becomes apparent from the presence of rocks piled up to form a building.

The stacked stones make up the structure that is built without the use of cement and adhesives. At that time, Indonesia was familiar with technology in the field of development.

The National Cultural Heritage Area (KCBN) of the Muaro Jambi Temple has an area spanning 3,981 hectares. Several temples, including the Kedaton Temple, Tinggi Temple, and Gumpung Temple, are used as educational centers.

In fact, several temples are still in the process of restoration and have not been restored.

“This is history that needs to be preserved, so that traces of our civilization are not lost,” Jokowi stated.

President Jokowi explained that the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology would again conduct restoration of the old canal that surrounds the Muaro Jambi Temple compound.

The restoration is expected to showcase the magnificence of the Muaro Jambi Temple compound.

During his visit to the Muaro Jambi Temple compound, President Jokowi and First Lady Iriana Jokowi walked through Kedaton Temple, one of the temples in Muaro Jambi.

On arriving at Kedaton Temple, President Jokowi was briefed on the history of Muaro Jambi Temple and the area and civilization of Muaro Jambi Temple at that time.

At Kedaton Temple, the president visited the excavation and saw finds in the form of stones, jugs, and ceramics around a thousand-year-old temple site. Furthermore, President Jokowi and First Lady Iriana Jokowi performed a ritual of washing hands with water from a well at the location of Kedaton Temple.

After inspecting the well, the president approached the clock stone that was used by the community to determine the time by utilizing sunlight.

Source: Antara News