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位于雅加達(dá)的唐人街的歷史可以追溯到15世紀(jì)。在唐人街,雅加達(dá)人和觀光客們可以品嘗中國的美食和小吃,并對(duì)中國的文化進(jìn)行難得一見的一瞥。
A new walking tour offers visitors a glimpse of Chinas influence in Indonesia. The tour covers everything from historical buildings, ancient temples to traditional Chinese food.
Jakarta Good Guide takes tourists around the city, exploring small alleyways(窄街) and forgotten areas of the city. Their most popular tour is Chinatown, an area where there are traditional Chinese?styled houses standing next to modern buildings.
“This is Chinatown,” said Cindy Tan, a local tour guide. “When people think about it, they think its just a place or a market. But this place safeguards a very important and long history of Jakarta. As Chinese, weve been here for ages, but nobody realizes that.”
The history of Chinatown dates back to the 15th century, just like one of the areas oldest temples, the Dharma Bhakti. The temple burned to the ground in 2015, but it was immediately rebuilt. Many places inside the temple are still under construction but its history still draws hundreds of visitors every day. Its considered one of the biggest and oldest Chinese temples in Jakarta.
“Thats the first building that was built here and it has been here for ages. It shows the history of my grandfathers grandfather coming here and I can relate to that,” said Tan. “Thats why I like Chinatown so much. When youre here, you feel like youre in China—out of China—and to me, that feels like home.”
The tour ends at one of Jakartas popular alleys(胡同)to enjoy Chinese cuisine. You can find everything from traditional Chinese pastries(精制糕點(diǎn))to the very popular iced coffee in this shop that has been around for more than eight decades. Tourists can truly get a real taste of China.
Akib, like many Indonesians, told us he liked the tour because it took him to places hed never been before.
“We went to places that are not exposed in tourism media,” said Akib. “So its really nice and I learned a lot more about the Chinese community in Indonesia. Its fun and I learned much more than I expected I would.”
Chinese?Indonesians make up an important proportion(比例)of the countrys population. The tour gives visitors a view of Chinas role in Indonesias history.
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熱詞積累
1.glimpse [ɡl?mps] n. 一瞥;看見
2.influence [??n.flu.?ns] n.影響
3.cover v. 包括
4.explore [?k?spl??(r)] v. 探索;探究;勘探
5.safeguard [?se?f.ɡɑ?d] v. 捍衛(wèi);維護(hù)
6.for ages 很長時(shí)間;好久
7.date back to 追溯到
8.burn to the ground 被燒成平地;徹底毀滅
9.under construction 在建設(shè)中;施工中
10.relate to 有關(guān)聯(lián);與……有關(guān);理解
11.be around 存在
12.make up 組成
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一次新的徒步旅行讓游客們一睹中國在印尼的影響力。從歷史建筑、古廟到中國傳統(tǒng)食品,這次旅行涵蓋了各個(gè)方面。
雅加達(dá)的Good Guide帶著游客環(huán)游城市,游覽小巷胡同和城市中被遺忘的地區(qū)。他們最受歡迎的旅游景點(diǎn)是唐人街,那里有中國傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)格的房屋,它們坐落在現(xiàn)代建筑旁邊。
“這是唐人街,”當(dāng)?shù)貙?dǎo)游Cindy Tan說,“當(dāng)人們想到它時(shí),他們認(rèn)為它只是一個(gè)地方或一個(gè)市場(chǎng)。但是這個(gè)地方保護(hù)著雅加達(dá)非常重要和悠久的歷史。作為中國人,我們?cè)谶@里已經(jīng)很久了,但沒人意識(shí)到這一點(diǎn)?!?/p>
唐人街的歷史可以追溯到15世紀(jì),就像該地區(qū)最古老的寺廟之一Dharma Bhakti一樣悠久。這座寺廟在2015年間被燒毀,但它立即被重建。寺廟內(nèi)的許多地方仍在建設(shè)中,但它的歷史仍然每天吸引數(shù)百名游客。它被認(rèn)為是雅加達(dá)最大、最古老的中國寺廟之一。
“這是第一座建在這里的建筑,它在這里已經(jīng)有好幾年了。它展示了我祖父的祖父來這里的歷史,我能理解這一點(diǎn)?!弊T說,“這就是為什么我那么喜歡唐人街的原因。當(dāng)你在這里的時(shí)候,你會(huì)覺得自己好像在中國——又走出了中國——對(duì)我來說,這就像家一樣?!?/p>
此次旅行以雅加達(dá)的一條受歡迎的小巷為終點(diǎn),目的是享受中國美食。從傳統(tǒng)的中國糕點(diǎn)到非常受歡迎的冰咖啡,你可以在這家商店里找到所有的東西,這個(gè)店已經(jīng)有八十多年歷史了。游客可以真正領(lǐng)略到中國的味道。
和許多印尼人一樣,Akib告訴我們他喜歡這次旅行,因?yàn)樗鼛チ艘郧皬奈慈ミ^的地方。
“我們?nèi)チ艘恍]有在旅游媒體上曝光的地方。”Akib說,“所以這真的很好,我學(xué)到了更多關(guān)于華人社區(qū)的知識(shí)。這很有趣,我學(xué)到的東西比我想象的要多?!?/p>
華人在印尼人口中占著重要比例。這次旅行讓游客們了解到中國在印尼歷史上發(fā)揮的作用。