Pandaan's Cheng Ho Mosque

Cheng Ho Mosque

Pandaan's Cheng ho mosque located in Pasuruan Pandaan. Cheng ho mosque from the outside it looks a typical architecture of china with red dominant color. located in a large roadside poor surabaya path, making us easy to achieve. when we are on the way from Surabaya to the city poor, when exactly will enter the city Pandaan will appear on the right path with the red mosque, the mosque's cheng ho.
with a strategic location on the edge of the highway makes this mosque is never empty, especially when he attended prayer time, many tourist buses that deliberately juag to the mosque.
to the size of a large enough building area, with two floors could contain hundreds of pilgrims. when compared with the mosque surabaya cheng ho, ho cheng Pandaan mosque is much greater load jamaah.masjid cheng ho in ho cheng Pandaan pasuruan.masjid district located in Pasuruan Pandaan.

Naming History

The name of this mosque is a form of tribute to Cheng Ho, a Chinese admiral who is Muslim. In the journey in Southeast Asia, Cheng Ho is not just trade and make friends, also spread the Islamic religion.

In the 15th century during the Ming dynasty (1368-1643) Tionghoa people of Yunnan began arriving to spread the Islamic religion, especially in Java. Which later Admiral Cheng Ho (Admiral Zhang Hee) or better known as Sam Poo Kong or Pompu Awang in the year 1410 and year 1416 with a fleet that landed on the beach led Simongan, Semarang. In addition, he also as an emissary of Emperor Yung Lo to visit the King of Majapahit, also aims to spread the Islamic religion.

To commemorate the struggle and propaganda Admiral Cheng Hoo and Tionghoa Muslim residents also want to have a mosque in the style of Tionghoa hence on October 13, 2002 China inaugurated with the architecture of this mosque.

Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque was able to accommodate about 200 jama'a. Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque stands on the land area of 21 x 11 square meters with building area of 11 x 9 meters square.Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque also has the top eight sides of the main building. Third was the size or numbers meant. Its meaning is the number 11 for the size of the Kaaba when newly built, the number nine symbolizes the Wali Songo and the number 8 symbolizes the Pat Kwa (fortune / glory in Tionghoa).

Style unification of China and the Arab has become a hallmark of this mosque. Cheng Ho Mosque architecture inspired Niu Jie Mosque (Ox Street) in Beijing which was built in 996 AD. Niu Jie-style look at the top, or the main roof, and the crown of the mosque. Moreover, the result of the integration architecture of the Middle East and the local culture, Java. The architect Ir. Abdul Aziz from Bojonegoro.

reference : http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Cheng_Ho