The history of tapak tuan Town south aceh
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In this time, I want to share you about an history of the tapak tuan Town
Aceh province which is located on the far end of Indonesia which has various tourist destinations. The thick Aceh province of religious society has a city that is a tourist destination and has a folklore that leaves traces up to now. Tapaktuan City still holds many legacy legacy of old. Even this folktale until a book of folklore was made.
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Tapaktuan City located in South Aceh district has an area of 92.68 square kilometers and has a population of about 22.343 inhabitants. At the time of the 2004 sunami disaster the city was sheltered by the island of Simeulue which broke the great waves and reduced the intensity of the waves up to the coast. The city keeps a story of dragon legend and tourism diversity that the public has not much to know.
This city is included in the city of wet tropical climate because it is diketinggian 500 mdpl, has a diversity of natural beauty, beautiful bay and clusters of shore. Various beauty tourist destinations are here like Tapaktuan Bay Beach and Monitor Labuhan Haji. In addition there are also other interesting tours. Namely, Cold Water Tours, Hatta Panorama, Pulau Dua, Genting Crocodile, He Cool Panjupian, Twi Lhok Waterfall, Stone Sailing, or Kalam Cave.
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Tapaktuan City also better known as Dragon City comes from a legend of Dragon Princess and Tuan Tapa. The story of the legend has become an oral story down to the citizens of Tapaktuan City. The atmosphere will also be felt since we entered Tapaktuan City, a dragon painting on a roadside wall.
The legend tells that two dragons were expelled from China because they had no offspring. The pair of dragons inhabit a bay which is now famous for Tuantapa Bay. One day a pair of dragons found a baby girl floating in the middle of the ocean, then a pair of dragons caring for the baby with affection and grown up into a beautiful princess.
Once there came a ship from the Asranaloka Empire from India who had lost his daughter, the king recognized the girl as her baby who had been swept away by sea water and was about to ask her back to a pair of dragons. But a pair of dragons refused and there was a fight between the king and the pair of dragons.
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In the fight, Tapa Tapa is disturbed in his hermitage trying to break the fight and ask the dragon to restore the princess. However, a pair of dragons refuse and invite to fight Mr. Tapa. There was a fight between Mr. Tapa, a pair of dragons and a pair of dragons were defeated and the princess returned to his parents.
The princess was dubbed the Dragon Princess and returned with her family, but the king's family did not return to the Asranaloka Kingdom but settled on the coast. Their existence is believed to be the forerunner of the Tuantapa community.
The male dragon is killed by a broken body, his heart and body are destroyed to form a heart-shaped black rock and is now known as the Black Stone. The blood of the nagapun turns into a rock known as the Red stone. Tapa Tapa also left footprints that still exist on the coast, sticks and sorbanya petrified black a few hundred meters from footprints. Seeing the male dragon die, the female dragon rages and divides the island into two now known as Pulau Dua.
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The largest island became the target of dragons raging female dragons and devastated the island to 99 small islands. The small island is called Pulau Banyak in Aceh Singkil district.
After that incident, Mr. Tapa fell ill, then died in Ramadan 4th year of Hijriyah. His body was buried near Mount Lamp, in front of Tuo Mosque, Gampong Padang, Padang Village, Tapaktuan Sub-district. Until now the tomb is often visited by pilgrims from within and abroad. His tomb itself experienced several refurbishments during the Dutch East Indies Government.
Location
Tapaktuan City is located in South Aceh Regency, Nangro Aceh Darusallam Province.
Access
Tuantapa City can be reached by air, land and sea routes. When using the air route, it can be reached by Teuku Cut Ali Tapaktuan Airport from Medan Polonia Airport or Iskandar Muda Airport in Banda Aceh. By land route can be reached from Medan City for about 8 hours drive to Tuantaopa Town and 3 hours drive from Meulaboh Aceh. When using the sea lane can depart from the Port of Sibolga Sea of North Sumatra, Padang Port of West Sumatra, Sinabang Port in Semeuleu, Singkil, and Pulau Banyak in Aceh Singkil.
Facilities and Accommodation
There are various lodgings from guesthouses, homestays to existing hotels in this city. Various transportation is also complete, the most famous culinary tour in Tuantapa City is the Pala Cake . thank you
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