Ban Hin Kiong Temple is located in Manado, North Sulawesi. Age of this temple is about 300 years old and was built in the 18th century. Ban Hin Kiong consists of 3 words, Ban means a lot, Hin mean abundance of goodness, and Kiong means palace. According to its founders 'belief, people will get so much kindness and safety to achieve the regularity of life'. Ban Hing Kiong Temple was founded about 300 years ago by following the pattern that starts from the intention and nature of its founders, where it is physically displayed on a board name to reflect its role and functions as well as its general and broad (universal), namely:
- Ban = Many
A Place of Worship was built by the people to carry out various Sacred Ceremony, Ceremony of Prayer, Religious pilgrimage of Interest For Humanity.
- Hing = The Abundant Blessings
A Place of Worship who have religious values to glorify God's name in warding off against the power of darkness and all Mankind harmful interference, and the natural environment so that always created an orderly universe orderly and peacefully bring abundant blessings for Humanity.
- Kiong = Palace
A Place of Worship was built as the Palace of the Lord to bring him and is a manifestation of the Palace of Heaven on Earth based on the same manners with architectural patterns taken from a representative of the Universe in the Universe and the time that purified, is a manifestation of His deity Almighty .
Typical pattern that is realized through the symbols that exist in the Temple Ban Hing Kiong able to deliver to us the messages it carries, even the symbolism of the symbol is a statement which also is the Holy messages that speak to us in practice. Beginning with the first step when stepping on a rather high floor beneath the gate means of worldly life to the holy life so that the path traversed from narrow to wide. This can be seen on the form page Temple Ban Hing Kiong who initially narrow and widen a meaningful God Almighty always helped His people by providing a way out when his affliction. Above the roof there are boat-shaped bar in a spiritual sense is a significant rescue boat and Dewa Dewi God always help, protect and save humanity.
In understanding the meaning of worship is a SIN Conscience, which means that humans must seriously with a clean heart and mind and noble conduct of worship and continues to foster virtue in preparation for later life. On the left & right doors are made Hong Tiau U Sun Kok Thay Ping An was significant rain and wind aligned people and secure peaceful country. On the left & right on the camp there are two small doors into the back room there are writings longevity as high mountains, deep oceans significant fortune, implemented properly worship the blessing and the gift will be obtained. Passing through the side door of the sanctuary will be found as space enlightenment in studying the teachings of the Great Prophet Tri located on the second floor back room and appreciate the Compassionate attitude of the gods, who was in the back room on the third floor, as well as a place to ponder will our behavior on others and to be allowed to stay on the right path. As a reflection material, the wall of the back room there are some images carved namely, the middle wall engraved pictures of trees with fruit in which a child is trying to pluck the fruit while beside an old warn / remind meaningful who planted him to be harvested. On the left wall engraved the pure Cu Zinc Nio Nio with a book recording the birth as the reincarnation of the law of cause and effect. Right wall engraved images of hell and twenty-four behavior meaningful devotion to sensitize us to not do something evil if you want to escape from the punishment of hell.
From the description above clearly reflects the values of religion through symbols and symbols in the birth-Sayings expression of spiritual and ritual that can be likened to Places of Worship Tridharma is a Bible that is open and continues to emit light of God's glory.
Quoted from : http://berita.univpancasila.ac.id/berita-2763-klenteng-ban-hin-kiong.html
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