| Kim Tek Ie | |
|---|---|
金德院 | |
 Vihara Dharma Bhakti, also known asklenteng Jin De Yuan or Kim Tek Ie. | |
  location within Jakarta | |
| Alternative names | Jin De Yuan 金德院 |
| General information | |
| Status | Under restoration following the 2015 fire incident. |
| Type | Klenteng |
| Architectural style | Chinese |
| Location | Glodok,Jakarta,Indonesia |
| Address | Jalan Kemenangan III Petak Sembilan No.19,Jakarta 11120 |
| Coordinates | 6°8′38″S106°48′46″E / 6.14389°S 106.81278°E /-6.14389; 106.81278 |
| Estimated completion | 1755[1] or 1760[2][citation not found] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | anonymous |
| Website | |
| www | |
Kim Tek Ie Temple, also calledVihara Dharma Bhakti, also known as金德院 (MandarinJīn dé yuàn or HokkienKim Tek Ie), is aklenteng (a local term for a Chinese temple) located in the China Town neighborhood ofGlodok,Jakarta,Indonesia. Completed in 1650, Vihara Dharma Bhakti is the oldest Chinese temple in Jakarta.[3][4]
The complex of Vihara Dharma Bhakti was erected in 1650 under the order ofLuitenant der Chinezen Kwee Hoen. The temple was namedKwan Im Teng in Hokkien orGuānyīn tíng in Mandarin (觀音亭), literally "Pavilion ofGuanyin", to honorKwan Im whom the temple is dedicated to. The nameKwan Im Teng is the origin of the wordklenteng itself, later becoming a general term in the Indies to refer to any Chinese place of worship.[5]
The temple was burned to ground during themassacre of the Chinese ethnic group in 1740.[4] Following the incident,Governor-GeneralGustaaf Willem van Imhoff established a semi-autonomous organization for each ethnic group to supervised and coordinated each of the community's social and religious matter. For the Chinese ethnic group, the organization was calledKong Koan.[1] The Kong Koan restored the temple in 1755 under the leadership of aKapitein der Chinezen Oey Tji Lo, as well as managing all the maintenance of the Chinese temple. The restored temple received the name Kim Tek Ie (or Jīn Dé Yuàn in Mandarin).[1] Kong Koan also managed the other old Chinese temples in Batavia, among them are the Kuan Im Tong,a Chinese temple in Ancol, and Hian Thian Shang Te.[4]
Following the end of the Dutch colony in Indonesia, the Kong Koan was dissolved. Management of Chinese temples in Indonesia was done by an organization called Dewan Wihara Indonesia or DEWI (The Council of Indonesian Vihara). For temple management, a person serving as the "head censer" or Lu-zhu with his assistants were set for each Chinese temple and are responsibility for holding a fund-raising activities for the temple as well as managing religious ceremonies in the temple. A Lu-zhu is usually chosen from an influential entrepreneur or businessman in the community.[4]
Following the nationalization of names in 1965, The DEWI recommended the name Vihara Dharma Bhakti for Kim Tek Ie, as a nationalistic effort to remove all foreign-sounding names in Indonesia.[4]
On the morning of March 2, 2015, Vihara Dharma Bhakti was destroyed by fire. The source of the fire was from a piece of tarpaulin hanging near candles that caught alight and then spread throughout the main building. Among the damage were the ornamented roof frame of the temple and some 40 historic sculptures.[6]
Vihara Dharma Bhakti is the center of Chinese-related festivities in Jakarta. Among the most notable celebration held in the temple was theZhong Yuan Festival (local Hokkien nameCioko) held in the temple's courtyard, and theLantern Festival (Cap go meh). During the colonial period, aPeranakanChinese opera was performed yearly everyVesak, accompanied by the Bataviankroncong music and enlivened with traditional games.[3][5]
