A glimpse of China’s influence in Jakarta

陕西镇巴中学 田洪霞

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位于雅加达的唐人街的历史可以追溯到15世纪。在唐人街，雅加达人和观光客们可以品尝中国的美食和小吃，并对中国的文化进行难得一见的一瞥。

A new walking tour offers visitors a glimpse of China's 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 Chinesestyled houses standing next to modern buildings.

“This is Chinatown,” said Cindy Tan,a local tour guide.“When people think about it， they think it's just a place or a market.But this place safeguards a very important and long history of Jakarta.As Chinese,we've been here for ages,but nobody realizes that.”

The history of Chinatown dates back to the 15th century,just like one of the area's 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.It's considered one of the biggest and oldest Chinese temples in Jakarta.

“That's the first building that was built here and it has been here for ages.It shows the history of my grandfather's grandfather coming here and I can relate to that,” said Tan. “That's why I like Chinatown so much.When you're here，you feel like you're in China—out of China—and to me,that feels like home.”

The tour ends at one of Jakarta's popular alleys（胡同）to enjoy Chinese cuisine.You can find everything from traditional Chinese pastries（精制糕点）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 he'd never been before.

“We went to places that are not exposed in tourism media,” said Akib. “So it's really nice and I learned a lot more about the Chinese community in Indonesia.It's fun and I learned much more than I expected I would.”

Chinese-Indonesians make up an important proportion （比例）of the country's population.The tour gives visitors a view of China's role in Indonesia's history.

热词积累

1.glimpse[ɡlımps]n.一瞥；看见

2.influence [΄ın.flu.əns]n.影响

3.cover v.包括

4.explore [ık΄splɔː（r）]v.探索；探究；勘探

5.safeguard [΄seıf.ɡɑːd]v.捍卫；维护

6.for ages 很长时间；好久

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7.date back to追溯到

8.burn to the ground 被烧成平地；彻底毁灭

9.under construction 在建设中；施工中

10.relate to 有关联；与……有关；理解

11.be around存在

12.make up组成

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一次新的徒步旅行让游客们一睹中国在印尼的影响力。从历史建筑、古庙到中国传统食品，这次旅行涵盖了各个方面。

雅加达的Good Guide带着游客环游城市，游览小巷胡同和城市中被遗忘的地区。他们最受欢迎的旅游景点是唐人街，那里有中国传统风格的房屋，它们坐落在现代建筑旁边。

“这是唐人街，”当地导游Cindy Tan说，“当人们想到它时，他们认为它只是一个地方或一个市场。但是这个地方保护着雅加达非常重要和悠久的历史。作为中国人，我们在这里已经很久了，但没人意识到这一点。”

唐人街的历史可以追溯到15世纪，就像该地区最古老的寺庙之一Dharma Bhakti一样悠久。这座寺庙在2015年间被烧毁，但它立即被重建。寺庙内的许多地方仍在建设中，但它的历史仍然每天吸引数百名游客。它被认为是雅加达最大、最古老的中国寺庙之一。

“这是第一座建在这里的建筑，它在这里已经有好几年了。它展示了我祖父的祖父来这里的历史，我能理解这一点。”谭说，“这就是为什么我那么喜欢唐人街的原因。当你在这里的时候，你会觉得自己好像在中国——又走出了中国——对我来说，这就像家一样。”

此次旅行以雅加达的一条受欢迎的小巷为终点，目的是享受中国美食。从传统的中国糕点到非常受欢迎的冰咖啡，你可以在这家商店里找到所有的东西，这个店已经有八十多年历史了。游客可以真正领略到中国的味道。

和许多印尼人一样，Akib告诉我们他喜欢这次旅行，因为它带他去了以前从未去过的地方。

“我们去了一些没有在旅游媒体上曝光的地方。”Akib说，“所以这真的很好，我学到了更多关于华人社区的知识。这很有趣，我学到的东西比我想象的要多。”

华人在印尼人口中占着重要比例。这次旅行让游客们了解到中国在印尼历史上发挥的作用。