Riau in general save a lot of heritage and tourism
potentials of interest to be enjoyed. However, due to a lack of seriousness to
work on it then all it becomes potential who never or rarely published. Like a
pearl in the mud, waiting to be cleaned so that its rays emitted. Riau
provincial capital Pekanbaru named, a city with many ethnic groups to join and
live together in peace. Pekanbaru can be visited through the airline or travel
overland. With the Sultan Sharif Qasim II Airport as a port of the air,
Pekanbaru ready to accept requests from various regions in Indonesia. Likewise
with Mayang Terurainya Terminal, the terminal is said to be the grandest and
largest terminal in Sumatra is ready to welcome you to come to Pekanbaru.
Not far from Pekanbaru, there is a small town called Siak
Sri Indrapura. The city that once was the center of the kingdom of Siak Sri
Indapura this still leaves the rest of the story and the past glory. This is
one proof that you ought to visit.
Siak Sri Indrapura Palace (Palace Asserayah Al Hasyimiah)
Since the Sultan Sharif Hashim was crowned as king in 1889,
he began building the royal palace and castle contest which finished in 1893.
The palace was built for the sake of the Kingdom of Siak Sri running of the
government Indrapura.
Al Hasyimiah Asserayyah Palace, in short called the Palace
of the Sultan of Siak, the tourism called the Sun Palace East. Istana Sultan
Siak-shaped architecture of European style, Spanish, and Arabic with a blend of
traditional Malay. Palace walls are decorated with ceramics from Europe.
Palace building consists of two floors, on the ground floor
there are 5 main large room that is used for:
1. The front room palace, is the waiting room of guests, in
dalmanya terdpat 2 parts of space, to the honored guest room chair called
Ivory, moss green draperies berkain specifically for male guests, and a
respectable space next to the women.
2. The room on the right side, Courtroom is the kingdom and
at the same time be used as a banqueting hall.
3. The room on the left side, is a traditional ceremony for
the inauguration of the kingdom wither used, representation, ritual and
ceremony caring uphold the great days of religious.
4. Rear room, is a space for meal preparation banquet for
the guests and the kings and princes of the kingdom. In this room there are
beautiful spiral iron staircase made in Germany for the staircase to go
upstairs. In the back room have mediator (corridor) along 500 meters form the
letter T, used for banquets for the general public.
BZ! Plesir Upstairs Siak Sultan's palace have shaped rooms 4
rooms / booths and two room-shaped hall hall used for the rest of the guests,
as well as the front there is pelantaran or a balcony that overlooks the flower
garden Panca Wisada and Siak River. At the gate of the palace there are statues
of bronze eagle snatched, on 4 pillars of the palace at the end of the summit
there is the statue of an eagle snatched. The eagle is a sign of greatness and
courage and greatness of the Kingdom of Siak.
Collection of goods stored in the palace of Sultan Sharif
remains Hasim and offering goods during the Sultan Syarif Kasim II, among
others:
1. Comet, A kind of giant gramophone plate made of copper
with a diameter of 1 meter from brass (brass plate) to remove the sounds of
classical music by Beethoven and Mozart, made in Germany
2. Throne, The form of golden chairs filled with beautiful
carvings of brass material clad with gold (which is never lost and conserved
returned by the National Museum of Jakarta).
3. Umbrella kingdom, Bearing the dragon fought and words of
Allah and Muhammad written bertangkup of golden yellow silk cloth.
4. Weapons Malay kingdom, Spear, dagger, gun, as well as
tools nobat, mirror Mustika, chairs, chandeliers weighing a ton, ceramic goods
from China and Europe, dioramas, sculpture bronze statue Queen of the
Netherlands Helmina and diamond-edged marble Sultan, object- other ceremonial
objects, as well as plates, cups, glasses, spoons branded the royal emblem.
5. Flag of the Kingdom of Siak, Golden yellow, royal emblem
in the middle there bermoptif chief dragon fought and on it there is word of
Allah and Muhammad bertangkup calligraphy.
6. Crown Replication Siak, Created during the reign of
Sultan Siak X, Kasim Syaifuddin Assyaidis Sharif (Sharif Kasim I). Replica of
the crown is wrapped in gold and jewels bertaburkan, while the original is
available at the National Museum Jakarta.
7. Place burner (incense), Fragrance is derived from herbs,
to burn incense fragrant aromas will come out and when it serves as an air
freshener palace.
8. Cymbals, Urn-shaped banquet room located on the tip of
the palace, when hit this cymbal sounds echo, is used by the Sultan's palace to
call the waiter
