Klenteng Gedung Batu Sam Poo Kong is well known as the place of the first stop-in of a China admiral Zheng He / Cheng Ho. He was an admiral who crossed the entire ocean of the world with the most crewman, before Vasco da Gama went to India and before Christopher Colombus found the American continent.
Formerly western people considered the story about Cheng Ho was a myth or a fictive story, but as the time goes by the ship rudder 42 m? was found under river Yangtze, Nanjing. Klenteng Gedung Batu Sam Poo Kong itself is located at Simongan area at the northwest point of Semarang.
Klenteng Sam Poo Kong can be said to be a unique place. The reason being because klenteng is a place of worship for Buddhism. But in fact, the visitors are not only from those of Tri Dharma followers, but also from other religions, such as Islam, Christian, Catholic and other religious followers. It can be said that this is manifestation forming the base nature of the Indonesian people who like to live harmoniously and to be tolerant.
