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Introduction of Surabaya City

Surabaya (the second largest city in Indonesia) is also translated as "Surabaya". Surabaya, a Javanese word, originally meant sharks and crocodiles, so this land was originally named desolate swamp. China people feel very uncomfortable. They first became "Slim Wood" and then became the authentic Chinese name "Surabaya". Another legend about the origin of Surabaya place names is very similar to the origin of Macao place names. During the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, a large number of immigrants came to Indonesia from Longxi County in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, due to the "Zhangzhou mutiny" (Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Jing's father and son opposed the Qing Dynasty: the first year of Li Yong in Nanming) to the 19th year of Kangxi (1646). He brought the folk belief "Sizhou Buddha" from Fujian, China, that is, "Goddess of Guanyin" to Surabaya to build a temple to protect people from sharks and crocodiles. Later, the temple "Sishui Temple" dedicated to "Guanyin Buddha in Sizhou" in Chinese gradually evolved into the place name of "Sishui", that is, Kannonji, which is now a large-scale Surabaya, became a leisure park (Sishui City, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, has an awkward number of continents and its origin is directly connected with Surabaya. "