China News Agency, Jakarta, August 14th: Visiting Jakarta's "New Chinatown": the most traditional Chinese flavor

　　China News Agency reporter Lin Yongchuan

　　Sunday, August 14th.

Near noon, when the reporter drove to the Panzolan Plaza in the PIK New District in the north of Jakarta, what he saw was already a scene of tourists.

　　The PIK New District near Jakarta International Airport is a high-end commercial and residential area reclaimed from the sea to build an island, and it is also an area where Indonesian overseas Chinese live together.

It is mainly developed and constructed by Agung Sedayu.

Anda is one of Indonesia's top real estate giants, and many of its projects are seen as "greatly raising the profile of the Indonesian capital."

　　Brothers Guo Zaizhong and Guo Zaiyuan, the founders of Anda Group, are from Zhangzhou, Fujian, and are the second generation of Chinese in Indonesia.

The successful Guo brothers are thinking about how to promote Chinese culture in Indonesia and let the Indonesian public know more about Chinese culture.

As a result, Panzolan Plaza was built on the golden plot of PIK New District.

　　Although it is a food court, Panzolan Plaza has surpassed the function of food and become a place of nostalgia and comfort to feel and experience the strong taste of traditional Chinese culture. Soon after its opening, it was regarded as Jakarta's "New Chinatown", a place with the most traditional Chinese flavor. "Internet celebrity check-in place".

　　From the meticulously carved and dignified entrance archway to the pavilions and pavilions surrounded by small bridges and flowing water, the blue bricks and stones illuminated by the red lanterns.

The winding paths and weeping willows in the square are not only like the alleys and alleys of old Beijing, but also like the elegant gardens in the south of the Yangtze River.

　　Xiao Cai, who participated in the project planning, told reporters that, as the first commercial entity under the Anda Group that focuses on Chinese architecture, the most classic and retro style was chosen in the design to maximize the cultural characteristics of Chinese architecture.

　　The square is divided into two phases: the first phase covers an area of ​​5,500 square meters, with a construction area of ​​1,220 square meters, with 50 shops and 27 booths; the second phase covers an area of ​​7,645 square meters, with a construction area of ​​2,400 square meters, with 50 shops Shops and 20 stalls.

　　Xiao Cai said that the architectural style of the first phase is the classic Chinese style, and the architectural style of the ancient palace is restored with the magnificent, resplendent, resplendent, and carved beams.

　　At the entrance, there is a 5-story Guanyin pagoda with a height of 31.6 meters. The whole red pagoda is hexagonal.

Visitors can climb the tower to take in the view of Jakarta Bay.

　　Xiao Cai said that from the design to the construction of the plaza, technicians from China were involved, and most of the building materials and sculptures came from China.

　　The reporter saw that there are operators in the shops and stalls in the square, and the businesses are mainly food. There are not only Chinese food represented by the nearly 100-year-old Hakka store Whampoa Kee, the well-known chain Chinese restaurant Five Star in Jakarta, Taiwan Din Tai Fung, etc., but also Singapore, The representative cuisine of Malaysia and other places, as well as a variety of Indonesian snacks.

　　"The results live up to the original intention, and the goal is perfectly achieved."

The Guo brothers commented on the success of the project when they saw that the plaza soon became an "internet celebrity check-in place" after its opening.

The first phase was officially opened on November 7, 2020, and the second phase was officially opened to the public on January 28 this year.

　　Although it is still during the new crown epidemic, there is still an endless stream of tourists... (End)