CANDI WARINGIN LAWANG

Gapura Waringin Lawang or Candi Waringin Lawang is located in the administrative area of ​​Hamlet Wringin Lawang, Jatipasar Village, Trowulan Subdistrict, Mojokerto Regency is not the gate of Majapahit palace which is believed by some parties so far, because based on the results of research and excavation in Trowulan this building is allegedly indeed a Gapura to enter into the complex city of Majapahit which is in accordance with its function as Gate Bentar which is often used as a place to welcome the official guests of Majapahit kingdom. If we enter the building complex it means we are headed outside the complex. If the Waringin Lawang gate is the central gate of the palace of Majapahit of course the distance of one building with the other apart, the skip can be skipped two at a time and of course we will think where the position of the pedestrians are not, besides the steps of the stairs of course pedestrian, so for the size of the palace of Majapahit whose power reaches the frangipani area is a bit strange to have such a small gate for the size of the scope of power. This Waringin Lawang gate is the Negoro border with Monco Negoro. The illustration is as follows, one day there is a guest of the king who want to ngabulu bhekti or report important things, of course this process does not run as fast as now we are in a car, the report is over, imagine it safe a group of people boarding the train from afar with his followers are up there is also a horse walking, if it is we describe how noisy at that time for a complex Trowulan that counted as a royal complex with the size of 9 × 11 km, how when there was a big ceremony where all the kings attended, so the question is the guests will stay where and how much capacity is needed at that time. Gapura Waringin Lawang is also the official welcoming place and the main road of blessing as the King exits and returns from Monco Nagari, this is supported by data by the steps or stairs at the gate, thus not everyone is allowed to enter the place between the two buildings, and of course in addition to the side of the gate there is a wide road with the same modern structure with the technique of making the gate. It should be noted that the Waringin Lawang archway is not as we see it or we imagine today, that the building material is made of bricks that the process of making is much different from now, in the process of making it includes the selection of clay resources taken, then enrichment until softened flour, printing, and combustion are also much more complicated because the color of bricks requires the same color, so we do not see any charred color on one of its surfaces. After the brick is so the next process is the process of unification of bricks into the temple structure that includes rubbing each other so that the risk of water permeation is really noticed, and the union uses a mixture of some natural materials such as egg whites and molasses (other elements not yet known) why most complex enshrined surroundings are rice fields so that the procurement of duck eggs is very easy, and sugar cane is also easy in planting. It should also be known that sugar cane is not as sugar cane as we use it now, but a local sugar cane that stems as big as a thumb but the sugar content is much larger with the sugar cane brought by the Dutch during the forced planting period. Candi Waringin Lawang is a type of 'Gapura Belah' or 'Bentar' namely a gate that does not have a roof. Gates like this usually serve as an outer gate of a complex of temples or other building complexes. In accordance with its form, Gapura Waringin Lawang certainly has the same function with temple bentar function. The Waringin Lawang Temple is made entirely of red brick with east-west direction, the rectangular base with 13m long, 11.50m wide with 13.70m height, the distance between the 3.5m arch (before the south gate is still intact height 15.50 meters, while the north side is still remaining 9 meters). At the northern and southern excavations, the brick pile is estimated to be the wall surrounding the gate. In the southwest are found 14 point wells in the form of cylindrical and cube. The arch was found in 1912 when it was found that part of the body and its peak had been lost but after being restored it was re-intact but the shape of the gate was not the same. The Wringin Lawang archway was founded in the 14th century AD. The restoration of Wringin Lawang archway has been done since 1991 and completed in 1995.