Kampoeng Batik Laweyan

Laweyan Mosque
Laweyan Mosque established on 1546 when Djoko Tingkir Era. This mosque was the 1st mosque in Pajang Kingdom.
It used to be a Hindu pura with biksu as a leader. But, with peacefully persuasion, and many native citizen believe in Islam, the building changed function become a mosque.
Along with it, formed an Islamic Studies Center  (pesantren) and having many students studied there.It is said, that caused of many students stayed there, so it never stopped cooked rice, that there were some smoke come out from the kitchen. That’s why the village called Belukan Village, cause beluk is the Javanese language and it meant smoke.
The owner of Laweyan Mosque was Kyai Ageng Henis (King Paku Buwono II’s grandfather). Like other mosque, Laweyan Mosque often used for marriage, divorce etc.

Ki Ageng Henis Cemetery
Laweyan Mosque had a cemetery location, too. The cemetery was for Pajang Royal Kingdom descendant, Kartasura and Surakarta Royal Kingdom.
There’s one cemetery special gate for King Pakubuwono X when he visited the grave and this gate only used one time, caused after one year he passed away.

Picture 2. Kyai Ageng Henis’s cemetery gate

Few of Surakarta Royal Kingdom descendant were buried here :

1. Kyai Ageng Henis
2. King Pakubuwono II, was the King who moved the palace from Kartasura to Sala village and named Surakarta Palace. His majesty wanted to bury nearby Kyai Ageng Henis
3. King Paku Buwono’s V wife
4. Prince Widjil I Kadilangu as the poem of King PB II and PB III
5. Nyai Ageng Pati
6. Nyai Pandanaran
7. Prince Prabuwinoto, youngest son of King Paku Buwono IX
8. Dalang Surakarta, it is said that he ever played a part of skin puppet for Nyai Rara Kidul
9. Kyai Ageng Proboyekso
   

Here, grew a rare plant named Nagasari, almost 500 years old, which is a symbol of the most powerful dragon that guarded the cemetery.
There a symbol of Goddess Durga,too, one of Hindu’s goddess on the gate.
Along with Surakarta Royal Kingdom renovation, this cemetery also had renovation, and here had a pendapa that moved from Kartasura Royal Kingdom.

Kabanaran River Port
Since 1546, Kyai Ageng Henis stayed in Laweyan and spead Islamic religion. He taught how to make handwriting batik, to the villager too, a skill that used to be could be done in Royal Kingdom only. Since that time, Laweyan’s trade became more busy, so Laweyan had many port  to make easier trade and faster between one area to other area through Kabanaran River. The port were at southern of Kampoeng Laweyan, the edge of Kabanaran River at Kampoeng Laweyan and Nusupan, was a big port on the edge of Bengawan Solo River.

Laweyan Market
Laweyan market used to be the central market of any kind of trading, especially yarn, clothes and fabrics trading. Laweyan market used to be atthe eastern of Setono, Southern of Kampoeng Lor Pasar and Northern of Kampoeng Kidul Pasar. Since 1546, Laweyan market became more busy cause of batik’s trade.

Picture. Laweyan Market location