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Sebagai sebuah daerah yang kaya dengan keaneka-ragaman masyarakatnya, Kalimantan Barat ternyata memang menyimpan sebuah sejarah yang jarang diketahui bahkan oleh penduduk Kalbar sendiri. Sejarah ini adalah adanya Kongsi dagang Tionghoa yang pernah didirikan di Kalbar bernama Lan Fang. Kongsi dagang ini walaupun hanya sebatas wadah bagi penduduk Tionghoa di Kalbar yang berkerja di pertambangan sempat ikut berjuang melawan pihak Belanda. Diyakini Lan Fang yang berbentuk Republik ini adalah bentuk republik yang pertama di dunia mendahului Amerika Serikat.
Berikut link link yang memuat sejarah Lan Fang. Tahun lalu di wikipedia berbahasa inggeris memuat artikel yang lebih panjang tetapi sekarang telah dipangkas menjadi hanya sebuah alinea pendek. Semoga ada peneliti sejarah yang tertarik melakukan research mengenai Lan Fang.
Artikel dari Asia Wind : http://www.asiawind.com/hakka/lanfang.htm
terjemahan google dari asia wind : di sini.
Artikel wikipedia : http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republik_Lanfang
bahasa inggris : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanfang_Republic
Prof. Yuan Bingling dari Cina pernah memuat tulisan yang panjang lebar mengenai Lan Fang tetapi link nya telah non aktif di internet. http://www.xiguan.net/yuanbingling (non aktif)
Blog dari Pak Yohanes memuat banyak informasi mengenai Kalbar termasuk Lan Fang di sini.
Dan beberapa artikel berbahasa mandarin yang diterjemahkan melalui google translate ke bahasa inggris :
Books related to Lan Fang Republic and West Borneo :
Chinese in the West Borneo goldfields: A study in cultural geography (University of Hull. Occasional papers in geography)
Mary Somers Heidhues, Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia.: An article from: Borneo Research Bulletin
kutipan :
Chinese in the West Borneo goldfields: A study in cultural geography (University of Hull. Occasional papers in geography)
Mary Somers Heidhues, Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia.: An article from: Borneo Research Bulletin
kutipan :
Today few Chinese people know that in the 19th century, there have been an ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia have established the modern Republic of the house ---- Lanfang Republic, there were around 110 years later by the Dutch elimination.
More than 220 years ago, the world's third largest island in the South-East Asia --- Kalimantan (Indonesia Borneo call people, today there are about two-thirds of Indonesia's territory) West, gave birth to a Chinese set up small countries, "Lan Fang of the Republic. " Very early time, there are many Chinese in China's southeastern coastal region came to Kalimantan to make a living. Most of them are concentrated in the western coastal city of Pontianak on the island to work around. Some in the countryside planting rice, coconut, coffee, pepper, and some oil and coal in the mountains. Local natural conditions and living conditions extremely difficult, due to the distance involved, they do not have the interest and care in the motherland, it was Emperor Qianlong called the "heavenly abandon the people." To make a living, they need solidarity, so organized many of the "Association" or similar organization. Subsequently, these organizations together, set up east of Tianjin as its capital Lanfang Republic. Luo Fang Bo because of the high cultural quality and superior organizational skills, the Chinese in the Pontianak area enjoys a high prestige, they were engaged throughout the society's people elect as their leader, in 1776 established a "big statist Lanfang Republic "This year, the first year as a Lanfang. Luo Fang Bo some reference to Western countries, the legal system, set up a complete set of executive, legislative and judicial institutions.The State Ministry of Defense, but there is no standing army, but for all, usually dispersed engaged in production, together resist the enemy in wartime. The local sub-provincial, prefecture and county levels, from all levels of the referendum to elect the head of the local executive authorities. Luo Fang Bo became the head of state for 19 years, died in 1795. Subsequently, by the National Citizens elected head of state Jiang's successor, Peter E.. Since then, seven people have served in that post. In 1886, it set up in the exotic Chinese small country was the Netherlands colonial invaders attack. Lanfang Republic of the entire population have waged a tenacious resistance, which ultimately failed due to poor weapons, the Chinese also unfortunate demise of a small country. "Lanfang," a total of 110 years in existence.
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Dengan adanya Google translate bisa memudahkan terjemahan artikel2 bahasa mandarin mengenai topik ini, dan tentunya untuk topik-topik lain juga.
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