Amid the Musi river there is an island called Pulau Kemaro name means island that was never under water, although a big tide, the island will be visible from a distance floating above the waters.
This island has a legend about the love story of King's daughter Siti Fatimah's Palembang Chinese spoken by the child king named Tan Bun Ann. Terms of Siti Fatimah filed on Bun Tan Ann is providing nine jars of gold, Tan Bun Ann's family accept the terms proposed. To avoid pirate when diperjalanan China took the gold from the gold in the jar was topped with pickles and vegetables, when the ship arrived in Palembang Tan Bun Ann checked the jar was covered with pickles and vegetables with flavor, angry and disappointed, the whole jar was thrown into the river Musi, but at the last jar slammed on the vessel wall and shattered so saw the gold pieces in it.
His regrets about making China the king's son took the decision to deploy themselves into the river and drowned Seeing this, Siti Fatimah come dropping into the river, saying if there is land to grow on the banks of this river so that's where my grave.
This island there is a Buddhist temple that was always visited adherents, especially on Cap Go Meh celebration which not only Tiong Hoa descendant communities in the city of Palembang, but from various regions in Indonesia and even foreign countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong, China and others we can to this island with use water transportation like Gete, Speed Boat, from the tourist pier Fort Kuto Besak (BKB) or from plant Intirub.
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