' Syair Siti Zubaidah Perang Cina ' atau juga dikenali sebagai Syair Siti Zubaidah merupakan syair romantik yang menggambarkan cinta, keberanian, dan ketaatan Siti Zubaidah bagi membebaskan suaminya, Sultan Zainal Abidin, yang ditawan oleh puteri-puteri Cina.
Teks ini ditulis dengan indah dan dikenali ramai. Pengarangnya tidak dikenali, satu ciri yang biasa dikalangan pengarang kesasteraan Melayu silam.
Siti Zubaidah tinggal di Pulau Peringgi bersama bapanya, Pendeta Ulama. Pendeta Ulama dahulunya seorang raja tetapi menyedari kuasa dunia tidak bererti, menyerahkan takhta anaknya bagi beramal. Pendeta Ulama memberikan anak perempuannya pendidikan keugamaan yang baik.
Sultan Zainal Abidin, Sultan Kembayat Negara, kemudiannya berkahwin dengan Siti Zubaidah. Kembayat Negara merupakan sebuah negara yang besar dengan pelbagai dagang dari segala pelusuk rantau berkunjung kesitu.
Pada suatu hari, Kembayat Negara diserang oleh China, sebagai balasan penghinaan kepada salah seorang pedagang mereka. Serangan ini lebih kejam dengan penawanan Sultan Kembayat Negara oleh puteri China sebgai tahanan dan dibawa ke China.
Menyedari keadaan ini, Siti Zubaidah menyiapkan dirinya bagi menyelamatkan suaminya. Siti Zubaidah tinggal dilindungi oleh bapanya. Semasa kecil dia belajar Al-Quran dan pekara lain sebagaimana gadis lain. Tetapi apabila dicabar dengan kehilangan suaminya, dia memasuki dunia lelaki dan bersetia untuk berperang. Dalam perjalanannya, dia melahirkan anaknya seorang diri di dalam hutan dan meninggalkan anaknya yang kemudiannya diselamatkan dan dipelihara oleh Muhamad Tahir.
Dia menyamar sebagai askar dan menyertai perang melawan China. Dia berhadapan dengan banyak cubaan dalan usaha membebaskan suaminya. Keberanian dan cintanya yang mendalam bagi suaminya memberikannya kekuatan bagi memenangi peperangan. Dia akhirnya mendedahkan diri sebenar kepada Sultan Zainal Abidin dan kembali ke Kembayat Negara untuk bersatu dengan anak mereka.
kalau korang kaitkan semua ni dengan orang terengganu,sume kekeliruan ni takkan timbul.pertamanya, tulisan kat batu bersurat terengganu tu menunjukkan orang terengganu ni memang berbahasa melayu.takde langsung wujud perkataan-perkataan mon khmer ke,siam ke.lagipun orang terengganu dan anut islam lebih awal dari abad ke -14.loghat terengganu ni bukan pengaruh dari melaka.masa batu bersurat terengganu dipahat,melaka tak wujud lagi.selain tu, nama negeri terengganu ni dari dulu namanya terengganu.tak pernah berubah.cuma bila eja arab, terengganu akan jadi 'terenjanu'.lagipun orang terengganu ni kebanyakkannya berbudaya lebih kurang orang dekat indo-china.permainan dikir barat,makyong sume tu tak penah dimainkan oleh orang terengganu.orang patani yang bawak sume tu masuk ke negeri terengganu....
kabanyakkan tarian atau permainan di terengganu di pengaruhi oleh kepercayaan animisme.macam ulek mayang dan lain-lain.takde pun unsur-unsur hindu ke buddha ke.tiada monumen-monumen atau artifak yang bercirikan hindu atau buddha dijumpai disana.
selain tu,dari segi cara hidup.orang terengganu pakar dalam pelayaran,pembinaan bahtera.kapal2 tu pulak akan dicat dengan corak2 naga.pastu kitorang pun ada jugak kipas tanganyang mcm orang cina pakai.tapi xboleh dilipat .
kalau betul macam tu,takkan nak dipertikaikan.tapi xpelah.cuma aku nak bagitau yang terengganu ni takde kene efek dengan kebudayaan lain secara besar-besaran.apalagi siam.kat terengganu,cuma besut je yang ada perkampungan siam.tu pun geng2 yang lari selepas patani tewas kepada thai pada tahun 1786.....diorang lepak kat terengganu pasal terengganu negeri berkecuali.walaupun berkecuali,kekalahan patani pada waktu itu turur mengancam terengganu sebenarnya.
Following the search for the origins of the Malaysian constitutional “malays”, my journey brings me to Vietnam. There, I meet up with the Cham people. After all, every Kelantanese I've met claim to be descendants of the Mighty Champa Kingdom.
Just who are the Cham? I met up with Dr. Hang, an Anthropologist at Saigon University, Ho Chi Minh City. According to him, the Champa Kingdom is a 2nd Century Kingdom in Central Vietnam.
From 1487, they were continously driven by the Kinh (read as Mongoloid Vietnamese) from Hanoi till Phan Thiet today. Proof of this lies in the fact that there were hundreds of Cham Towers from Hanoi till Phan Thiet (near Mui Ne Beach).
If you'd observe very carefully, you might notice how similar the Cham are to the Kelantanese. The Austronesian Cham of Vietnam look extremely similar, and wear identical headgear to almost everyone in Kelantan. Both male as well as female. Not surprising. The Champa Kingdom had long established trading ties with both the present-day Malaya, Pattani, Aceh as well as Java since the 4th Century. Multiple wars also broke out between the Kingdom of Champa with Java. Migration was simply inevitable.
The Chams were Hindus. They still are today. In fact, all the towers of the Champa Kingdom are of Hindu Origin. One may visit any Museum, from Saigon to Danang till Hanoi. They all have on display, hundreds, if not thousands of Artefacts of this mighty Ancient Hindu Kingdom. It is however, so sad to see the Chams today, getting the short-end of the stick.
Since they were driven by the Kinhs (Hanoi) down south, they live in the most hostile parts of the country. Barely getting rain, the land is almost Savannah-like in nature. Large cacti live in abundance on non-cultivated land.
Visiting the Cham produced mixed feelings. On the one hand, one comes face-to-face with the remnants of a mighty empire. On the other hand, one wonders why the Vietnamese government does little to improve the living conditions of these “bumiputras”. I proposed new theories; that the Cham were in fact the actual people of the Dong Song, Hoabinhian and Sa Hyunh Culture, much to the surprise, but delight of these Saigon Anthropologists. Previously, they only assumed that those cultures belonged to “someone else”, and that Cham History only started in the 2nd Century. Proof being the Temples and Towers. I also highlighted that the Champa Kingdom would have been the second Kingdom of the Hindunization of South East Asia. The first, being Malaya, in the site near Penang called Lembah Bujang, of the 2nd Century.
Upon further scrutiny, there seems to be a lot more than just distant historical similarities between the Cham people, and the Kelantanese. My transalator informed me that there were twin towers located in Qui Nhon. “Much like that in Malaysia”. I was dumbfounded !! I immediatle made the 300km journey. In total, I travelled over 2,000 km by road, boat, and every other imaginable transport available, visiting over 30 major Cham Tower sites along the entire coast of Vietnam.
Furiously making notes, I also found that the similarities did not stop at the fact that there were just twin towers. Cross-examining schematic diagrams of the Cham Towers and KLCC was astounding!
For example, the top and side view schematics, when overlayed, was an identical match.
The similarities did not end there, even a side profile view of the Cham towers and KLCC was a match. I could barely contain my excitement when I made these cross-comparisons. Even the
Saigon Anthropologist Professors were dumbstruck. No one had ever imagined that there was any correlation between an apparently “Muslim-built Design” with that of an Ancient Hindu one. Add to that, it was located in isolated Vietnam. For those who have visited these sites before, pull out your private photo boxes, and confirm for yourself that the pictures I have displayed here have not been doctored in any way.
Kemungkinan dak Acheh pong ada kaitan dengan Chempa? Sebab bahasa Acheh tergolong dalam jenis bahasa Chempa jugak... Aku cek kat wikipedia, sumber termudah...
Upacara semayang orang Cham xIslam kat Vetnam Tengah, aku dengar orang2 panggil dema Balamon (Brahman)... Bunyi muzik rebab smua macam orang kat Kelantan n Ulu Kedah punya kesenian skit2...
Pakaian asal orang kelantan pada zaman dahulu ialah semutar di atas kepala (biasanya kain batik jawa). Mereka jarang berbaju. Mereka pakai macam seluar singkat parat betis dan diikat kain batik lepas pada pinggang. Orang Kelantan umpama orang zaman modern, bawak 2 handset, orang kelantan bawak 1 keris di pinggang dan satu lawi ayam atau kapak kecil diselit di semutar. Kelantan mewarisi budaya Sriwijaya dan Majapahit .Mereka jarang sehelai sepinggang tanpa senjata kecuali orang bertaraf hamba. Orang Cham pula pakai kain sarong. Pakaian orang istana lain.
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