In ancient times,
in the land of Aceh, there was a very extraordinary event which is the story of
the origin of Dragon City Tapak Tuan. Tapak Tuan City is located in the area of
South Aceh, and its location is in the marine environment. Tapak Tuan City
looks beautiful because its location close to the sea is very supportive to
form nice scenery. The hallmark of this place is the presence of a pair of
distant footprints like the footprint of a person who stepped on the ground and
is now one of the city's tourist attractions.
At that time,
there lived a young man named Teuku Tuan. In history,
it is not known where Teuku Tuan is from. But
it is told that Teuku Tuan is a character who plays a role in the origin of
Tapak Tuan city.
In
the area of South Aceh, there is a very big mountain. On
the mountain lives a very large dragon.
From
the top of the mountain, there is a trace of the dragon that slithers down to
the foot of the mountain. Approximately
the dragon has a width of 10 meters and its length is unknown. Why can it be estimated
10 meters wide? Because
the size of the width on the trail left by the dragon is about 10 meters. The
residents felt threatened by the existence of the dragon.
Upon
hearing the news, Teuku Tuan hunted down the dragon. He
fights against the dragon, which can finally end by killing the dragon by
hitting him with a stick. The
wand that Teuku Tuan used to kill the dragon was thrown into the depth of sea
about 70 meters. The
stick is immortalized by the Almighty plugged vertically in the middle of the
ocean and higher than the sea level. (Meaning
the stick's length is more than 70 meters).
After
being hit by Teuku Tuan, the dragon dies a mess. His
blood spilled over the place where until now the dragon's blood was scattered
was called the village of Batu Merah. Uniquely,
in this Batu Merah village, from the sand of the sea, rocks, and the soil, all
colored red * colored red blood *.
Other
parts of his body were exposed elsewhere. An example is his heart. The
dragon's heart was struck in an area that until now was called the Black Stone
village. A
canyon of Batu Merah, this Black Stone village is unique from the sea sand,
rocks and soil, all black.
The
border between Batu Merah and Batu Hitam village can be clearly distinguished,
although only by using the longest eyes. By
the time Teuku Tuan was about to kill the dragon, there was a chase between
Teuku Tuan and the dragon. Then at
one time, trace the footprint Teuku Tuan this. Now
that still looks only a pair of feet very far apart, limited by the mountain
where the dragon lived before. The
footprints, like the footsteps of someone who stepped over a mountain, because
there can not be found the same trace between the two tracks.
The size
of the footprint is 3 x 1.5 meters. The
right footprint, on the edge of the sea on a rock. While
the left footprints are in the city above the ground. Between
the traces one and the other is more than 500 meters away.
Therefore,
given the name of the area that there are traces of the Teuku Tuan footprint
with the name of Tapak Tuan city, or also often called the city of Dragon Tapak
Tuan. If
we go to Tapak Tuan Aceh Selatan, but have not visited the footprint area, then
as if we have not reached Tapak Tuan.
