Ethnomathematics: Geometric analysis of historical buildings ngawen temple in Magelang

Abstract

The analysis of historical buildings Ngawen Temple has a purpose of knowing the history and knowing the approach to the geometry. This type of research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The data collection techniques used in this research are interviews and documentation (observation) directly. The interview was done with the temple officers who were around the building, and the documentation was taken directly. The data analysis technique is done by analyzing the buildings related to the geometry, such as the shape of the building on the Ngawen temple. The results of this study were obtained namely, Ngawen Temple set in Buddhism. The Ngawen temple complex consists of five temples that line the parallel from north to south. Temple building facing the east. From the south of Ngawen Temple I, II, III, IV, and V, with each temple to plan the square. One of the uniqueness of Ngawen temple is the existence of 4 lion statues in every corner of temple II and temple IV. The shape of the Ngawen temple resembles the geometry of the cuboid, the rectangular pyramidal frustum, and the rectangular pyramid.