Tien Chau Pagoda is also known by another name as Di Da Pagoda. This is considered one of the oldest pagodas in Vinh Long province, Vietnam. According to historical records, Tien Chau Pagoda was established more than 300 years ago and became a National Historical and Cultural Monument a long time ago. The temple possesses an ancient and unique beauty, so it attracts many people to visit and explore. MIA.vn believes that this is definitely one of the Vinh Long pagodas with the most impressive and magnificent beauty that you should not miss when traveling to Vinh Long. Vinh Long is a province about 100km from Ho Chi Minh City. This province has a fairly developed road transportation system and extremely good infrastructure, so you can choose to travel by many different means. Among the means of transportation to Vinh Long, those living in Ho Chi Minh City can go by motorbike, drive a car or buy a bus ticket. Based on the experience of some people, it usually takes about 3 hours to travel from Saigon to Vinh Long. Bus ticket prices only range from 100,000 VND/trip to 120,000 VND/turn, so they are extremely suitable for those who want to travel quickly, comfortably and safely. However, if you want to travel by motorbike on your own, you can refer to the following route: From Saigon, you go to Vinh Long city center along National Highway 1A. To get to Tien Chau Pagoda on An Binh island, you need to cross the ferry on Tien River. It only takes about 15 minutes to travel by river and you will arrive at the island. After that, you ask people to find the address of Tien Chau Pagoda. According to folk legends told by the elders living on the left bank of the Co Chien River, Tien Chau Pagoda was built around 1750 at the end of the 18th century. In the past, the monk Giac Nguyen went to practice. Coming to this An Binh island, I can feel the beautiful scenery here. Therefore, he built a small bamboo hut to worship Amitabha Buddha, the leader of the Western world of bliss called Tien Chau Amitabha. In addition, folk also passed down a story related to Tien Chau Pagoda. On cool, moonlit nights, fairies often come down here to bathe in the river and play. Therefore, this river bank is named Tien beach or Bich Tran beach. The hut located next to the river is named Tien Chau. Unlike the majestic and magnificent Jade Buddha Pagoda in Vinh Long, Tien Chau Pagoda will surprise everyone with its extremely ancient beauty. Tien Chau Pagoda was built in an ancient architectural style with 4 roofs: front hall, middle hall, main hall and back hall arranged in a triangle shape. Accordingly, the main hall, rear hall and rear hall areas are adjacent to each other, creating many spacious and airy spaces. Tien Chau Pagoda has a design imbued with the culture of pagoda carving in the 18th century. This carving is most clearly shown by the 96 round wooden columns used to support the entire temple. The carvings here are extremely delicate and sharp, attracting a large number of Buddhist followers to visit and learn. Besides, Tien Chau Pagoda possesses delicate and harmonious beauty when built in both classical and modern architecture. After many restorations, the temple has never once changed its inherent ancient beauty. Entering the grounds of Tien Chau Pagoda, you will see a statue of Guan Yin Buddha standing majestically on a lotus. Lady Buddha is holding a vase of nectar water in her hand, watering blessings for sentient beings. In the left corner of the campus is a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha sitting quietly under the protection of nine dragons and a shady Bodhi tree. On the right is a statue of Maitreya Buddha smiling happily. The interior of Tien Chau Pagoda's inner sanctum is decorated extremely beautifully and splendidly. In the middle of the four pillars is the altar, inside there is a large Amitabha Buddha statue made of clay. Not only that, both sides of the altar also hang lacquered couplets that have extremely great meaning. There are still many valuable artifacts kept in the pagoda such as: a set of lamellas carved with the Eighteen Arhats, delicately carved tureens from the 19th century, wood carvings... After hundreds of years of existence, The temple still stands tall and proud with its timeless beauty. This seems to be seen as a testament to the eternal life of history. Anyone who comes here for the first time will feel the ancient beauty as well as the extremely sacred flow at this temple.
Vinh Long
From January to December
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An Binh island includes 4 communes: An Binh, Hoa Ninh, Dong Phu and Binh Hoa Phuoc in Long Ho district, Vinh Long province. With a terrain of land dunes surrounded by Co Chien and Ham Luong rivers, Vinh Long has become an attractive tourist destination, giving visitors unforgettable experiences of a river region characterized by the Southwest. Coming to Cu Lao An Binh, visitors can row sampans through the canals to admire the charming river scenery on both banks. The cool breeze and the singing on the bow of the boat will bring you unforgettable impressions. Or cycle on tree-lined village roads, breathing in the peaceful, quiet garden air. Visit ripe red rambutan gardens or longan gardens, orange gardens, and tangerine gardens laden with fruit, typical of the Western garden type of tourism. Visiting the gardens, visitors can freely enjoy fruits in any season, almost all year round. Specialty fruit gardens such as Mr. Chin Hoan's rambutan garden, Mr. Chin Can's rambutan garden, Mr. Tam Ho's longan and pepper garden, and countless other fruit gardens. Not only can visitors enjoy many delicious fruits, but they can also experience many interesting things such as visiting ancient houses, visiting craft villages imbued with river culture; Experience digging ditches to catch fish, gardening, fishing, preparing food, making folk cakes, listening to opera... A famous spiritual tourist destination of Cu Lao An Binh is Tien Chau Pagoda located on Tien beach on the left bank of Co Chien river. The pagoda was formed in the years 1740 - 1750, is an ancient pagoda not only famous in Vinh Long but also famous in the entire Southwest region associated with the legend of the fairy's beach. Cai Cuong ancient house is known as an architectural work with European appearance mixed with ancient Asian features. Located in Binh Hoa Phuoc commune, on the banks of Cai Muoi canal crowded with boats, this is a place that attracts a large number of tourists to visit. The most attractive feature of the house is the set of wooden panels that bind all three rooms, with delicate carvings of dragons, phoenixes, birds, trees... all painted in gilded vermilion, very eye-catching. Visiting Vinh Sang tourist area, visitors will be able to visit the bird and animal garden, ride ostriches running freely on the sand, fish for crocodiles, learn to walk on monkey bridges, play grass sleds, and ride bicycles around the village roads. , rowing canoes along the canals, spreading nets, fishing or digging into ditches to catch fish... An Binh Island also has traditional craft villages such as Phuoc Dinh Golden Apricot Village. This is a traditional craft village, specializing in growing yellow apricot as ornamental flowers. Coming here, visitors will be able to admire ancient apricot trees that are hundreds of years old and enjoy the atmosphere of the yellow village of blooming apricot flowers during the season. Lunar New Year. Nature has bestowed on An Binh island with healthy trees and sweet fruits in all four seasons and the people of the island have been creative, taking advantage of rivers, canals and orchards as tourist attractions and homestays. After a day of walking, visitors can spend the evening at garden houses in the form of homestay tourism, eating and living with local people. Enjoy typical dishes of the river region such as fried giant fish, crispy fried spring rolls, grilled snakehead fish, pancakes, fruit wine... Fragrant aroma filled with the flavors of countryside gardens and rivers and listening to traditional opera and traditional folk music. Mr. Sau Giao's bonsai garden (Binh Thuan hamlet, Hoa Ninh commune), Mr. Muoi Push's wooden stilt house located on Ninh Hoa canal, or Mr. Hai Hoang's old house with French-style architecture. These are all resting places for tourists wishing to stay overnight.
Vinh Long
From January to December
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Coming to Vinh Long, a city on the banks of the romantic Co Chien River, visitors will visit many famous historical and cultural relics. One of them is Van Thanh Mieu, a typical architectural work left over from the Nguyen Dynasty after the French army occupied Vinh Long citadel. This place is known as the "Quoc Tu Giam of the South", preserving many precious stories about the studious spirit of our ancestors in ancient times. Vinh Long Temple of Literature is located in Long Ho village, Binh Long district, Vinh Long province, southeast of Vinh Long city, now in ward 4, Vinh Long city. When traveling to Vinh Long, if you want to visit the Temple of Literature, from the center of Vinh Long city, follow Tran Phu street along Long Ho river, only a short distance of about 2km to get there. Van Thanh Temple Vinh Long is one of the first three Van Thanh Temples built in the South. The other two Temples of Literature are located in Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province and ancient Gia Dinh land. The project was started in 1864 and completed in 1866 by Doc Nguyen Thong, worshiping Confucius and his students. Although nominally promoting Confucianism, in reality this is a venue for cultural activities that promote sages and educate patriotism. When Van Thanh Temple's construction was completed. The Temple of Literature Association was born to take charge of management and worship. The Hue court guided the rituals and sacrifices and assigned 20 temple attendants to take care of Van Thanh Temple. This place became the cultural center of the southwestern region. Scholars and guests gathered here to discuss poetry and world affairs. In 1867, after occupying Vinh Long, the French colonialists destroyed the cultural works left by the Nguyen Dynasty and intended to destroy the Temple of Literature. Implementing the teachings of Mr. Phan Thanh Gian, Mr. Truong Ngoc Lang (ie Mr. Non) sought many measures to protect Van Thanh Mieu - the cultural heritage of Vinh Long land. After occupying Vinh Long, the French colonialists used the excuse of lack of wood to build the Provincial Governor's Palace, intending to destroy Van Thanh Temple. At that time, Ba Ho Truong Ngoc Lang (from Minh Huong) was nominated by his compatriots to join the expeditionary force to retain this cultural work. From then until now, Van Thanh Temple of Vinh Long was renovated in 1872, 1903, 1914, 1933, 1963, 1994, 2006 and 2007. Having gone through many historical events, the building has been restored and renovated many times but still retains its original architecture, and was recognized as a national cultural relic in 1991. The majestic three-entrance gate faces the quiet river, built in the ancient style with a three-storey roof, simple but artistic, with a pair of elegant tureens carved on the two pillars. Behind the gate is the Shinto path leading straight to Dai Thanh Palace. On both sides are two rows of soaring stars of the same age as the Holy Temple. Two straight rows of tall trees give the landscaped garden and relic site a depth and a strangely solemn and quiet atmosphere. On that road, amidst the flowers and leaves, visitors can admire three stone steles that have faded over time. In front of the gate is a stele recording the writings of Mr. Phan Thanh Gian, on the front stating the reason for building the temple, praising the merits of the Saint and the court, on the back praising the names of those with meritorious services. In total, there are three valuable steles marking historical periods associated with the Temple of Literature. In addition to the Phan Thanh Gian stele, there is also a stele recording the temple's restoration in 1903, and a stele recording credit to Ms. Truong Thi Loan (Mr. Truong Ngoc Lang's daughter) for donating land to make flowers and incense sticks. Confucius Temple used to be simple, with tree pillars and a tiled roof on the ground. In 1903, it was replaced with wooden pillars, lined with Chinese bricks, and covered with large and tube tiles. The Confucius Temple has many pairs of parallel tureens and horizontal panels that have historical and cultural value and show the love of learning of the Southern people. The main hall is made in the style of overlapping and spiraling snail steps. The statue of Confucius is worshiped in the middle, flanked by four masters. In addition, the altar on the left and right also worships 12 other great scholars. Outside, two small temples (Ta vu, Huu vu) were built as a place to commemorate the 72 famous students of Confucius. Van Xuong Cac is located right at the entrance to the relic, with two cannons on both sides. These ancient guns from 1921 were placed at the wharf (in front of the current Vinh Long Museum). In 1937, it brought Van Thanh Mieu and in 1960 it was placed majestically on a pedestal. Van Xuong Cac was built in the style of overlapping snail steps. Upstairs is a place to store books and worship Van Xuong De Quan, a god in charge of academic examinations. Downstairs, the middle space is where writers sit and converse, behind is a sophisticatedly carved altar, inside are placed two tablets, with parallel sentences praising the two leading scholars of Gia Dinh land, Vo Truong Toan and Phan Thanh. Simple. Every year, at Dai Thanh Palace, there are worshiping ceremonies for Spring Dinh and Thu Dinh, at Tuy Van Lau, there is a worshiping ceremony for Phan Thanh Gian on the 4th and 5th days of the seventh lunar month, and a worshiping ceremony for fallen loyal mandarins on the 12th day. and October 13 of the lunar calendar. On the occasion of the festival, Van Thanh Temple welcomes a large number of tourists from all over.
Vinh Long
From January to December
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Vinh Sang tourist area is one of the attractive eco-tourism destinations in Vinh Long, attracting many domestic and international tourists. Coming to Vinh Sang tourist area, visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the land and people of the Western river region. Vinh Sang tourist area is located at the beginning of An Binh island, along the bank of Co Chien river, opposite My Thuan bridge, in group 14, An Thuan hamlet, An Binh commune, Long Ho district, Vinh Long province. When traveling to Vinh Long, if you want to go to Vinh Sang tourist area, you will need to go through An Binh ferry terminal and then follow the signs to go another 3km to get there. From the center of Ho Chi Minh City, go about 35 km in the direction of Saigon - Tien Giang Expressway. At the end of the highway, turn right toward My Thuan Bridge. Go about 60 km further, you will reach My Thuan Bridge. Famously, this is the first cable-stayed bridge in the West, spanning the Tien River connecting the two provinces of Vinh Long and Tien Giang. Just downhill from My Thuan bridge, tourists turn left toward Vinh Long. At the first intersection, continue to turn left to the riverbank to Vinh Sang pier. From here, visitors will take the boat through An Binh island to reach Vinh Sang tourist area. With an area of about 2.2 hectares, Vinh Sang is a large natural garden with a system of interconnected canals with a variety of fruit trees, a typical space of river gardens in the Southwest region. This is also a place to preserve many rare species of birds and animals and is an attractive entertainment area with a series of folk and modern games. Coming to Vinh Sang tourist area, visitors can enjoy the feeling of comfort and fresh air in the countryside, and have the opportunity to explore the Southern garden life. The most attractive point for tourists is visiting the gardens in Vinh Sang tourist area. There are many types of fruit trees in the garden such as rambutan, strawberry, mango, etc. and customers who buy tickets to enter the garden can eat freely. At Vinh Sang tourist area, there are many games suitable for many ages. For those who like thrills, you can play crocodile fishing, ostrich riding, and grass skiing. If you want to participate in country games, you can choose games such as: pond slapping to catch fish, water polo, basket boat racing to catch ducks, dinghy rowing, rope walking, monkey bridge, bicycle bridge...etc. In which, the experience of transforming into authentic Southern farmers with the program of catching crabs and snails in black turtleneck costumes and the traditional bandana is the most loved by many people. Tourists will be able to return to their childhood and remember the dear old days of participating in the crab and snail catching program together, using crab hooks to dig deep into the cave and pull out healthy crabs holding up their arms. It's like fighting an enemy. After catching all the crabs and snails, visitors can prepare their own crab and snail dishes boiled with lemongrass in a clay pot, dipped in spicy lemon chili salt, and drink Vinh Sang sticky rice wine that will definitely make visitors nostalgic. near far. In particular, Vinh Sang Tourist Area also has a herd of African ostriches with more than 60 adult birds. This is the largest bird in the world, raised and developed right in the middle of the Mekong Delta. Amid the fresh nature of the Southwest region, visitors can freely transform into "Hugo riding an ostrich" running freely on the sand. This is a service that is very popular with young people. In addition to entertainment, Vinh Sang tourist area also brings unique characteristics of the Southern river region. By cruise ship, you can go deep into small canals, visit famous traditional craft villages of the Southern gardens located along the river; Enjoy the traditional craft of making coconut candy and making sticky rice wine of the people of An Binh island; Visit the bird garden with more than 12 species, nearly 1,000 birds living in a 0.5 hectare pond. Vinh Sang Restaurant is located in the Tourist Area with a system of 3 large and small restaurants and dining booths along the Co Chien River specializing in cooking rustic dishes of people in the western region: such as grilled fish, fish sauce hotpot. , grilled duck, duck hotpot cooked with congee, crab hotpot.... Among them are extremely strange and delicious dishes made from crocodile and ostrich meat, especially lemon-cinnamon chicken hotpot, which is ranked in the list of 99 delicious Vietnamese dishes. After having fun and eating, visitors will watch opera - this is a type of classical Vietnamese theater, often performing classic old stories, with costumes rich in color and style. Designs are specified for each character, combined with unique music and dance to create appeal for viewers, able to overcome language barriers or cultural differences. For the first time in the West, Vinh Long province is making efforts to revive, preserve and promote this traditional art to domestic and international tourists.
Vinh Long
November to April
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