Colorful Chinatown in Saigon

Colorful Chinatown in Saigon

This is a very special destination but rarely seen by tourists in Saigon.

In Saigon, there is one of the most concentrated Chinese living quarters in District 5. Here, the Chinese people have built streets with their characteristic architecture. The Cholon area is the Chinatown, and is often referred to as Chinatown. Try to spend a whole day exploring the scene, space, food in this area, you will know that in the heart of Saigon there are special areas like that.

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Cho Lon is the focus of daily life and business of the United States. Around the market gradually formed the house of the United States, bearing bold Hong Kong architecture. Entering Chinatown, the image that most visitors come across is the old, red-tiled roofed houses, nestled close to each other, presumably as if you were in a real Chinese neighborhood.

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District 5 of the Chinese still retain the cultural, architectural and religious values ​​of hundreds of years ago. The roof tile roof tile in the town of Chinatown along with typical architecture highlights a very classic beauty. Visitors feel as if they were present in the ancient city of the United States in the last century. From Ben Thanh, follow the Tran Hung Dao Street you will reach the Chinese Quarter.

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In each house, in front of the door usually hang red lanterns of the United States, paste some red paper as the color of the United States. As for the food business, medicine or even the necessary supplies, the sign of the restaurant have two words: a Vietnamese and a flower, looks quite impressive.

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Cho Lon area is famous for trading in various commodities such as Binh Tay market, which sells items such as dried seafood, abalone, fish, fishballs, ... Soai Kinh Lam market sells fabrics from satin, silk, brocade, quilts, elastic, chiffon, khaki to fabric curtains, gas, cushions, tablecloths ...

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Not only in the markets, the surrounding neighborhoods such as Hai Thuong Lan Ong, Chau Van Liem, Hau Giang, Lam Tan Ke ... are neighborhoods with business shops flooded the two sides.

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After walking around the market, the Thien Hau Pagoda (Vietnamese call) is an attractive destination in Cho Lon. This is one of the oldest Chinese temples built in Cholon (around 1760). The temple, with its typical Chinese architecture, has both historical value and cultural value. It is always a place to attract visitors to visit, enjoy.

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Here, you can enjoy enough famous dishes of the United States such as: roast duck, roast pork, duck potato noodle, chicken potentious northern medicinal ... Add to that the hanoise, effervescent, noodles noodles ... Delicious taste makes visitors love to enjoy.

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The Chinatown area seems to bring Saigon a new color tones, embellished for Saigon tourism. Visitors can not only live in the ordinary living space of the United States, but also enjoy the beauty of the temple architecture of hundreds of years of the Chinese.