{"id":2275,"date":"2024-05-06T11:38:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T11:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saigonstudenttour.com\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2024-05-06T11:38:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T11:38:40","slug":"top-4-things-that-you-must-do-in-chinatown-saigon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/top-4-things-that-you-must-do-in-chinatown-saigon\/","title":{"rendered":"TOP 4 THINGS THAT YOU MUST DO IN CHINATOWN SAIGON"},"content":{"rendered":" \n
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  1. BINH TAY MARKET<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\"\"<\/b>\n\nBinh Tay Market is the Central Market of Cho Lon in district 6, and this is also known as Cho Lon Market \u2013 one of the major market in our city. Inside the market, they have a lot of food so if you want to be a real local, you must have a meal here!\n\nSpecial things: This market was built by a Chinese man named Quach Dam – one of the richest landlords over the South of Vietnam in late 1880s. \u00a0Because it was being built during the time when the French controlled this area, so this market not only has the architecture of French but also with traditional styles of Chinese culture.\n\nFrom the first beginning until now, Binh Tay Market is home of lots of wholesale products while almost everything are sold in retail with the cheapest price ever. When you go inside this market, it is really easy for you to find extensive range of fresh fruits, vegetables, poultry, meat and seafood from regions across Vietnam. Along with the interesting historical and cultural aspect of Cholon, Binh Tay Market is great for experiencing the local lifestyle and sampling unique Vietnamese – Chinese delicacies.\n\nLocation: Thap Muoi street, ward 2, district 6, Ho Chi Minh City.\n
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    1. THIEN HAU TEMPLE<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nChinatown Saigon is the most well-known place with many iconic temples and pagodas related to almost aspect of Chinese religious life. Among hundred places in Cho Lon, Thien Hau has an honour to be not only the oldest but also the most famous temple to attract many tourists everyday.\n\n\"\"<\/b>\n\nSpecial things: The temple was first erected in 1760 by the Cantonese<\/a> community in the city. This was a place where Chinese people met and gathered, then wished for the better future of their lives. Beside, they also work ship \u2018Lady of The Sea \u2013 Ba Thien Hau\u2019 inside this temple.\n\nFor the first impression, Thien Hau Temple represents for a typical Chinese temple with special architecture for both exterior and interior. Every corner in this holy region has its own meaning, and it will be really impressing for you to discover by yourself.\n\nLocation: 710 Nguyen Trai street, ward 11, district 5, Ho Chi Minh city.\n
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      1. CHA TAM CHURCH<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nIf Saigon has Notre Dame Cathedral with nearly 140 years old, Cho Lon has Cha Tam Church which is a witness of history through many ups and downs from the past until now. It is also well \u2013 known as one of the most 6 beautiful churches in Ho Chi Minh City.\n\n\"\"<\/b>\n\nSpecial things: Cha Tam Church or Saint Francisco Javier Church is an ancient church built in 1900 and completed in 1902 under the conduct of pastor Pierre d\u2019 Assou (Cha Tam) \u2013 this is the reason why it was called \u2018Cha Tam Church\u2019. This church is followed Gothique construction \u2013 having many windows with the large size like a Europe church but the cultural factors were still maintained, such as: Yin \u2013 Yang roof, triple gate, the church\u2019s Chinese name\u2026 \u00a0Today this place has a very active congregation of 3000 ethnic Vietnamese and 2000 ethnic Chinese.\n\nLocation: 25 Hoc Lac street, ward 14, district 5, Ho Chi Minh City.\n
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        1. EXPERIENCE TRADITIONAL FOOD OF CHINESE PEOPLE<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nCho Lon is home to a wide array of traditional Vietnamese and Chinese restaurants. Every chef in this place deserves to receive 5-star Michelin because they not only give you the food, but also bring their Chinese culture with lots of tastes you have never tried before.\n\n\"\"<\/b>\n\nLike many Chinatown around the world, you will know you have arrived once you see lots of roasted duck and pork hanging in front of the local eateries. The noodles served in this district have more choices of Chinese style than the usual Vietnamese pho rice noodles while unusual herbs or exotic foods such as dried seahorse and \u2018thousand year olds eggs\u2019 (aka salted duck eggs) can be spotted here and there.\n\nNowadays, Chinatown \u2013 Cho Lon is a place which saves a lot of traditional and culture aspects in Ho Chi Minh City. It must be in your bucket list if you have and will have a trip to visit Ho Chi Minh city, because the best way to explore one country is trying to be like a local people.\n\nThank you for spending time on our article!\u00a0<\/em>\n\nSaigon Adventure wishes you have a memorable time in Vietnam!<\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"  BINH TAY MARKET Binh Tay Market is the Central Market of Cho Lon in district 6, and this is also known as Cho Lon Market \u2013 one of the major market in our city. Inside the market, they have a lot of food so if you want to be a real local, you must […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saigonadventure.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}