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ON LANG PAGODA
ARCHITECT
On one side of the street, they build a main gate, a small front yard, and halls for worshiping area.
The worshiping area of Quan Am Pagoda can be divided into front hall, left hall, right hall, back hall, and a sky well.
On Lang Assembly Hall has red roofs, pillars, walls, signboards, and ornaments.
Carved wood pillars, panels and ornaments are abundant in Quan Am Pagoda.
On Lang Pagoda has a three-entrance gate, with four pillars and three roofs. Parallel sentences in Chinese are on the pillars.
The roofs are covered with glazed green tiles and decorated with two dragons facing a pearl ornaments and floral ornaments.
HISTORY
At the end of the 17th century, many Fujian people left China for Vietnam, then lived in De Ngan (Saigon Cholon now).
Chinese people from two cities Tuyen Chau and Chuong Chau donated and built an assembly hall called Nhi Phu in about 1730 to gather, help each other, meet the spiritual, religious, and cultural needs of Chinese people.
The people from Tuyen Chau City’s five districts including Tan Giang, Nam An, Hue An, Dong An, An Khe established On Lang Assembly Hall in 1740.
Many deities, Gods in Chinese folk religion, Taoism and Buddhism.
On 27th April 2004, On Lang Assembly was recognized as a National Architectural Site.
HOW TO GET THERE
On Lang Pagoda is in 12 Lao Tu Street, Ward 11, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City and is located about 6-7 km west of Bach Dang wharf.
You can get to On Lang in just 20 minutes using a taxi and about 1 hour walking on foot from Bach Dang wharf.
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