This special tour began in August. Among destinations are popular relic sites such as Phu Chau ancient temple, Thong Tay Hoi communal house, Hanh Thong Tay church and the bronze casting village.
The first destination in the tour is Phu Chau ancient temple (also known as Go Vap floating temple), in Ward 5. As it is located in the middle of Vam Thuat River, visitors have to take a boat to get there. The boat ticket is only 10,000 VND/person.
Right at the main gate of the temple is the statue of "two dragons fighting for a pearl". This temple was built more than 300 years ago on a dune with an area of ​​about 2,500m2.
Phu Chau temple attracts many tourists and local people who come to pray for love, children and peace. Stepping inside the temple, visitors will see hundreds of dragon-shaped reliefs covered with colorful porcelain.
Thong Tay Hoi is the oldest communal house of the ancient Gia Dinh land (HCM City today) and the southern region.
In 1682, the communal house was built on an area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters, facing the East. At present, the area is narrowed to about 1,500 square meters. The communal house was recognized as a national architectural and artistic relic site in 1998.
Hanh Thong Tay Church was built by Mr. Denis Le Phat An (the uncle of Queen Nam Phuong of the Nguyen Dynasty) in a unique Byzantine architectural style. The main dome is 30m high.
The cathedral is ​​​​more than 500m2. The dome-shaped roof is assembled from reliefs with delicate motifs. The walls are decorated with unique Mosaic stones.
The church has a spacious campus with many trees. The back of the church has reliefs embossed with Vietnamese saints.
Go Vap district also has a bronze casting village, which is more than 10km from the center of Ho Chi Minh City. This place used to have 30-40 foundries, providing worship bronze items for the Mekong Delta in the 1960s, but now only 4-5 workshops remain in operation.

Chi Hung