To bless for wealth, safe and sound, pilgrims can visit famous pagoda in Saigon. Most of them are famous for its supernatural power and foundation many years ago.
1. Giac Lam pagoda All space of this pagoda is quite wide, quiet which is suitable for chanting and deeply reflect the Buddha’s philosophy.
2. Ngoc Hoang pagoda This pagoda still protects treasure statues made from wood. Coming there, tourists will surprise by lotus pool and thousand turtles that are cultivated in there. Pilgrim always release these turtles into this pool. Therefore, the amount of turtles is up to thousands.
3. Vinh Nghiem pagoda
The remarkable point of this pagoda is stone tower 14 meters in height with 7 floors. This stone tower has built since Ly and Tran dynasty. It is located in Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street of Saigon city. This pagoda is famous for crowded visiting.
The special point of this pagoda is tower 7 floors 32 meters in height. On the top of this tower, there is a big bell 2 tons in weigh that is casted as Thien Mu bells in Hue. Especially, tinkling of bells mentioned in one of famous song of Vien Chau composer. Vietnam Quoc Tu pagoda is located in quiet space with hundred-year-old trees. Vietnam Quoc Tu is located in 3/2 Street that is one of historical architecture. It is famous for typical Vietnam style in architecture that is different from other pagodas affect by Chinese’s architecture. |