TOUR SAIGON CINESE
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- Distance
- 10.25 mi
- Elevation gain
- 56 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 49 ft
- Max elevation
- 257 ft
- TrailRank
- 54
- Min elevation
- 63 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 4 hours 52 minutes
- Coordinates
- 455
- Uploaded
- March 22, 2023
- Recorded
- March 2023
near Chợ Rây, Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
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Extract from the travel notes of two participants in the expedition, Cristina and Milena, who with patience and passion have put pen to paper, drawing and snatching information from Vietnamese guides.
Chinese Saigon, to head to the shrine of the celestial lady in the Geo Long district, where they filmed the film Margarite Duras' Lover. Around there there are a lot of tailor shops, where you can buy clothes for the Chinese lady, and various herbal shops.
Built more than 300 years ago, the facade of the sanctuary looks like a face with a door, columns and lanterns, above it is decorated with many statuettes representing the deities. On the sides of the facade two statues representing the sun and the moon.
Immediately at the entrance there is a large iron brazier where the offerings are burned. The sanctuary is filled with incense, which is burned because the smoke carries desires to heaven, up to Nirvana. There are also 3 cases, in one there are old iron hydrants that were used to put out the fire in the temple. Some walls are covered with fuchsia sheets, which indicate the offers made and report the names, the amount and the date. On the ceiling there are various threads to which are hung spiral conical incense that lasts a week and have attached a leaflet with the names of those who made the offer and the wishes expressed, as in the temple in Hoi An.
There are also 5 large braziers representing the 5 elements (water earth fire wood and metal). In the evening the curtains are closed to the celestial lady so she rests.
We also light incense as a group and Fausto writes wishes for everyone on the sheet.
excerpt from wikipedia
Ho Chi Minh City (Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh [tʰàn fǒ hò tɕǐ mɨ̄n] in Vietnamese), formerly Saigon (Sài Gòn [sàj ɣɔ̀ŋ] in Vietnamese, Saïgon in French) is the most populous city in Vietnam. It is located in the southern part of the country on the west bank of the Saigon River.
Before its annexation in the 17th century by the Vietnamese, who renamed it Saigon, it was known as Prey Nokor. Between 1949 and 1955 it was the capital of the State of Vietnam and between 1955 and 1975 of South Vietnam.
Index
1 Physical geography
1.1 Climate
2 History
3 Monuments and places of interest
3.1 Religious architectures
3.2 Civil architectures
3.3 Military architectures
4 Company
4.1 Demographic evolution
5 Culture
5.1 Education
5.1.1 University
5.1.2 Museums
6 Anthropic geography
6.1 Administrative Subdivisions
7 Infrastructure and transport
8 Administration
8.1 Twinnings
9 Notes
10 Related entries
11 Other projects
12 External links
Physical geography
The city is located just north of the Mekong Delta on the west bank of the Saigon River at an average altitude of 19 m asl. The distance from the coast of the South China Sea is about 40 km.
Climate
The period of greatest rainfall is between May and November, the months of April and May are those with the highest average temperatures while the coolest months are December and January.
Month Months Year
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
T. max. average (°C) 31.6 32.9 33.9 34.6 34.0 32.4 32.0 31.8 31.3 31.2 31.0 30.8 32.3
T. min. average (°C) 21.1 22.5 24.4 25.8 25.2 24.6 24.3 24.3 24.4 23.9 22.8 21.4 23.7
Precipitation (mm) 13.8 4.1 10.5 50.4 218.4 311.7 293.7 269.8 327.1 266.7 116.5 48.3 1 931.0
Rainy days 2.4 1.0 1.9 5.4 17.8 19.0 22.9 22.4 23.1 20.9 12.1 6.7 155.6
Data source: Hydro-Meteorological Service of Vietnam[1]
History
Hồ Chí Minh was born as a small fishing village, it was originally known as Prey Nokor and was located in a marshy area inhabited by the Khmer people.
With the settlement of the Vietnamese in the seventeenth century it became known as Sài Gòn, and many still call it by this name. Nguyen Phuc Chu, a Vietnamese nobleman, was sent to establish the administrative structures of the area in 1698 and is often credited with expanding Sài Gòn into a significant settlement. The city was also influenced by the French during their colonial occupation of Vietnam, and several of its notable buildings reflect this influence.
City center of Ho Chi Minh
Bitexco Financial Tower
In 1954, the French were defeated by the Communist Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and withdrew from Vietnam. They did not recognize the new communist government, they gave their support to a government entrusted to the emperor Bảo Đại with the creation in 1949 of the State of Vietnam which had Saigon as its capital. When Vietnam was officially divided into North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (the Republic of Vietnam), the Southern government, led by President Ngô Đình Diệm, kept Sài Gòn as the capital.
At the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975, forces of the National Liberation Front of Vietnam captured the city. The event ended the conflict and is also known as the "Fall of Saigon".
The victorious communists then renamed the city, dedicating it to the founding father of socialist Vietnam Ho Chi Minh. The previous name Saigon is still used but, officially, it refers only to today's District One of the city.
Monuments and places of interest
The city seen from the Bitexco Financial Tower
Religious architecture
The largest pagoda in the city is that of Xá Lợi headquarters of Buddhism in Vietnam. The most characteristic is the Jade Emperor Pagoda built in 1909 by the Cantonese community and located in District No. 1.
The Thien-Hau temple dating back to 1760 is dedicated to the Chinese deity Mazu.
One of the most important colonial buildings in the city is the Notre-Dame Basilica built between 1877 and 1883 and the center of the city's Catholic community. Other Catholic churches are the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church of Cholon, the oldest in the city, the Church of St. Joseph, the Church of St. Philip, the Church of St. Francis Xavier, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Tan Dinh and the church of Santa Giovanna d'Arco.
Chinese Saigon, to head to the shrine of the celestial lady in the Geo Long district, where they filmed the film Margarite Duras' Lover. Around there there are a lot of tailor shops, where you can buy clothes for the Chinese lady, and various herbal shops.
Built more than 300 years ago, the facade of the sanctuary looks like a face with a door, columns and lanterns, above it is decorated with many statuettes representing the deities. On the sides of the facade two statues representing the sun and the moon.
Immediately at the entrance there is a large iron brazier where the offerings are burned. The sanctuary is filled with incense, which is burned because the smoke carries desires to heaven, up to Nirvana. There are also 3 cases, in one there are old iron hydrants that were used to put out the fire in the temple. Some walls are covered with fuchsia sheets, which indicate the offers made and report the names, the amount and the date. On the ceiling there are various threads to which are hung spiral conical incense that lasts a week and have attached a leaflet with the names of those who made the offer and the wishes expressed, as in the temple in Hoi An.
There are also 5 large braziers representing the 5 elements (water earth fire wood and metal). In the evening the curtains are closed to the celestial lady so she rests.
We also light incense as a group and Fausto writes wishes for everyone on the sheet.
excerpt from wikipedia
Ho Chi Minh City (Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh [tʰàn fǒ hò tɕǐ mɨ̄n] in Vietnamese), formerly Saigon (Sài Gòn [sàj ɣɔ̀ŋ] in Vietnamese, Saïgon in French) is the most populous city in Vietnam. It is located in the southern part of the country on the west bank of the Saigon River.
Before its annexation in the 17th century by the Vietnamese, who renamed it Saigon, it was known as Prey Nokor. Between 1949 and 1955 it was the capital of the State of Vietnam and between 1955 and 1975 of South Vietnam.
Index
1 Physical geography
1.1 Climate
2 History
3 Monuments and places of interest
3.1 Religious architectures
3.2 Civil architectures
3.3 Military architectures
4 Company
4.1 Demographic evolution
5 Culture
5.1 Education
5.1.1 University
5.1.2 Museums
6 Anthropic geography
6.1 Administrative Subdivisions
7 Infrastructure and transport
8 Administration
8.1 Twinnings
9 Notes
10 Related entries
11 Other projects
12 External links
Physical geography
The city is located just north of the Mekong Delta on the west bank of the Saigon River at an average altitude of 19 m asl. The distance from the coast of the South China Sea is about 40 km.
Climate
The period of greatest rainfall is between May and November, the months of April and May are those with the highest average temperatures while the coolest months are December and January.
Month Months Year
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
T. max. average (°C) 31.6 32.9 33.9 34.6 34.0 32.4 32.0 31.8 31.3 31.2 31.0 30.8 32.3
T. min. average (°C) 21.1 22.5 24.4 25.8 25.2 24.6 24.3 24.3 24.4 23.9 22.8 21.4 23.7
Precipitation (mm) 13.8 4.1 10.5 50.4 218.4 311.7 293.7 269.8 327.1 266.7 116.5 48.3 1 931.0
Rainy days 2.4 1.0 1.9 5.4 17.8 19.0 22.9 22.4 23.1 20.9 12.1 6.7 155.6
Data source: Hydro-Meteorological Service of Vietnam[1]
History
Hồ Chí Minh was born as a small fishing village, it was originally known as Prey Nokor and was located in a marshy area inhabited by the Khmer people.
With the settlement of the Vietnamese in the seventeenth century it became known as Sài Gòn, and many still call it by this name. Nguyen Phuc Chu, a Vietnamese nobleman, was sent to establish the administrative structures of the area in 1698 and is often credited with expanding Sài Gòn into a significant settlement. The city was also influenced by the French during their colonial occupation of Vietnam, and several of its notable buildings reflect this influence.
City center of Ho Chi Minh
Bitexco Financial Tower
In 1954, the French were defeated by the Communist Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and withdrew from Vietnam. They did not recognize the new communist government, they gave their support to a government entrusted to the emperor Bảo Đại with the creation in 1949 of the State of Vietnam which had Saigon as its capital. When Vietnam was officially divided into North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (the Republic of Vietnam), the Southern government, led by President Ngô Đình Diệm, kept Sài Gòn as the capital.
At the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975, forces of the National Liberation Front of Vietnam captured the city. The event ended the conflict and is also known as the "Fall of Saigon".
The victorious communists then renamed the city, dedicating it to the founding father of socialist Vietnam Ho Chi Minh. The previous name Saigon is still used but, officially, it refers only to today's District One of the city.
Monuments and places of interest
The city seen from the Bitexco Financial Tower
Religious architecture
The largest pagoda in the city is that of Xá Lợi headquarters of Buddhism in Vietnam. The most characteristic is the Jade Emperor Pagoda built in 1909 by the Cantonese community and located in District No. 1.
The Thien-Hau temple dating back to 1760 is dedicated to the Chinese deity Mazu.
One of the most important colonial buildings in the city is the Notre-Dame Basilica built between 1877 and 1883 and the center of the city's Catholic community. Other Catholic churches are the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church of Cholon, the oldest in the city, the Church of St. Joseph, the Church of St. Philip, the Church of St. Francis Xavier, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Tan Dinh and the church of Santa Giovanna d'Arco.
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