An Giang is home to many of the most sacred pagodas today. At the foot of Sam mountain, Ba Chau Doc pagoda is a temple that many people come to pray for fortune and peace. Let’s refer to the experience of visiting Ba Chau Doc An Giang pagoda below to know the do’s and don’ts about this temple!
Ba Chau Doc Pagoda is located at the foot of Tam Son mountain in An Giang city. Every year, this place welcomes about 2 million pilgrims.
From an old wooden house with leaves, now Ba Pagoda has become a splendid temple with architectural features imbued with oriental culture. The shape of the tower resembles a blooming lotus, the roof of three compartments, roofed with blue lapis lazuli tiles, the corner of the roof soars like the bow of a passing boat. The architecture here is built with Indian style.
Ba Chau Doc Pagoda is very sacred, so more and more people come to pray. Time to go to her temple is very diverse. However, the temple is usually most crowded around the beginning of the year. This is the time when Vietnamese people often have the habit of going to pagodas at the beginning of the year to get lucky.
This is also the time when many religious festivals take place. Especially, Ba Chua Xu’s spiritual festival takes place from April 22 to April 27 of the lunar calendar. If you don’t like crowds, you should go at times outside of public holidays to avoid traffic jams and reduce costs.
Because the entrance to Ba Chau Doc pagoda is very small, every springtime, tourists from all over the world come to worship too much, often there is a traffic jam at the entrance.
Therefore, for those who are nearby, the ideal means of getting here is by bus. There are 4 bus lines passing through it: 139, 20, 72, 110.
Or if you go by private vehicle, you should go together or rent a car, minimizing the number of vehicles to avoid congestion, making it easier to move to the temple.
To make the trip to Ba Chau Doc Pagoda go smoothly, you need to prepare the following essential things:
Should prepare offerings in advance
The area around Ba Chau Doc pagoda is where the chopping and slashing raged. Visitors here are very fond of Ba Ba dresses costing 25-50 thousand VND/piece, some fabrics costing millions of VND.
In addition, there are stalls selling offerings that are available for 100,000 VND for 4-5 types of fruit. If it is a holiday, each bag of fish (only 1 small golden carp) is 10,000 times more expensive than buying it outside.
To save money, prepare offerings from home in advance.
Prepare food
Here, people also sell many favorite ready-made dishes such as pancakes, shrimp cakes… However, the price is also 2-3 times more expensive than usual.
So, if possible, you should bring food from home, avoid being cut and slashed with “heavenly” prices.
If you go to Ba Chau Doc An Giang pagoda, you should visit Sam mountain right nearby. The Sam mountain complex also has the ancient Tay An pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau mausoleum, Hang pagoda and many pagodas and temples on the mountain. These are all famous attractions in Chau Doc you should go after visiting Ba Pagoda. In particular, you can travel by cable car at Sam mountain to be able to see the whole of An Giang with an extreme view.
Suggestions for your self-sufficient Chau Doc 2 day 2 night pilgrimage:
Night 1: From HCMC – Chau Doc (An Giang)
22h: The car picks up the group at the meeting point. Departure from HCMC – Chau Doc.
Day 1: Tra Su Melaleuca Forest – Ba Pagoda – Sam Mountain
5h: Arrive Chau Doc, visit the market for breakfast, drink coffee. Suggested dishes include fish vermicelli, bun trumpet, heart porridge… Prices range from 20,000 to 30,000 VND.
6:30 am: Departure to Tinh Bien. On the way, you tell the driver to go down to Tra Su Melaleuca forest.
12h: Arrive at Sam mountain. Lunch. Suggested dishes include beef porridge, beef hot pot, vermicelli, rice. Rest.
14h: Arrive at Ba Chua Xu Temple. At this time, pilgrims to Mieu Ba can be very crowded, you can visit the next morning. Visiting nearby temples and shrines such as Thoai Ngoc Hau temple…
16h: Hiking to the top of Sam mountain.
18h: Down the mountain.
19h: Check in.
19:30: Have dinner.
20h30: You can ask the driver to drive around Chau Doc city center, visit famous temples.
Day 2: Binh Thien – Chau Doc – HCMC
5h: Visit the temple of Lady Chua Xu. At this time, the number of visitors from all over the world is not crowded, you will not have to jostle.
8:00: Depart for Binh Thien. The road is 25 km long.
8:30am arrived. Rent a boat to explore. Boat rental price ranges from 300,000 – 500,000 VND/boat. Each boat can carry about 4-6 people.
9:30 am: Learn about the life of the Cham people in the coastal area. Enjoy the snacks sold in front of the house.
10:30: Visit the church of the Cham people.
11:30: Check out.
12h: Arrive Chau Doc market, have lunch, visit shopping. In addition to fish sauce, you can buy cakes, candies, stuffed animals, cosmetics… imported from Cambodia.
15h: End of Chau Doc pilgrimage 2 days 2 nights.
Near Chau Doc pagoda is a market with many An Giang specialties. If you want to buy something as a gift for friends and relatives, dried shrimp paste is not a bad choice. The famous fish sauce brands here are Tu Au, Ba Giao Khoe, Ut Canh…
In addition to fish sauce, Chau Doc is also famous for palm sugar. Eat very cool, if you buy it, you can ask the seller to add less and put it in a box. In addition to fresh fruit, there are jaggery sugar, jaggery jam, jaggery beef cake…
Avoid flaunting votive paper
Those who direct the Buddha will go to the temple with the word “mind”. Because following Buddha is a good direction.
However, many people who come to Ba Chau Doc 2 pagoda tend to “use money to flatter the Buddha”. By burning several dozen incense sticks at once, even a bunch of gold coins and countless sets of “Ao Ba Ba”…
This is a taboo thing that every visitor when coming to Ba Chau Doc Pagoda needs to know to avoid committing to be a true Buddhist.
Ask the price before buying
You should consult friends and acquaintances who have been to Chau Doc for prices and reliable places to sell gifts. You should ask carefully the price of the items before buying and remember not to buy other people’s incense bowls.
Do not buy or rent roast pork near the temple
Around the temple, there are many places to sell or rent roast pork. The price of roast pork in these places will be much more expensive than outside, not to mention pigs that have been stored for a long time, or sometimes reused because someone has brought them in before. Therefore, if possible, buy roasted pork at home to take away or choose reputable selling addresses to avoid being shouted at too high prices.
Hopefully the above Ba Chau Doc pagoda travel information can help you have a smooth trip. If you are looking for sacred temples to pray for peace, then try this sacred temple!
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