Ong Pagoda Chùa Ông (Quảng Triệu Hội Quán)
Cantonese assembly hall of 1896 on the quay
Cantonese hall of 1896 on the quay, free to enter: a short stop under incense coils on your riverside walk. Hoa people from Quảng Châu and Triệu Khánh built it to honor Quan Công. Go in the daytime, since it closes at 18:00, and pair it with the wharf and the night market.
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The front of Chùa Ông on Hai Bà Trưng, with dragons on the roof ridge
Photo: trungydang · CC BY 3.0
Step through the gate at 32 Hai Bà Trưng into a hall built for Quan Công by Hoa people from Quảng Châu and Triệu Khánh, in Guangdong. Work began in 1894 and finished in 1896, and most of the building materials came from China. Incense coils hang from the roof of a deep-red hall.
Photo: Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên · CC BY-SA 3.0
The hall is also called Quảng Triệu Hội Quán, after the two home districts of its founders. It was listed as a national monument in 1993. It stands on 532 m², small enough to see on a stroll along the wharf.
It is busiest on full-moon days, at Tết, and on Quan Công's day, the 24th day of the sixth lunar month. That date moves each year on the civil calendar.
Getting there and around
The hall faces the river at 32 Hai Bà Trưng, on the same street as Ninh Kiều wharf and the night market. Walk from the quay.
From Ninh Kiều wharf
On foot along Hai Bà Trưng.
Hours and fees
- Hours
07:00 to 18:00
- Closed
No weekly closing day is published.
- Admission
Free
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