Cho Lon Chợ Lớn
Chinatown in District 5
Chợ Lớn in District 5: walk the shophouse streets, for the Chinese quarter of the city. Bình Tây and Thiên Hậu sit on this walk, with the alleys between them, including Hào Sỹ Phường on Trần Hưng Đạo. Come hungry for Cantonese dim sum. The streets are the visit, and the halls are the stops. Check on arrival for a clock.
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A District 5 street of shophouses, with Chinese characters on the signs
Photo: Andre Hospers · CC BY 4.0
Chợ Lớn is the Chinese neighborhood in District 5, and the visit is the walk. Shophouse streets carry Chinese signs and red lanterns. Hào Sỹ Phường, an alley on Trần Hưng Đạo, has kept its rows of townhouses for the last 100 years. Mã Xa Hạng and Tuệ Huê Lý are the lesser-known lanes, old apartment blocks and houses that still show Chinese details.
Photo: Andre Hospers · CC BY 4.0
Bình Tây is the wholesale hall, with more than 2,000 shops of spices, mushrooms, and dried fish. An Đông is the clothing wholesale market. Đại Quang Minh is the beads, ribbons, and fabric. Thiên Hậu is the pagoda on the same walk. Nghĩa An communal house, a Guan Yu shrine in Teochew style, is a few steps from it. A late breakfast is Cantonese dim sum: prawn dumplings, rice rolls, and radish cake. The walk has no ticket. Check on arrival for a street clock.
Getting there and around
Chợ Lớn is a ride from the cathedral square, inside this city. Check on arrival for the minutes.
If the night is in the centre, search centre hotels.
From the cathedral square
A ride into District 5. Check on arrival for the minutes.
Hours and fees
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- Closed
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- Admission
Check on arrival. The streets are not ticketed on the pages opened. Hall fees were not printed.
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