Truc Lam An Giang Zen Monastery not only a spiritual tourist destination but Truc Lam An Giang Zen Monastery is also known by young people as “HaLong Bay” in the middle of the Seven Mountains region of An Giang, Mekong Delta.
By Thomas Vietnam at vemekong.com | Official Chau Doc Visitor Guide
1. Better to Know as a Tourist
Ticket: Free
Spend-time: One hour (approx)
Hours: Dawn – Dusk
Food: Yes
Shop: Yes
Parking lot: Yes
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Address: Located at Lakeside Tourist Area No. 2 in Dong Son 1 hamlet, Nui Sap town, Thoai Son District, An Giang.
Added values: If one day, you feel your heart is in disarray and want to find a peaceful place to live your soul and ignore your troubles, then come to Truc Lam An Giang Zen Monastery.
Nearby attractions and hidden gems: Looking for places to stop on your way to and from An Giang Truc Lam Zen Monastery? Or maybe you found it too long a drive here? We’ve got some ideas! Check out our list: Tra Su Cajuput Forest (63 km), Sam Mountain (76 Km), Cam Mountain – Forbidden Mountain (56 km), Chau Doc Floating Market (78 km), 30 Thang 4 Park in Chau Doc (79 km)…)
2. Travel Guide to Truc Lam Zen Monastery in An Giang
Tourists and Buddhist pilgrims in the Mekong Delta provinces, Ho Chi Minh City, and the whole country when coming to An Giang can travel around by road very conveniently and easily. From the Long Xuyen city center, you go to the center of Thoai Son district town – where Truc Lam Zen Monastery is located, only 23 km along Provincial Road 943. From here, visitors continue to enter Tri Ton, Tinh Bien, Tra Su forest and towards Chau Doc – Sam Mountain then returns to Long Xuyen and vice versa.
Truc Lam Zen Monastery connects the line of Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen Monastery with the enlightenment of King Tran Nhan Tong and creates favorable conditions for monks, nuns, and Buddhists to devote themselves to meditation; meeting the needs of the people’s cultural, spiritual, and religious activities; just created a landscape of community eco-tourism, contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural features and moral values of the ancestors, especially continuing the ideology of Truc Lam Zen lineage.
Truc Lam An Giang Zen Monastery was started construction in 2017 with the traditional Buddhist architecture, including 2 areas: the internal area (built on the mountain, including the meditation hall, the Sangha, etc.) built on the mainland with an area of 4ha, including the following items: main hall, ancestral house, hall, meditation hall, bell tower, vegetarian street, three-way gate…). The total area of the project is about 11 hectares.
3. What to Do – See – Eat at An Giang Truc Lam Zen Monastery
The campus of the monastery is spacious, the space is airy, but still retains the sanctity of the Zen subject with modern architecture mixed with ancient. The monks of the Truc Lam Zen sect said that this place is a charming place with green mountains and white clouds, vast and empty, easy to make people’s hearts open and tolerant.
On the top of the mountain in front of the interior, on the left will build a 13-story stupa, and on the right will erect a 63m high statue of Bodhisattva Quan Am. Although not completed, the beautiful scenery still makes people’s hearts flutter
The work with typical cultural architecture, built on the terrain of mountains and charming rivers, will contribute to attracting tourists from all over the world to come to worship and visit. When you come here, you will enjoy the fresh air and tranquility. The scenery here helps to reduce stress after hours of studying and working, especially with the beautiful scenery, many young people can save photos to make memories.
Truc Lam An Giang Zen Monastery has become a new scenic spot, contributing to socio-economic development, especially the development of the An Giang tourism industry. Meeting the needs of the people’s cultural, spiritual, and religious activities, contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural and ethical values of the ancestors, especially continuing the ideology of the Truc Lam Zen lineage.
4. Free Itineraries from VeMekong
As a local travel expert, we have some ideas for you to think about.
From An Giang center:
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If you do not have much time left, it is easy to check out spots in one full day by boat or with bike or with motorbike and car. But there are much more than tourist sites like these in An Giang. Make sure you have more time to feel and explore more about the hidden gems and the culture, food, night life, wildlife and forest as well. Top tip: Stay in a homestay nearby, so you have more chances to visit it and surroundings. If you are looking for the package An Giang daily tour with local, you can contact www.vemekong.com or Hotline/WhatsApp/WeChat/Zalo +84939888559; email: hello@vemekong.com
5. Google Maps of An Giang Truc Lam Zen Monastery
Google Maps made a name for itself helping people travel from one place to another, avoid traffic (You probably know the route from your hotel to the gas station by heart, but what you can’t be sure about is gridlock), measure a distance, get back to the hotel on time, share the location…
6. Visit An Giang Truc Lam Zen Monastery by yourself
Solo traveller? Travelling on your own means you will get out of any difficult situations by yourself. This, in turn, leads to more satisfying travel experiences and helps you improve your problem-solving skills. These days we rarely get the chance to sit with ourselves and simply be. That’s why you should consider the time you spend alone on your trip as a gift.
It is possible for solo travellers to use google maps and do it alone. But sometimes they need to update local maintained roads and bridges which close and lead you a longer road than the road from google maps. It is just about the time. It takes more time to find the correct garden to come. Adventure is always fun. Wifi is strong in An Giang village! The locals find it hard to speak English as well. Top tip: Sticking to one canal and keeping going along it which gives you more things to see and avoids getting lost. Contact vemekong.com to hire a car, scooter with English-speaking-guide or cycling tours in An Giang.
7. Responsible Travel and Advice to Visit An Giang Truc Lam Zen Monastery
Don’t get us wrong. But we assure you that you totally agree with us. “Do not give candy and things to the children when you plan to visit any local villages”, the kids will leave the school and follow the sweets and later they find some things to give you or sell to you. The garden is a little forest, don’t pick and touch the flowers or fruits without the local’s smiles. We deal with traveling green and leaving green behind, not plastic. Top tip: Vemekong.com are some of the companies that care a lot about responsible travel and local respectation.
8. Amazing Video flycam/drone of An Giang Truc Lam Zen Monastery (4k)
If a picture says a thousand words, it stands to reason that the video says many times more.
9. Incredible Tips for Photography, Specialists, KOLs, Media and Influencers
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10. Pro Tips
Best time to visit Chau Doc floating market, Long Xuyen floating market is from 5:30am-6:30am. I hope you have an amazing sunrise on the Mekong Delta river.
You can stay in a homestay which is near the floating market, this will help you out the best option. Then you can hire a scooter, car or bike and explore it by yourself, but you still need to hire a boat for the floating market tour.
If you plan to extend your travel to Chau Doc homestay, do not forget to bring mosquito repellent cream.
Visit Chau Doc or do any customized tours, please choose reputable providers with boat trips equipped with lifebuoys, jackets, motorcycle and cycling tours with the helmets and. Safety is a priority! Choose Chau Doc responsible tours which help you give back while traveling. It’s a cliché, but it’s true.
Chau Doc food & drink guide ranges from street food, authentic, fancy to fusion foods. As a tropical land of many fresh vegetables and homegrown gardens, which always make Chau Doc cuisines fresh, close to nature and very traditional. If you are a food lover, don’t hesitate to put other bites onto your food lists such as Bun Ca Chau Doc (the soft noodle is cooked with fish), Banh bo cake of Chau Doc, Sugar palm fruit, Caramelized and Braised Catfish, Grilled Rice-field Rat with Salt and Chili, Long Xuyen Broken Rice, Nui Cam Pancake, O Thum’s Chicken Grilled with Lime Leaves, Sour Soup with Siamese Mud Carp Soup & Sesbania Flower, Stir-fried Shrimp with Sesbania Flower, Phu Huong Beef Noodle Soup, Basa Fish Hotpot, Mam (Fermented Fish)…
Bring your hat, sunglasses, and sunblock, scarf to wear when visiting temples, pagodas, and the cathedral.
Bring the raincoat if you’re planning a trip to Chau Doc in the rainy season, as Chau Doc always looks fantastic in the full rain and full sun.
Chau Doc tourist attractions are magnificent itself, but if you have enough time, don’t forget to put other places onto your bucket lists such as Tra Su Cajuput forest & Birdwatching, Chau Doc Floating Village, Fish Farm & Cham Minority Village, Chau Doc floating market & small canal, Sam mountain, Tuc Dup hill, Chau Doc river tour, Chau Doc cycling tour, Chau Doc photography tour, Ta Pa Rice Fields, Vinh Te Canal, Seven-Mountain Ox Racing Festival, Tay An Pagoda, Chau Doc Market, The Lady Temple – The Ba Chua Xu Temple, Phuoc Dien Pagoda – Hang Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb,
Hopefully, the above tips will help you to come up with a great plan for your adventure in Chau Doc, An Giang province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Have a safe trip!
“Sleep less, travel more, respect more” – Thomas Vietnam – Local travel expert.
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