An Giang not only attracts visitors with its enchanting wild beauty but also with many attractive tourist destinations. Among them is the Sam Mountain tourist area in Chau Doc city, with many famous landscapes, especially the famous sacred Ba Chua Xu Temple of Sam Mountain. If you want to travel to the spiritual calendar to pray for peace, health, and relaxation, a trip to Sam Mountain – Chau Doc will be very suitable.
Attractions at Sam Mountain tourist area
Located 284m above sea level, Sam Mountain has up to 200 temples, pagodas, and shrines scattered from the foot of the mountain to the slopes and the top, including: The Lady Temple, Tay An Pagoda, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb, Phuoc Dien Pagoda… The most famous and sacred of these is The Lady Pagoda. During the festival season, many tourists from all over the country come here to make pilgrimages, worship, and pray for peace.
With the lush green mountain scenery, visitors can not only enjoy a fresh, quiet atmosphere but also take beautiful photos. Standing at the top of Sam Mountain, visitors can see a panoramic view of Chau Doc and the Vinh Te canal. Sam Mountain impresses with its wide views of the region’s plains, especially the border, allowing visitors to freely admire the charming scenery and mountains in An Giang.
The Lady Temple
Surely, anyone who lives in the Mekong Delta, including tourists from other regions, has heard of and knows about The Lady Temple in An Giang. Located at the foot of Sam Mountain in Chau Doc, An Giang province, the Lady Temple has become a highly sacred spiritual tourist destination, attracting millions of domestic and foreign tourists to visit and worship every year. The Lady Temple is majestic in the middle of a large, peaceful, and poetic space.
With the tower’s architecture in the shape of a blooming lotus flower, a three-story terraced roof, green tiles along with bold artistic patterns, it is quite unique with elaborate carvings and golden horizontal panels that further enhance antiquity and dignity.
The Lady Temple Festival of Sam Mountain takes place on the 22nd – 23rd day of the 4th lunar month and is the largest national festival in the South, imbued with the national cultural identity of the Mekong Delta’s residents. Every year, many tourists from all over come to The Lady Temple to worship and pray for good luck at the beginning of the year. Create a vibrant, bustling festival space in the Sam Mountain tourist area.
Tomb of Thoai Ngoc Hau
This is one of the typical architectural works built during the Nguyen Dynasty that is still intact in the Sam Mountain relic complex today. Not only is it a majestic building, but it also holds significant cultural and historical value. In particular, Thoai Ngoc Hau Tomb on Sam Mountain is recognized by the state as a national relic.
In the temple, there are also many other valuable treasures, such as epitaphs, horizontal paintings, parallel tureens, orations, and majestic poems… praising the merits of his predecessors, evoking a glorious time during the years of reclamation, expanding the territory, and leaving behind priceless assets for descendants for generations. In the middle of the temple is a bust of Thoai Ngoc Hau, with enough crowns and belts as if he were in court, eyes overlooking the legendary Vinh Te canal, creating a very solemn atmosphere.
Tay An Pagoda
This pagoda is located in the Sam Mountain historical relic area, combining Indian architectural styles with Vietnamese traditional traditions, attracting many tourists to visit and admire. And Tay An Pagoda is also ranked as a national architectural and artistic relic that needs to be preserved.
The impressive feature of the pagoda is the main face, with three ancient houses featuring round, onion-shaped roofs and colorful hues; the inside is decorated with patterns and lines from many architectural styles, interwoven harmoniously.
Hang Pagoda
Also known as Phuoc Dien Pagoda, built around 1840 – 1845, Hang Pagoda is now more than 100 years old. With unique temple architecture, the temple sits on the back of a mountain, creating a peaceful, extremely pure scene. Buddhists who visit the temple will feel like they are traveling. In a fairyland somewhere in the middle of the sky, the natural scenery is charming and poetic.
Standing in the yard, visitors will be able to see high mountains, fields as straight as a stork flies, and, in the distance, lush green patches of cajuput. The attraction for tourists to Hang Pagoda is its many lively miniatures, all decorated with greenery or beautiful Buddha statues.
Sam Mountain Cable Car Tourist Area
At the Sam Mountain cable car tourist area, visitors can visit destinations including a modern European-style cable car station and pillars, a complex of temples and pagodas, including the One Pillar Temple, the Temple Medicine Master, and the Guan Yin Buddha Temple.
In particular, pilgrims also have the opportunity to worship the statues of the Jade Buddha and the Golden Buddha with three hands and three eyes on Sam Mountain, within a complex of temples and shrines built in a majestic variety of styles. Unique and diverse architecture. Visitors can also eat, drink, and rest at the restaurant; shop, socialize, and immerse themselves in festivals at the square – the fair center…
Long Son Pagoda
Long Son Pagoda is located on the way to the top of Mount Sam. The pagoda has ancient architecture and airy grounds. In particular, behind the pagoda, you can see a panoramic view of the rice fields and the city below, which is very poetic, especially at sunset. The feeling of serenity while standing under the pagoda roof, overlooking the surrounding green space, will make you want to stay.
Long Son Tu is a beautiful pagoda with many majestic, serene statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva, as if they were looking over the world. Occasionally, the sound of pagoda bells ringing in the wild, quiet mountains and forests makes tourists feel as if their hearts have escaped the world.
Sam Mountain’s specialties
When visiting Sam Mountain, don’t forget to enjoy the seven-course beef specialties here, such as grilled beef, beef stew, beef hot pot… at Tony, Tu Thieng, Truong Nhut beef restaurants near the Sam Mountain area, and famous dishes.
Chau Doc’s famous names are fish noodle soup, salad, fish sauce hotpot, and field mice…
Hotel in Sam Mountain
Visitors can stay at hotels and motels in the Sam Mountain area or in Chau Doc city center. Hotels in the Sam Mountain area include Victoria Nui Sam Lodge, a famous hotel in Chau Doc with luxurious interiors and an outdoor swimming pool overlooking beautiful green rice fields. Address: Vinh Dong 1, Vinh Te Ward.
There are also hotels in the Sam Mountain area that you can refer to:
- Ben Da Nui Sam Hotel. Address: HIGHWAY 91, Vinh Te Ward, An Giang.
- Ha Long Chau Doc Hotel. Address: No. 1 Nui Sam, Vinh Te Ward, An Giang.
- Phu Vinh Chau Doc Hotel. Address: National Highway 91, Vinh Te Ward, An Giang
Source: collected by An
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