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Doi pagoda

(Ba Chua Xu Festival is organized in  Indian and Islamic art, combined
lunar April every year). Chau Doc is  with ancient pagoda architecture of
the place where tourists can study    Vietnamese Buddhist.
the culture of Cham and Khmer
ethnic minorities and Holy Sees of    Thoai Ngoc Hau mausoleum:
Cham ethnic minority.                 located in the Sam mountain
Relics and beauty spots in Chau Doc   relic site, and built in 1820. This
include: Sam Mountain, Ba Chua Xu     mausoleum is also the place to
temple, Tay An pagoda and Thoai       worship Thoai Ngoc Hau - who
Ngoc Hau mausoleum.                   was instrumental in reclaiming
Ba Chua Xu temple: established        the southern land, defending the
in 1820 with the architecture of      national border and the works
“quoc” letter. The temple holds a     left for the next generations
statue made of blue stone named       such as Thoai Ha trench (nearly
Lady of the Realm. Ba Chua Xu         32km long) and Vinh Te canal
Festival is organized every year      (extending from Chau Doc to Ha
on the ending days of lunar April.    Tien about 90km long).
Tens of thousands of people rush
to this temple to attend the Lady     Tra Su cajuput forest
of the Realm statue ceremony, and
partake in the ceremonies..           Tra Su cajuput forest is located
Tay An Pagoda: located at the food    in Tinh Bien District, An Giang
of Sam Mountain, also known as        Province. This is a wetland cajuput
Tay An co tu, is 5km from Chau        wetland and abundant animal and
Doc. Tay An pagoda and Sam            plant system. Tra Su is characterized
mountain (284m high) is a beautiful   for the beauty during flooding
tourist spot. Tay An pagoda was       season in An Giang.
constructed with influence from
                                      Tra Su cajuput forest is 845ha in the
                                      core area and 643ha in the buffer
                                      area, 10km from Cambodia border

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