Saigon Chinatown pagoda

Pagodas in Saigon appear to be just for worship, as compared to in Cambodia where they house monks and schools. There were several pagodas listed in the guide book and we visited three. The temples are actively used for worship, we saw numerous people making offerings and praying.

Each pagoda had a large number of places people could light incense and in some there were large sticks and huge coils burning. Smoke from the incense was a great photographic topic but very hard to capture well.

Decorations in the pagodas were very detailed and done in the most part with bright colors. In Quan Am Pagoda there are two sections and between them there is an outside fountain.