Ho Chi Minh City / District 1

Jade Emperor Pagoda (Phuoc Hai Tu)

A Chinese-style shrine from around 1900, now a national architectural monument, with about 300 vividly carved wooden statues, a rear hall of reliefs showing the Ten Kings of Hell, and shrines where visitors pray for children or for love. It opens 7:00–17:30 daily (5:00–19:00 on the 1st and 15th of the lunar month); weekday mornings are quietest.