Hội Quán Nghĩa An

This guide to Hoi Quan Nghia An in Ho Chi Minh City follows the Chaozhou merchants who arrived in Cho Lon with little but each other and, in 1819, built this hall to a general from the Three Kingdoms era remembered for loyalty and honesty. You'll hear why traders who could not yet trust a stranger's word chose to seal their deals here instead, beneath a towering red horse effigy said to represent the general's legendary mount. It traces the statues inside, from the armored general to his two guardians. Stand under the horse's raised head the way the old merchants once did.