Thien Hau Temple of Cholon

The Thien Hau Temple (Vietnamese: Miếu Thiên Hậu), officially the Tue Thanh Assembly Hall (Hội quán Tuệ Thành), is a Chinese-style temple of the Chinese Goddess of Sea, Mazu on Nguyễn Trãi Street in the Chợ Lớn ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. == History == Thiên Hậu is the Vietnamese transcription of the Chinese name Tianhou ("Empress of Heaven"), an epithet of the Chinese Goddess of Sea, Mazu, the deified form of Lin Moniang, a medieval Fujianese girl credited with saving one or some of her family members from harm during a typhoon through her spiritual power.

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