Discover Go Cong, an altar cabinet craft village - private tour from Saigon

Go Cong is the traditional altar cabinet craft village with hundreds years old tradition in making altar cabinets by hand. The altar cabinet is used to worship the ancestors of many Vietnamese families and present in the spiritual life of Southern residents as a familiar image, becoming a cultural feature of a lively new land. Products of the craft village of Go Cong include wooden altar cabinets and interior decoration items with delicate carvings and mother-of-pearl inlays. Today, altar cabinets are present all over the country from the South to the North and abroad. With aesthetic features bearing ancient Vietnamese nuances and pieces made of mussel shells and mother-of-pearl, it has highlighted the unique beauty of the Vietnamese culture of worship. After leaving the craft village, continue to the houses for the swiftlet's nests and visit to local people's houses to learn about life and spiritual culture as well as how to worship ancestors on the altar. Get to know old crafts of the highest quality!