Wat
Chùa Khươn
Chùa Khươn (Wat Chom Bok Meas), also called Chùa Phướng, is a Khmer Theravada Buddhist Wat in Nguyệt Hóa ward, Vĩnh Long province, Vietnam.[1][2]
History
During the wars against French rule and against the United States, the Wat was raided and shelled many times while its monks and lay followers sheltered revolutionary cadres. In 1972, about 5,000 monks and Khmer lay people protested against conscription and the repression of monks. On April 30, 1975, monks brought the province chief of Vĩnh Bình to the Wat, and in the stilt house of its head monk, Sư cả Thạch Cuône, he signed the order of surrender. That house, built in 1913 and restored in 1963, still stands beside the main hall and keeps the table and chairs used that day. The Wat has two main halls, the old one well preserved. In 2026 the provincial people's committee recognized it as a provincial relic.[1]
Religious life
As of July 2025, the head monk and abbot was Thượng tọa (Venerable) Kim Tuệ.[3] As of 2026, the Wat kept Khmer New Year (Chol Chnam Thmey), Sene Dolta, Ok Om Bok and the other Theravada observances in the traditional way.[1]