Organization
Chùa Ta Kuch Chăs
Chùa Ta Kuch Chăs (វត្តតាគុជចាស់)[1] is a Khmer Theravada Buddhist Wat on the Phụng Hiệp canal in Thuận Hòa commune, Cần Thơ, Vietnam.[2]
History
A 2023 article in the Khmer edition of Báo Cần Thơ describes the Wat as more than 140 years old and places it in the village ភូមិតាឃ្វិច B, commune ឃុំទ្វឹងហ្វា, Châu Thành district (ស្រុកចូវថាញ់), Sóc Trăng province (ខេត្តសុកត្រាំង).[1] Its first buildings, the vihara, the sala than (សាលាទាន) and the monks' residences (kuti, កុដិ), were simple wooden structures with leaf roofs on a site of nearly 17,000 m² (about 4.2 acres). The Wat was a place of monastic ordination and study and of Khmer-language teaching for local Khmer children, and the buildings were later repaired and rebuilt under a succession of abbots.[1]
Grounds
The same article calls the Wat the one with the most palm trees (ដើមត្នោត) among the Wats of Châu Thành district, with more than 100 planted in front of the gate. Dozens of statues of tep pranam (ទេពប្រណម) stand from the gate inward to greet visitors. The article names the abbot as Venerable Kim Sang (គឹមសាង).[1]
Religious life
On the afternoon of September 22, 2025, the Wat's management board and the commune held a mini ngo boat race for Sen Dolta (សែនដូនតា), the festival for ancestors, on the canal in front of the Wat. Sixteen crews from Wats and communes of the area raced boats 12 to 15 m (39 to 49 ft) long over 500 m (1,640 ft); the Wat's own crews placed third and fourth.[2]
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