The gate is trapezoid in shape, six meters high and 12 metres wide, and built with red-hot bricks.

The gate in the front bears a sign containing its name in literary Chinese; it reads Ước Lễ môn (chữ Hán: 約禮門).

[1][2] Also in the front, it contains two couplets in chữ Nôm; it reads, "Thâm nghiêm kín cổng cao tường, thương cổ nguyện tàng kỳ thị / Xôn xao trước thầy sau tớ, mã xa phục quá thử kiều".

[1][2] The gate bears a red hanging sign reading, "Mỹ Tục Khả Phong" ("Fine Customs Are Bestowed").

During the war, the French launched several cannon attacks against the village, during which the gate collapsed and the sign was broken.