Pui To Explained

Pui To (Chinese: 杯渡) was a Buddhist monk living at the time of the Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

The legend has it that he once went to Tuen Mun in the New Territories of Hong Kong to construct roads, and he lived at a big cave at the present day Castle Peak.[1] It is believed that the Tsing Shan Monastery, the Pui To stop of the MTR light rail and the of Hong Kong are named after him.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.gohk.gov.hk/chi/welcome/tm/tm_info_tm5.html. zh:青山禪院. Home Affairs Department. Chinese. 17 August 2014. Hong Kong.
  2. News: Karma and the art of cooling political tensions in Hong Kong. Tammy Tam. 12 April 2015. South China Morning Post. 24 June 2021.